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20th Century

European Journey 1953, Part One – Brussels

27th August 2024 Going Postal 0

A cold east wind, blowing in short, stinging gusts all the way from the Russian steppes, swoops down over Brussels. It sets all the gilded weather-cocks spinning madly, that boisterous wind. It slaps the cheeks [more…]

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Postcard From Birmingham

24th August 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Myself and my wife fussed over our Kitkats and coffees and peeled off the Standard Premium antimacassars to make it look as though were travelling First Class. Little did we realise our day trip to [more…]

20th Century

Report From Kenya 1955, Part Nine

20th August 2024 Going Postal 0

On his way home from reporting on Kenya for the Birmingham Mail in 1955, my uncle John Alldridge filed this report from Uganda – Jerry F Colour problem in reverse Almost 50 years ago another [more…]

20th Century

Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part Eight

13th August 2024 Going Postal 0

In 1955, at the height of the Mau Mau Rebellion, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of reports from Kenya for the Birmingham Mail and the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F Wally’s lion [more…]

20th Century

Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part Seven

6th August 2024 Going Postal 0

In 1955, at the height of the Mau Mau Rebellion, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of reports from Kenya for the Birmingham Mail and the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F Nairobi The [more…]

20th Century

Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part Six

30th July 2024 Going Postal 0

In 1955, at the height of the Mau Mau Rebellion, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of reports from Kenya for the Birmingham Mail and the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F Nairobi With [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mysteries Redux – Part Four

24th July 2024 Going Postal 0

In Part 3, I included a photograph of a Hawker Hart with most of its fabric covering stripped off as a potential Desert Mystery regarding its fate. Further research has revealed that K4907 apparently had [more…]

20th Century

Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part Five

23rd July 2024 Going Postal 0

In 1955, at the height of the Mau Mau Rebellion, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of reports from Kenya for the Birmingham Mail and the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F Kamiti I [more…]

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Cruising From Malta – Part Four

22nd July 2024 Going Postal 0

Day 12 – 2nd Monday – Corfu As we had sailed from Dubrovnik in Croatia to Corfu which is Greek we have had to put the clock forward an hour overnight to Greek time which [more…]

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