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Postcard From Birmingham, Part Eight

2nd November 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Puffins will be devasted to read this is the last episode of Postcard From Birmingham. But thrilled to hear myself and Mrs AWS have been saving up our pennies and coordinating our days off to [more…]

21st Century

Postcard From Birmingham, Part Seven

12th October 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Shall we climb the Minecraft Library of Birmingham as far as Mrs AWS’s iffy-with-heights wobbly legs will take her? Find a balcony and enjoy the vista? Yes, we will, and we’ll take a few photos [more…]

19th Century

Postcard from Birmingham, Part Six

28th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

In recent weeks we have allowed ourselves to be distracted by summer riots, 1980s football matches and pop concerts, the Falkland Islands and even the delivery of mail to the South Pole at Christmas. Puffins [more…]

16th Century

There are more things…

29th July 2024 Going Postal 0

First an apology. I was going to insert photos into this piece, but the ones I took were rubbish and not wishing to compromise SB’s site with unauthorised clips I gave up with the visuals. [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – Ti Titanium

8th August 2023 SharpieType301 0

Another week, another element. Let’s head off on another exciting elementary excursion. You’ll get the idea now that I hope to ensure that at least one element is included from each of the eighteen Groups [more…]

17th Century

Sir John Vanbrugh – The Supreme Schemer

3rd May 2023 Going Postal 0

Its walls and towers stare down – rather snootily it could be said – from Maze Hill, over the lesser buildings clustering round its feet on the edge of Greenwich Common. Opposite, Canary Wharf’s ghostly-looking, [more…]

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A Postcard From India; Road Trip Part 2- Karauli, Bharatpur, Agra, Delhi

20th December 2022 Colin Cross 0

Following a long drive from Jaipur, through small towns and vast open countryside, complete with a break at one of the roadside “Hotels”, we arrived at Bhanwar Vilas Palace which is now, in part a [more…]

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A Postcard From India; Delhi

22nd November 2022 Colin Cross 0

I thought long and hard(ish) on how I could start off a series of “Postcards” about our trip to India. The whole thing came about following an off the cuff remark whilst discussing, with my [more…]

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Blaise Hamlet

26th October 2022 Going Postal 0

Blaise Hamlet is a collection of 9 grade I listed cottages situated to the North West of Bristol, near the village of Henbury.  The cottages are all owned by the National Trust (admission to the [more…]

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