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5th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 1961 Comments

One tires of the streetcars of Paramaribo, the mineral railways of the Amazon, and even of rural Albania in the 1980s. Railway Review’s roving reportage shall change continents and seek excitement (but not too much) [more…]

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Great Uncle Wally

16th December 2024 Always Worth Saying 2218 Comments

Great Uncle Wally introduced me to Guinness. Well, to be fair Mackeson, its slightly sweeter cousin. A stout more adapted to the tastes of your average seven-year-old. Those regular Sunday trips during the late 60s [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse…..Fixing The Foundations, To Build Back Better

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On Sunday night just passed we were treated to the sight of upwards of 150 tractors, of varying shapes and sizes, convoying around the villages in this part of Cumbria be-decked in Christmas lights.  As [more…]

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Lest We Forget

11th November 2024 Going Postal 1498 Comments

Sergeant Michael (Mick) Willetts, GC 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment 13th August 1943 – 25th May 1971   Citation The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the posthumous award of the George Cross to: [more…]

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The Remount Depot : Shirehampton

10th November 2024 Going Postal 1514 Comments

The Docks at Avonmouth – near Bristol – were constructed in the 1860s, extended with the construction of King Edward Dock (opened 1908) & by the start of The Great War was considered one of [more…]

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A Distant Monument to Unrequited Love

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If breaking a journey between Nairobi and Kampala, gentlemen and lady travellers might like to give the city of Nakuru a chance. If it becomes tiresome you can always take a tuk-tuk for a day [more…]

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Postcard From Birmingham, Part Three

7th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 1781 Comments

Chamberlain Square Having checked out the Council House and Town Hall during our day trip to Birmingham, myself and Mrs AWS nip around the back and into Chamberlain Square, the centrepiece of which is the [more…]

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Disaster at Quintinshill

6th July 2024 Always Worth Saying 2545 Comments

Setting off from Edinburgh on a splendid May day, Mrs. AWS and I enjoy our Burger Kings. In the mad world of railway pricing, one of only two differences between Avanti Trains Standard Premium and [more…]

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Desert Mysteries, Part Three

29th May 2024 Going Postal 1945 Comments

In Part 1, I described how from the signatures on the front cover of a June 1939 edition of “Blackwood’s Magazine” purchased from an antiques fair, I found that the original owner, Edward Davis Moore, [more…]

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