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Eastern Tide Meets Western Shore – Part Two

8th September 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Aleppo ‘No, Monsieur. I have only two other passengers – both English. A colonel from India, and a young English lady from Baghdad. Does Monsieur require anything?’ Monsieur demanded a small bottle of Perrier. Five [more…]

Fiction

The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter One

5th September 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Mark Edge is losing it. After a disastrous operation in Afghanistan, he lashes out at an American SEAL, who Edge knows is responsible for the death of one of his own men. His Officers on [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Nine

5th September 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning all. Well, it has started off a bit grey but I understand it is going to get sunny later so the windowsill is still a possibility. I find it intriguing that only six [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Seventy One

4th September 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Rose our maid woke me as the sun approached the yardarm and presented me with Mr Lee’s access all areas card. I walked across Dumfries Street towards the school for savants which was a one [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Eleven

3rd September 2021 Going Postal 0

It was about 6:30 and the Walsh family were nearly home from Windsor when Mr Walsh asked, “Anyone hungry?”. Jinnie realised she was famished, she had only managed a cup of tea and a scone [more…]

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GB News Review

3rd September 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

GB News 2nd September 2021 Present: Rupert Allason (Former Conservative MP) Nigel West (Author) Nigel Farage (Broadcaster) Venue: Pints of View Rupert William Simon Allason, who writes as Nigel West, was born in London in [more…]

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The Secret of the Loch

2nd September 2021 Going Postal 0

This is another article by my Uncle, John Alldridge. In addition to writing for the Manchester Evening News, he also wrote many articles for the BBC (back in the 50s and 60s when it was [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 22

31st August 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

COMMENTS ON PART 21 AND YARNS ENSUING FROM THEM I really enjoyed the comments on part 21 and it seems invidious to single out just a few. However, I must apologise to both Wattylers wife [more…]

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Book Review: Death Set to Music

30th August 2021 Going Postal 0

Très bien pour un cadeau gratuity! Having time to sit down and read a book is a bit of a luxury for me, as well as the fact that I don’t have the patience to [more…]

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