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It All Makes Work

3rd November 2022 Going Postal 3353 Comments

My ‘Phone Line Dies It was on Saturday morning that my friend tried to ‘phone me to tell me that the chimney specialist would be along to fit a cowl to my chimney within the [more…]

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Uncle Fred, Edwardian Metropolitan Policeman

30th August 2022 Going Postal 2897 Comments

Uncle Fred’s Early Life ‘Uncle Fred’, as we all called him, was, in reality, my maternal grandfather’s uncle, and my great great uncle.  He was the only other member of my grandfather’s family I ever [more…]

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Herbert’s War: My Grandfather, Herbert

9th June 2022 Going Postal 2653 Comments

My paternal grandfather, Herbert, was born in Morley in 1875 to a family of coal miners and woollen weavers.  The sixth of twelve children, he was a master boot and shoe maker and repairer. As [more…]

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Queen of the Hebrides – Personal Recollections

24th February 2022 Going Postal 3808 Comments

17.30 Saturday 31st October 2015 For the second day running, we sit on the hard plastic chairs at Glenegedale Airport, staring despondently out of the windows into the grey Islay gloom, with only the occasional [more…]

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Ghosts of Christmas Past

28th December 2021 Going Postal 3145 Comments

Post War Britain I loved Christmas as a child: I would guess most of us did, but I am amazed and humbled when I look back at how much was achieved with how little by [more…]

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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century “Strip” Maps

16th November 2021 Going Postal 3267 Comments

Introduction Sorry to disappoint you so early in the piece, but this article is not about the antics of the young Tom Jones, although undoubtedly he and his dissolute friends could and should have availed [more…]

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Pyrography

14th October 2021 Going Postal 4027 Comments

Background Known as “pokerwork” until the late 19th Century, it is believed that this form of applied art has been practiced since Prehistoric times.  At its most basic, it involves the burning of pictures or [more…]

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Behind the Lines

16th September 2021 Going Postal 3226 Comments

Recently, there have been several articles on the major engagements in World War II, and it occurred to me that some Puffins might be interested in learning about the behind the scenes support of our [more…]

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Sorrows of a Language Lover

19th August 2021 Going Postal 2425 Comments

The purpose of language is communication.  Anything which muddies the language is the enemy of communication, and something which deliberately obscures the meaning of the words is the work of the Devil. I want to [more…]

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