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Stalybridge – Clubs, Pubs And Poets

20th October 2022 Going Postal 0

I’ve never been myself, but I’m prepared to bet that Stalybridge is rather different today from when my uncle described it for the Manchester Evening News in February, 1947 – Jerry F A blizzard was [more…]

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Derek And Clive Go Clubbing

8th August 2022 Novak and Goode 0

In 1982 Clive left a small Welsh town for London to start his degree course, he had outgrown the town where he had lived all his life and was a couple of years older than [more…]

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A Whimsical Look at the Gentleman’s Club

15th June 2021 Godfrey Bloom 0

I am & have been a London clubman most of my life. I have been accused of being a Wodehousian character over the years, I am happy with that, his characters, even the villains are [more…]

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