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19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Seven

12th January 2023 Going Postal 0

Seventh in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F We left Deadwood in the late afternoon and headed West again, [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Six

5th January 2023 Going Postal 0

Sixth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F Some few minutes before four o’clock on the afternoon of August [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Five

28th December 2022 Going Postal 0

Fifth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F Every Western cow town has its museum. Among the usual dusty [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Four

21st December 2022 Going Postal 0

Fourth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F We left the Oregon Trail at Scotts Bluff with 1,200 heartbreaking [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Three

14th December 2022 Going Postal 0

Third in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F From Alcove Springs, in Kansas, to Fort Kearney in Nebraska is [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Two

7th December 2022 Going Postal 0

Second in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F We slept that first night at Alcove Springs, a straggling thicket [more…]

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Finding Ngozi

6th December 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

For obvious reasons myself and Swiss Bob don’t know each other’s true identities nor are we ever aware of each other’s exact whereabouts. Secret messages whizz around the globe. A sentence is out of place [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part One

30th November 2022 Going Postal 0

First of a new series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in November 1967 – Jerry F Just 139 years ago, on a powdery ledge of sandstone [more…]

20th Century

How I came to mistrust, then detest the Main Stream Media

21st November 2022 Moscow Fred 0

Ed. This was sent to me in 2018 by Moscow Fred, sadly he was never able to finish it. RIP Fred. I was reminded of it by the documentary on The Herald of Free Enterprise [more…]

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