WW I | Going Postal

Regulation 18B

20th November 2019 well_chuffed 0

We can only assume but I am certain that most Governments, on most days would surely like to be able to bang someone up in jail at the drop of a hat. On the 1st [more…]

Dedicated to all those who have served & those still serving. 19,000 British soldiers died on July 1st 1916, the first day of the Somme campaign. As well as marking and recording existing graves, the [more…]

Emmet Dalton and the raid on Mountjoy Prison

2nd April 2019 Going Postal 0

This is a story about one of the rebels against British rule over Ireland and about one incident in that rebellion in the early 20th century. Emmet Dalton was born in the United States in [more…]

Némésis Part 3

14th July 2019 0

Northern Iraq, December 2017 It was Sunday. Ripley had been kept awake by the wailing of the female fighters, mourning the death of the Peshmerga during the fighting of the previous day. They had buried [more...]
Joe Malone, Part Twenty-Seven

27th August 2019 0

Private Investigator Joe Malone has discovered a body, crushed in the basement of his office building. The body is identifiable as missing Lord, Politician. Campaigner, remainer and husband, Marmon-Herrington Bixby. As Malone pondered what to [more...]
Crossword No. 79

17th August 2019 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winners. [more...]
Fish and their Chips

26th November 2018 0

You’ve seen the creation of the Aquarium, introduction of the fish and corals and watched it settle in. The set up took around three months from initial purchase, fit out, water conditioning and maturing to [more...]
Postcard from Bloodstock 2018

26th July 2019 0

I know, I know – in two months you’ll be seeing another piece from me. ‘Postcard from Bloodstock 2019’. What can I say, this is one of those posts I had been meaning to finish [more...]