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Report From Israel, 1957 – Part Four

16th January 2024 Going Postal 2388 Comments

In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the fourth of his reports. – Jerry F Kefar Hanasi, Upper Galilee Not so very long ago, Gershon Epstein was a [more…]

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Postcard From Kaunas

10th January 2024 Novak and Goode 2170 Comments

As 2nd cities go Kaunas, seems at least, at first glance, to be a pretty unprepossessing sort of place regardless of whether you arrive by air, road or rail. Arriving by train reveals an industrial [more…]

20th Century

Report From Israel, 1957 – Part Three

2nd January 2024 Going Postal 2450 Comments

In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the third of his reports. – Jerry F The first you see of it is a row of whitewashed oil drums, [more…]

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Can You Keep a Secret?

27th December 2023 Novak and Goode 2229 Comments

I would like, if I may, to share a secret with you, after all I am sure you can all keep a confidence. As I have mentioned before I have been travelling to Central Europe [more…]

20th Century

Report From Israel, 1957 – Part Two

12th December 2023 Going Postal 2084 Comments

In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the second of his reports. – Jerry F Gunfire over Galilee We were sitting on the veranda under that golden guinea [more…]

20th Century

Report From Israel, 1957 – Part One

28th November 2023 Going Postal 2185 Comments

In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the first of his reports. – Jerry F You can learn a lot about a man in 24 hours. Particularly when [more…]

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’59 Trail, Part Nine

21st November 2023 Going Postal 2376 Comments

Final part of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Whitehorse, Yukon Territory My problem now was to get out of Alaska and back into [more…]

20th Century

’59 Trail, Part Eight

7th November 2023 Going Postal 2826 Comments

Part 8 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Kulir Lodge, Nonvianuk Lake I am roughing it with the rich. There are about 30 [more…]

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’59 Trail, Part Seven

31st October 2023 Going Postal 3322 Comments

Part 7 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Yellowknife, on the Great Slave Lake I flew the 800 miles from Edmonton to Yellowknife [more…]

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