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Christmas Transport Catastrophe!

6th December 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

A catastrophic disaster unparalleled in the history of transport unravelled itself towards the tail end of 2025. This threatens to ruin every little boy’s Christmas. Or does it? In fits and starts from the end [more…]

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An odd obsession

1st December 2025 Going Postal 0

There is a saying that one chainsaw is too many, but 10 is not enough…. I have fidddled about with mechanical things all my life – not only because of the enjoyment but because of [more…]

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Today’s 200th Anniversary of The Railway

27th September 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

This weekend sees the 200th anniversary of railways – or at least of the first steam locomotive-hauled passenger service, which took place on the Stockton to Darlington railway 200 years ago today (27th September). On [more…]

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The Shock of The Modern

13th September 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Besides excitement and trauma, might the shock of the new also provide a synapse re-ordering adrenaline burst that remodels the brain? As a little boy the make-believe near-future modernist world of Thunderbirds (and the like) [more…]

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Solar Panel Installation for Dummies

8th September 2025 Going Postal 0

I thought I might share my limited knowledge and experience with fellow GPers regarding solar panels or solar PV. From Wiki: ‘Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Railway Review

5th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

One tires of the streetcars of Paramaribo, the mineral railways of the Amazon, and even of rural Albania in the 1980s. Railway Review’s roving reportage shall change continents and seek excitement (but not too much) [more…]

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Sir Joseph Whitworth and the Confederate Sniper

2nd July 2025 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction In March 2024 I purchased a first generation, Birmingham-made Parker-Hale replica of a Whitworth military pattern muzzle-loading rifle of the late 1850s. These iconic rifles gained legendary status following their use in the American [more…]

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The Case For SMR Hesitancy

14th June 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

As Energy Secretary Ed Milliband’s Net Zero cultural revolution gathers pace, this week he announced a nuclear renaissance. A new £14bn reactor is planned for Sizewell. Small modular reactors (SMRs) are being championed through a [more…]

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Home Backup Systems, Part Three

3rd June 2025 Swiss Bob 0

Four months on So far I am very pleased with it. No alarms, no problems and good customer service from both sales and technical support. I’m not saying other vendors aren’t as good but Pecron [more…]

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