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19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Two

7th December 2022 Going Postal 2742 Comments

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 2838 Comments

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 2588 Comments

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 1918 Comments

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…]

20th Century

Stalybridge – Clubs, Pubs And Poets

20th October 2022 Going Postal 3506 Comments

I’ve never been myself, but I’m prepared to bet that Stalybridge is rather different today from when my uncle described it for the Manchester Evening News in February, 1947 – Jerry F A blizzard was [more…]

20th Century

Inquest on Aachen

13th October 2022 Going Postal 2883 Comments

On 27 October, 1944 my uncle John Alldridge reported from Aaachen for the Manchester Evening News. Six days previously, Aachen had become the first German city to be captured by the Western Allies. – Jerry [more…]

20th Century

The Central Landing School, RAF Ringway, 1940 – 1942

6th October 2022 Going Postal 2854 Comments

On June 5, 1947, the eve of the third anniversary of the 6th British Airborne Division’s landing in Normandy, my uncle John Alldridge of the Manchester Evening News reviewed the achievements of the establishment responsible [more…]

20th Century

The British Army Against Illiteracy, 1948

29th September 2022 Going Postal 3147 Comments

In August 1948 my uncle, John Alldridge, reported from Germany on the steps that the British Army was taking to combat high levels of illiteracy in the ranks – Jerry F The young soldier stood [more…]

20th Century

Liquid Thoughts on Beer

22nd September 2022 Going Postal 3419 Comments

I was gratified recently to find that my uncle, John Alldridge, occasionally took time off in the 1940s from reporting World War II and its aftermath to concentrate on more important matters, as can be [more…]

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