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Always Worth Saying’s Railway Review

11th April 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

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 0

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 0

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 0

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 0

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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