The Walsh family made the usual Boxing Day excursion to watch Barnet play, but this year the party had grown as they were joined by Daniel meaning they need two cars. Jinnie drove her official [more…]
Question Time 20th October 2022 The Panel: Graham Stewart (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Tony Danker (CBI) Cornelia Parker (Artist) Camila Cavendish (Journalist) Venue: Cheltenham This is what a coup d’état looks like. The WEF and [more…]
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…]
Background In 1974 Tom Baker took over the role of The Doctor from Jon Pertwee. In his first story he was introduced to a new companion – Harry Sullivan, played by Ian Marter. The two [more…]
An ordinary Tuesday, or so it seemed at the start of the day. Mr S had just gone off to the butchers for something nice for dinner when, mid-morning, my phone rang. It was our [more…]
She was discharged from hospital after two weeks and Jean-Claude was there to take her home and carry her kit. She was very weak and frightened like a little girl. She said the worst pain [more…]
Monday Good morning merry readers and cat lovers. I’m feeling my age today, I woke up rather stiff, I don’t know why I didn’t indulge in a lot of exercise and since that bloated Palmerston [more…]
Question Time 13th October 2022 The Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Anas Sarwar (Labour) John Swinney (SNP) Isabel Hardman (The Spectator) Stuart Murdoch (Musician) Venue: Musselburgh The first question was grunted by a local and seemed [more…]
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…]
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