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Jinnie’s Story, Chapter One

15th January 2021 Going Postal 0

How It All Began Today was 21st June 2019 and Jinnie Walsh’s 18th birthday. She had completed her A-level exams and was doing what most girls of her age did in the summer before university [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – January 1941

13th January 2021 well_chuffed 0

The start of a new year and things are getting much warmer in the Mediterranean, North Africa and East Africa. The Luftwaffe arrived in Italy ready to bomb us at sea while Operation Compass continued [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – December 1940

9th December 2020 well_chuffed 0

At the start of the last month of 1940 the Italians had been pushed out of Greece and were now under the cosh in Albania, Il Duce’s ambitions were more than his forces could handle. [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – November 1940

11th November 2020 well_chuffed 0

More of the same is the best description of November. The Italians got their butts kicked both in and finally out of Greece resulting in the Duce eventually having to grovel to the Führer and [more…]

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20th Century

Illustrating the Apocalypse: Goodbye Old Man

11th November 2020 Going Postal 0

With all the fuss surrounding the marking of the centenary of the End of War to end all Wars, one name was sadly missing from most reports. Step forward one Fortunio Matania.  Who he?  Draw [more…]

20th Century

Just an Ordinary Jack Tar?

8th November 2020 Going Postal 0

This November 11th at 11.00 am., as in past years, we take time to remember and honour those men and women who served in our armed forces, some of whom made the ultimate sacrifice protecting [more…]

20th Century

A Barren Shore, Part Two

23rd October 2020 Going Postal 0

An even greater slab of armour plate than the one we had stumbled across decades before, stood upright blankly showing its wounds, punched through and scored by shot, rusty red, the memorial to those Finns [more…]

20th Century

A Barren Shore, Part One

16th October 2020 Going Postal 0

This is a personal memoir of several visits to the far north and going realisation of what had always been before my eyes, unseen and recognised. I am not an historian and certainly not of [more…]

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20th Century

The Tank Museum, Bovington

15th October 2020 Swiss Bob 0

Last week a GP crew visited The Tank Museum, Bovington. Even with the short notice given we were a group of eight two groups of four. It was a pleasure to meet some new puffins. [more…]

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