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Trade Plating Around England, Part Six

13th May 2023 Going Postal 2342 Comments

This time, We go digital and getting between jobs Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one is here Part [more…]

17th Century

Sir John Vanbrugh – The Supreme Schemer

3rd May 2023 Going Postal 1921 Comments

Its walls and towers stare down – rather snootily it could be said – from Maze Hill, over the lesser buildings clustering round its feet on the edge of Greenwich Common. Opposite, Canary Wharf’s ghostly-looking, [more…]

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Trade Plating Around England, Part Five

29th April 2023 Going Postal 2420 Comments

This time, We go digital and getting between jobs   Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one is here [more…]

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Trade Plating Around England, Part Four

22nd April 2023 Going Postal 2284 Comments

Driving the minibus, a bit of racial tension and a near punch up. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part [more…]

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Trade Plating Around England, Part Three

15th April 2023 Going Postal 1486 Comments

How it all hangs together and how easily it goes pear shaped. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one [more…]

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Trade Plating Around England, Part Two

8th April 2023 Going Postal 2153 Comments

Out on my own Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one is here. I received a text on Friday [more…]

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Trade Plating Around England, Part One

1st April 2023 Going Postal 2475 Comments

This is part 1 of a few about my trials and tribulations of two and a half years spent as a trade plate driver. You are bound to have seen “platers” with their red and [more…]

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Writing – a few tips

25th March 2023 Going Postal 2680 Comments

I’ve often heard Puffins lament that they would like to contribute articles to our esteemed website but are too daunted. So, I thought I’d share a few tips to encourage more Puffins to pick up [more…]

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The Prostitute’s Padre

8th March 2023 Going Postal 2649 Comments

On 30 July 1937 a man entered a cage at a Skegness amusement park. In the cage were two lions, one male, one female; Freddie and Toto. According to their owner, both animals were “docile” [more…]

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