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Busy Days at Cop Junction

8th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Cop junction lies just north of Charlisle, an English cathedral city on Network Rail’s West Coast Main Line somewhere between Preston and Motherwell, possibly within a giant spike in the border penetrating well into Scotland [more…]

Fiction

The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 10

7th November 2021 Blown Periphery 0

There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest. ― Tahir Shah, House of the Tiger King: The [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Eighteen

7th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning merry readers, another week of reporting stretches ahead of me. I have been eating my breakfast and listening to the radio. I do wish Bozzie would stick to one station. I just get [more…]

20th Century

Mystery Album, Part Eight

6th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

There are pleasures even the most adventurous of lives can deny a gentleman. Despite the tales of derring-do from his previous life more interesting (occasionally mildly exaggerated), there are places your author has rarely visited [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Twenty

5th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Jinnie was in the unit’s minibus on the way to the shooting competition in Southampton when her mobile rang and a voice said, “Please hold for the Prime Minister.” Seconds later the now familiar voice [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

5th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 4th November 2021 The Panel: Paul Scully (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Tim Stanley (Journalist) Caroline Lucas (Greens) Paul Polman (Former CEO) Venue: Eastleigh Amir wants to know if Tory sleaze has returned in [more…]

20th Century

Report From Kenya, March 1955

4th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Two years into the Mau Mau emergency, my uncle John Alldridge reported from Kenya for the Manchester Evening News in March, 1955 – Jerry F.   Tactical Force Headquarters East Africa Command Nyeri, Kenya, Monday [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Two – Brighton

1st November 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

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The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 9

31st October 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Edge had been on enough operations to know that the work was ninety per-cent routine and ten per-cent sheer terror and exhilaration. Two days later he had gone up in Huey that was doing an [more…]

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