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Jinnie’s Story, Book Six – Chapter Four

2nd November 2023 Going Postal 0

Jinnie and Penny expanded their search for more debris that could have come from a drone. A walk around the pool deck revealed the burnt deck in several places and burnt piles of loungers, but [more…]

20th Century

’59 Trail, Part Seven

31st October 2023 Going Postal 0

Part 7 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Yellowknife, on the Great Slave Lake I flew the 800 miles from Edmonton to Yellowknife [more…]

20th Century

RAF Halton – Ghosts Abound

29th October 2023 Blown Periphery 0

In 1986, RAF Halton was the No 1 School of Technical Training responsible for training the RAF’s Apprentices, with the sister School at RAF Cosford. It was also the site of Princess Mary’s RAF Hospital. [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Nine

29th October 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning and welcome to another week of my musings. It’s back to Parliament today with the conference season over. Well, perhaps I should alter that a bit, as the SNP are holding their [more…]

Biography

Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Nine

28th October 2023 Going Postal 0

Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here Part [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

27th October 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 26th October 2023 The Panel: Lee Rowley (Conservative) Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) Alyn Smith (SNP) Gabriel Pogrund (Author and journalist) Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (Conservative) Venue: Bradford September 28th’s Question Time from Sale wondered if [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story, Book Six – Chapter Three

26th October 2023 Going Postal 0

Paolo had reacted quickly to the explosions on the cruise ship, saying, “That is an Italian ship. I need to get to the consulate; the consul is going to need a lot of help and [more…]

Cooking

A View (Just Along The Road) From The Greenhouse; Working Class Heroes….Innit?

24th October 2023 Colin Cross 0

Autumn continues its steady, inexorable path towards winter and this year its bringing along with it a profusion of berries. The hawthorn has been particularly prolific and now the holly’s joining in. Plums and damsons, [more…]

20th Century

’59 Trail, Part Six

24th October 2023 Going Postal 0

Part 6 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Flin Flon, North Manitoba This is a country where hard fact and fantastic fiction are [more…]

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