Last time on Nostalgia Album we became concerned about Ernestine, my great-aunt by marriage, who at first glance had moved on, relocating to Lancaster, after her husband had been killed in the First War (as [more…]
Question Time 17th March 2022 The Panel: Suella Braverman (Conservative) Wes Streeting (Labour) Max Hastings (Historian) Rev Richard Coles (Broadcaster) Lesia Vasylenko (Ukrainian MP) Venue: Kettering Max Hugh McDonald Hastings was educated privately at Charterhouse [more…]
When in the vicinity one feels obliged. After all, I am a Carlisle lad. During my previous life more interesting I found myself nearby and could adjust my schedule. If I was shot by an [more…]
Last time, we discovered my father’s cousin John Jr gave his life for his country at Bone in Algeria in 1943. In the First War his father, John Sr, died of sickness after being discharged [more…]
Question Time 9th March 2022 The Panel: Nadhim Zadawi (Conservative) David Lammy (Labour) Lawrence Freedman (King’s College London) Vadym Prystaiko (Ukrainian Ambassador) Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Former Danish PM) Venue: London Despised throughout the world. Mistrusted. An [more…]
Within weeks of the start of the Second World War, a residence survey was taken across the country with the information it provided used to issue identity cards and distribute ration books. On it, we [more…]
With there being only 11 years between them both my grandfather, Elihu, and his nephew, John Jr, joined up for the Second War. Last time we looked at my grandfather’s service in the RAOC and [more…]
The above photograph appears in our family Nostalgia Album captioned “Mauretania Southampton 1939”. Although every Big Boy’s Big Book of Big Ships says something different, the photograph, languishing in the Worth-Saying family album for 83 [more…]
Question Time 17th February 2022 The Panel: Jake Berry (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour Mayor of Manchester) Juergen Maier (Industrialist) Inaya Folarin-Iman (Journalist) Frances O’Grady (TUC) Venue: Leeds In a direct, Yorkshire sort of way, the [more…]
Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes