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My dad and the Canadians

29th May 2025 well_chuffed 2716 Comments

King Sausage Fingers opening the Canadian Parliament inspires me to write a few words about the Canucks. Charlie boy opening the Canadian Parliament as their head of state was a a powerful image and a [more…]

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Desert Mystery: Cartoons on a wall

14th May 2025 Going Postal 1991 Comments

Recently, I acquired a set of wartime photographs sourced from a militaria dealer in Munich. The photographs are of cartoons hand-drawn across the whitewashed walls of a room. The style is typical of that seen [more…]

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The Lost Airman – Part Two

14th September 2020 Going Postal 3591 Comments

At Chelsfield, local folk were well aware that a Hurricane had plunged from the sky above them on that sun-kissed Sunday afternoon of 1 September during an intense and frightening period of activity that shook [more…]

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The Lost Airman – Part One

7th September 2020 Going Postal 2703 Comments

Chelsfield Green, a strip of elevated, sloping grassland running alongside Warren Road from Chelsfield Station to Court Road on the fringe of the Village, has become a popular spot for a ration of daily exercise [more…]

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Development of the Merlin Engine

11th April 2017 rattuscatchus 0 Comments

The Rolls Royce Merlin was a V12, 27 litre engine and originally was a private venture so was financed entirely by Rolls Royce and its backers. Designated the PV12 it followed the Rolls Royce trend [more…]

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