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Postcard From Kaunas

10th January 2024 Novak and Goode 0

As 2nd cities go Kaunas, seems at least, at first glance, to be a pretty unprepossessing sort of place regardless of whether you arrive by air, road or rail. Arriving by train reveals an industrial [more…]

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A View (Round The Corner) From The Greenhouse; Happy New Year……Innit?

9th January 2024 Colin Cross 0

Welcome to 2024 Postaliers. A new year, undoubtedly filled to the brim with the same old bollix. At least, so long as I’m able to maintain my concentration, you’ll have my fortnightly diary to take [more…]

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A Few of My Favourite Things – Part 2

8th January 2024 Going Postal 0

Part 1 of this series featured 3 glass pieces of art from my collection. In the second part I take a look at some other forms of art, the first of which is a print [more…]

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The Dreaming Spires

6th January 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

The 1949 page of our old family photo album is confidently captioned ‘Bournemouth’ but neglects any images of the Hampshire Riviera resort. Not to worry. They say that getting there is half of the fun [more…]

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A Few of My Favourite Things – Part 1

1st January 2024 Going Postal 0

It’s been a while since I last did an article about art and thought I would take a few pictures of some of my best and most treasured items. The first is our most recent [more…]

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The 12 wines of Christmas

31st December 2023 Going Postal 0

In no particular order are here my 12 wines of Christmas with the descriptions as found online From left to right Mersault J.M. Boillot 2019Beautifully crisp and textural Meursault with fresh white fruit and striking [more…]

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Going Postal’s Monster Christmas Quiz

30th December 2023 NeverUpToTheJob 0

What do you or your family know about Christmas, and how it’s been celebrated and portrayed over the years? 120 Christmas questions! Doing the whole quiz in one go might be a bit much for [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From Kiruna

29th December 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Having been presented with the key to the door, my wilful 21-year-old self used the opportunity to close the lock tightly behind him and allow the trade winds to billow his sails north, all the [more…]

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The Staffordshire Oatcake: a regional delicacy

28th December 2023 SharpieType301 0

When someone mentions the word ‘oatcake’, what is it that you first think of? I’d be rather surprised if many of you will not, like I used to do, immediately think of the commercially produced [more…]

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