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Liquid Thoughts on Beer

22nd September 2022 Going Postal 3419 Comments

I was gratified recently to find that my uncle, John Alldridge, occasionally took time off in the 1940s from reporting World War II and its aftermath to concentrate on more important matters, as can be [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; (The Shabbiness Of Public Service)

6th September 2022 Colin Cross 3244 Comments

Autumn is upon us, misty mornings, shorter days and cool breezes from the west herald its arrival. In our tiny corner of North West England, little changes. Sheep get moved from field to field, taking [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Fifty-Five

21st August 2022 Going Postal 3235 Comments

Monday Good morning readers, gosh it’s warm again this morning and the forecast is for a very hot week. I think I might go on strike and demand extra Felix and chilled water for working [more…]

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A Postcard Frae Glesgae

19th April 2022 Colin Cross 2565 Comments

Over the last few weeks I’ve had occasion to visit Glasgow on two occasions, one for an overnight stay and the second time primarily to visit Kelvingrove Museum and Gallery. The happy circumstance of my [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Eight

30th January 2022 Going Postal 3821 Comments

Monday Morning all, a clear and frosty morning. Bozzie is a little happier this morning, his team have dug up a picture of Stoma necking a bottle of beer with a crowd during lockdown and [more…]

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Postcard from Romania – Part Four

9th June 2021 SharpieType301 3189 Comments

Part Three of the Postcard from Romania covered our visits to the indoor and outdoor sections of the terrific Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography (Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei), a jaunt to Satu Mare on the wild [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety Two

9th May 2021 Going Postal 2105 Comments

Monday Morning everyone, another nice sunny morning, but a bit windy. It ruffled my fur when I went out before my Felix. I forgot to mention that one day last week something went wrong with [more…]

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Operation Teapot

9th November 2020 SharpieType301 4347 Comments

In the current extremely uncertain days, I don’t know about you, but my thoughts have been regularly wandering off into ‘what if’ territory. I’ve been pondering what ‘might’ happen, what is important to me, and [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Five

1st November 2020 Going Postal 2887 Comments

Monday Good Morning everyone, another week of reporting stretches out in front of me. I had a good read of the papers this morning and loved the story of the Royal Navy who turned up [more…]

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