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Digitising Old Audio Tapes

23rd June 2025 NeverUpToTheJob 0

There were three tasks involved in modernising and preserving the family archive, the second of which was to digitise the audio recordings. Digitising the old photographs was covered in a previous article, while digitising the [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Six

22nd June 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my happy readers, it is dry and a bit warmer this morning. The Donald isn’t messing about with the illegals in California. He hasn’t hesitated to send in the National Guard to [more…]

Cycling

West Country Rides, Three

17th June 2025 Joe Slater 0

It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Five

15th June 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my happy readers. I hope you had a lovely weekend. I did; it was another couple of nice sunny days and quiet in No. 10. However, it wasn’t quiet down on the [more…]

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Playing With Electricity – Part 2

11th June 2025 Doc Mike Finnley 0

T.I.B Or Not To T.I.B? PersonX: “Doc, can you just have a look at the vacuum cleaner it’s making a funny noise?” Doc: “Err…well..err…you see I’ve got…err…an appointment with the dentist…” PersonX: “There’s no mention [more…]

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A (Burts Eye) View From The Greenhouse: The Road To Hell..Etc…Etc…

10th June 2025 Colin Cross 0

This scare-crowing lark isn’t the cushy number some folk would have you believe. Granted, it isn’t the most taxing of roles and there’s plenty of time for both reflection and pondering, even if the lack [more…]

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Digitising Old Photographs

9th June 2025 NeverUpToTheJob 0

The first in a short series of articles, which are partly technical (going into a little bit of detail about how the family archive of photos, 8mm home movies, and audio tapes was digitised), and [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Four

8th June 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my happy readers, it’s sunny in the morning but I hear it is going to be showery later. I didn’t remember it was a bank holiday until I saw how empty the [more…]

20th Century

The Wehrpass of Ferdinand Friedrich Karl Ruhmann

4th June 2025 Going Postal 0

In WW2, a Wehrpass contained the personal and service information of a Wehrmacht volunteer or conscript and was used for identification and recording purposes. Issued when registered for military service, it was kept by the [more…]

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