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The Desert War – March 1942

17th February 2022 well_chuffed 3614 Comments

We reach March 1942 and again, there is not much happening on the ground. It all seems to have ground to a halt and once more Churchill is not amused. The Royal Navy is still [more…]

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Fish & Ships

26th January 2022 SharpieType301 3686 Comments

I’d like to begin by introducing you to a rather special lady. She was born in February 1957, the first of twelve sisters. A real local lass, she lived and worked from the Humber all [more…]

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Book Review: The Ratline

20th January 2022 Going Postal 4707 Comments

I don’t read non-fiction books that often, however I’m glad I picked The Ratline up when I was idly browsing suitable reading material for a holiday last year (the holiday got cancelled). For, those (like [more…]

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A Very British Message to Garcia

19th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 5042 Comments

Previously, my colleague Fred Brownbill wrote of US Navy SEAL Marine Commander Brian Bourgeois, commanding officer of SEAL Team 8, who was killed in the first week of December 2021 while fast-roping from a helicopter [more…]

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The Desert War – January 1942

18th January 2022 well_chuffed 4306 Comments

The start of 1942 saw the British starting off on the front foot but ending the month retreating eastwards as the Germans and Italians advanced and as usual there was lots of action on the [more…]

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Makin’ it up

9th January 2022 SharpieType301 4118 Comments

In these airy-fairy, love-y, care-y days of environmentally friendly practices, lessening one’s consumption and reducing waste is a big thing. One can, should one wish to, signal one’s immense virtue in all sorts of exciting [more…]

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The Desert War – December 1941

22nd December 2021 well_chuffed 4301 Comments

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…]

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The Desert War – November 1941

29th November 2021 well_chuffed 3000 Comments

We reach November 80 years ago. In the 16 or so months since the start of the campaign in June 1940 we have seen us nibble at the Italians in Libya, the Italians attack us [more…]

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Remembrance Sunday

14th November 2021 Going Postal 2497 Comments

Illustrating the Apocalypse: Goodbye Old Man Address to Legion lunch 5th June 1994 at the Jameson Hotel Just an Ordinary Jack Tar? The Place where Trust died The Merchant Navy Boy A Medic with 130 [more…]

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