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20th Century

Mystery Album , Part Sixteen

1st January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time on Mystery Album I forgot to tell Puffins that the first Swedish monarch, King Gustav VI Adolph, to be interred at Kungliga Begravningsplatsen and away from Riddarholmen Church (apart from the wayward Christina) [more…]

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Christmas Crossword No. 201

1st January 2022 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a Christmas GP mug AND keyring. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 200 and a £20 [more…]

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Mum’s Crochet Work

29th December 2021 Doc Mike Finnley 0

I’ve posted these images before, but for a bit of Christmas fun I’ve added some titles. Hope that you all have a very merry Christmas and a great new year. Cheers.   © text & [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…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Five

26th December 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning merry readers, it is quite a bit warmer and dry this morning, just as I prefer it. I have been out and about already getting a breath of air to give me an [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 30

21st December 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

I was delighted so many readers have enjoyed my recent accounts of sailing in the north of Scotland and thank DJM for writing  – “A life well lived”. I couldn’t ask for a better epitaph [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Four

19th December 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning everybody, a little damp this morning. I had a surprise when I was eating my breakfast, there appeared to be a policeman in the kitchen. However, it turned out to be Bozzie dressed [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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Postcard from Sunny Skeg

15th December 2021 SharpieType301 0

The announcement over the two-carriage rattle-trap train’s tannoy told us this we’d reached the terminus and bid us ‘Welcome to sunny Skegness’. Bearing in mind this was December on the East Coast, these wry words [more…]

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