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20th Century

’59 Trail, Part Five

17th October 2023 Going Postal 2771 Comments

Part 5 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F The Pas, Manitoba The trick about getting round this vast, wide-open country in a hurry, [more…]

20th Century

’59 Trail, Part Four

10th October 2023 Going Postal 2911 Comments

Part 4 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Churchill, on Hudson’s Bay Life in Churchill — as in all frontier townships — gravitates [more…]

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The ’59 Trail, Part Three

3rd October 2023 Going Postal 2879 Comments

Part 3 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Churchill, on Hudson’s Bay Until you have spent a day and a night in Churchill, [more…]

20th Century

The ’59 Trail, Part Two

26th September 2023 Going Postal 2713 Comments

Part 2 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Winnipeg, Monday I flew into Winnipeg in a blizzard. Dry, eye-stinging snow was spinning about [more…]

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The ’59 Trail, Part One

19th September 2023 Going Postal 3203 Comments

In May 1959 The Birmingham Mail introduced my uncle’s latest article as follows: Where will you find the last pioneers in this age when frontiers are shrinking every day? In Canada’s Far North – the [more…]

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South American Journey, Part Seven

8th September 2023 Going Postal 2275 Comments

More writings by uncle, John Alldridge. This time he is reporting from South America in 1960 for the Birmingham Evening Mail – Jerry F A boom city built on oil So I end as I [more…]

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South American Journey, Part Six

1st September 2023 Going Postal 2359 Comments

More writings by uncle, John Alldridge. This time he is reporting from South America in 1960 for the Birmingham Evening Mail – Jerry F The capital of the Inca Empire I am very susceptible to [more…]

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South American Journey, Part Five

25th August 2023 Going Postal 2468 Comments

More writings by uncle, John Alldridge. This time he is reporting from South America in 1960 for the Birmingham Evening Mail – Jerry F The country where strangers get drunk on fresh air and where [more…]

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The Days of ‘Our’ NHS Are Over

21st August 2023 Going Postal 2580 Comments

Have you noticed something? Whether it is the nurses, who are no longer striking, the junior doctors, about to spend three days on the picket line in pursuit of their 35% pay claim, or the [more…]

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