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19th Century

Crimean War, Part Three

30th December 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]

20th Century

Ghosts of Christmas Past

28th December 2021 Going Postal 0

Post War Britain I loved Christmas as a child: I would guess most of us did, but I am amazed and humbled when I look back at how much was achieved with how little by [more…]

20th Century

Mystery Album, Part Fifteen

27th December 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time on Mystery Album our mystery posh mystery photographer family looked out from a Stockholm City Hall corridor, next to the Golden Hall used for the Nobel Prize winner’s ball, towards the Riddarholmen where [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twenty Four–Dusty Springfield

25th December 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

20th Century

Joyeux Noël – The Film & The Reality

25th December 2021 Going Postal 0

“What would happen, I wonder, if the armies suddenly and simultaneously went on strike and said some other method must be found of settling the dispute ? ”  — Winston Churchill to his wife, Clementine, [more…]

20th Century

‘Twas the Night before Christmas………..53 years ago

24th December 2021 Going Postal 0

Placing the spacecraft in lunar orbit had not been easy. Compounding the difficulty, the engine firing, which would put the spacecraft in the right spot, had to happen while the spacecraft was out of contact [more…]

19th Century

Crimean War, Part Two

23rd December 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – December 1941

22nd December 2021 well_chuffed 0

The last month of the year 80 years ago. Still living in infamy the Americans finally got off the pot having spent much of 1941 making preparations for war. The action this month is in [more…]

20th Century

Mystery Album, Part Fourteen

18th December 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

On last week’s Mystery Album we surmised our mystery posh mystery family of travelling photographers de-shipped at the dockside in Stockholm sometime after 1925. For those wondering (Postcard from Lille style), are we there yet? [more…]

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