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20th Century

Meeting The Queen

12th September 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

I have a little anecdote on meeting The Queen. My late father was born in Lewisham, London and was brought up by working class parents in a council estate.  After he got demobbed from the [more…]

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Samyaza Chapter 22, Israel, London and England

11th September 2022 Blown Periphery 0

Going Home Afarin and Heyfa were in their favourite place, Heyfa’s bed. It was one of those gentle moments where nothing else matters in the whole world, just the two of them. They were saying [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fifty-Eight

11th September 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning you lot. When I woke up this morning, I had to think hard to work out what day it was. It felt like Sunday with the lack of noise emanating from the [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Eight

9th September 2022 Going Postal 0

Jinnie decided that she would tell Paolo, she knew that he had always wanted children. He immediately developed a huge grin and said he would accompany her to the doctor, which was really just what [more…]

Diary

A View From The Greenhouse; (The Shabbiness Of Public Service)

6th September 2022 Colin Cross 0

Autumn is upon us, misty mornings, shorter days and cool breezes from the west herald its arrival. In our tiny corner of North West England, little changes. Sheep get moved from field to field, taking [more…]

Fiction

Samyaza Chapter 21, Camp Mitkan – October 2006

4th September 2022 Blown Periphery 0

Time to hide behind the sofa again.  Contains descriptions of a sexual nature. Afarin devoured Heyfa’s body with her eyes. She marvelled at just how lovely the female body was. Not hers of course. She [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Fifty-Seven

4th September 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my merry readers. It’s quiet here still, apparently Bozzie is home from his hols, but staying in Chequers, although he may pop in from time to time. I have been reading that [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Seven

2nd September 2022 Going Postal 0

Jinnie worried about what to say to her assembled department and had a short discussion with Greta and Carol. In the end, the consensus was not to make a speech, but to say a few [more…]

20th Century

Naples – Front Line Problem City

1st September 2022 Going Postal 0

In March 1944 my uncle John Alldridge visited Naples a few months after it had been liberated and produced this report for the Manchester Evening News. – Jerry F *** War brought disease and desolation [more…]

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