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Crisis Journey, 1947 – Part Three

19th March 2024 Going Postal 2366 Comments

“The record of what one man saw and heard and felt on a journey through Britain in October 1947, by John Alldridge” Uncle John’s record of his trip round Britain, to assess the extent to [more…]

20th Century

Crisis Journey, 1947 – Part Two

12th March 2024 Going Postal 4600 Comments

“The record of what one man saw and heard and felt on a journey through Britain in October 1947, by John Alldridge” Uncle John’s record of his trip round Britain, to assess the extent to [more…]

20th Century

Crisis Journey, 1947 – Part One

5th March 2024 Going Postal 2700 Comments

“The record of what one man saw and heard and felt on a journey through Britain in October 1947, by John Alldridge” Uncle John’s record of his trip round Britain, to assess the extent to [more…]

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Monuments, Ley Lines And a White-Coated Jobsworth

13th January 2024 Always Worth Saying 2128 Comments

Salisbury Plain The 1949 page of our old family photo album is confidently captioned ‘Bournemouth’ but neglects any images of the Hampshire Riviera resort. Not to worry. They say that getting there is half of [more…]

20th Century

The Dreaming Spires

6th January 2024 Always Worth Saying 1766 Comments

The 1949 page of our old family photo album is confidently captioned ‘Bournemouth’ but neglects any images of the Hampshire Riviera resort. Not to worry. They say that getting there is half of the fun [more…]

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Next Stop Jungle Junction

2nd December 2023 Always Worth Saying 1810 Comments

Following some confusion regarding a caption mentioning both Southsea and Southampton, your humble reviewer of old photographs realised that the 1949 picture in my grandparents’ family album was of a flying boat called Southsea coming [more…]

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England Ends

11th November 2023 Always Worth Saying 2137 Comments

The land ends Lands End is a headland and holiday complex in western Cornwall. It is the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall and England, and is situated within the Penwith peninsula about eight miles [more…]

20th Century

West Country Family Holiday Continued

4th November 2023 Always Worth Saying 2418 Comments

Looe Looe is a charming coastal town and civil parish located in southeast Cornwall. The town is divided into East Looe and West Looe by the River Looe and has a population of 5,314 as [more…]

20th Century

Blitz And Rebuilding

28th October 2023 Always Worth Saying 2998 Comments

Plymouth and the Blitz Plymouth is a city located in the county of Devon. Geographically, it is positioned on the south coast and is approximately 36 miles southwest of Exeter and 193 miles southwest of [more…]

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