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Always Worth Saying’s Railway Review

11th April 2025 Always Worth Saying 1922 Comments

Boy, how I miss Question Time. The witty repartee, the razor-sharp cut and thrust of debate. George the Poet. The £22 billion black hole. Foodbanks, the statutory tranny, and the obese woman with the purple [more…]

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A trip to Albania, land of the Eagles – Part Three

18th June 2024 Going Postal 2437 Comments

Our days passed with a fairly set routine.  Up early – but far too late for running water, so it was a quick sluice down (over the toilet) from the stored water drawn before dawn, [more…]

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A trip to Albania, land of the Eagles – Part Two

4th June 2024 Going Postal 3229 Comments

The family we stayed with were very hospitable, and as they were being paid something for the inconvenience of us staying there, I am sure we were very welcome!  B and I and our lovely [more…]

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A trip to Albania, land of the Eagles – Part One

21st May 2024 Going Postal 1705 Comments

In hindsight, it was a major life change. Hard to believe that it is now almost 30 years ago – the summer of 1994.  Leaving a management job with a FTSE 100 British company – [more…]

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Albania, Pirate Ships and a Royal Villa

1st July 2023 Always Worth Saying 2255 Comments

As further proof that nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, in this week’s edition we diverge from my grandparents’ faded leather-bound family album from the 1940s and 50s and take a look at what [more…]

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