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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

26th May 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 25th May 2023 The Panel: Laura Trott (Conservative) Peter Kyle (Labour) Munira Wilson (LibDem) Janet Street-Porter (Broadcaster) Theo Paphitis (Businessman) Venue: Gravesend A man went into a fellside pub and ordered two pints [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Five, Chapter Thirteen

25th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Jinnie decided that as she no longer had a parking space in the SIS underground car park she would use the train to London. She drove to Hadley Wood station and as it was just [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Check Your White Privilege….Innit?

23rd May 2023 Colin Cross 0

The world turns Postaliers and life moves on apace. This time of year is fraught with many and various dangers though, as we negotiate our way from heatwave to heatwave and through the resultant “Catastrophic [more…]

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Who is Temple Grandin?

23rd May 2023 SharpieType301 0

The name Dr Mary Temple Grandin may not exactly trip off the tongue, but her story is a fascinating tale of grit, stubbornness, a never ending will not only to survive but to thrive in [more…]

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The Flew Alone, Part Three

21st May 2023 Going Postal 0

In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the third of his reports. – Jerry F When John Alcock was released from his [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty Eight

21st May 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning everyone and a happy bank holiday to you all. It was a bit overcast when I went out first thing, but the sun is peeping through now. But it’s a bank holiday [more…]

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Trade Plating Around England, Part Seven

20th May 2023 Going Postal 0

This time, Why do things go wrong on Fridays Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one is here Part [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

19th May 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 18th May 2023 The Panel: Malcolm Offord (Conservative) Jackie Baillie (Labour) Mairi McAllan (SNP) Alex Salmond (Alba Party) Nina Myskow (Journalist) Venue: Fort William Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond was born in Linlithgow on [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Five, Chapter Twelve

18th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Over lunch, Ro told Jinnie about her meal at Trattoria Trevi Turners Hill. Jed had booked a taxi so he could have a drink and they had both been surprised by the number of flashy [more…]

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