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Animals

Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Thirty-Four

12th May 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning readers, and what a beautiful morning it is in London, sunny and warm. But to add to good things, the rumours have Hamster Useless resigning later. Mind you he could hang on [more…]

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Whitby – that was – part two

20th December 2023 Going Postal 0

It always pleases me to know that Whitby comes from an Old Norse word: Hwitebi, which means ‘white settlement’. The name Whitby came into use around the 12th century, prior to that it is recorded [more…]

20th Century

Whitby – Fishing – Part One of what was

14th November 2023 Going Postal 0

Whitby situated on the East Coast of Yorkshire is known throughout the world, the natural harbour has always been a port of refuge during bad weather. Fishing was the original mainstay with boats known as [more…]

20th Century

’59 Trail, Part Eight

7th November 2023 Going Postal 0

Part 8 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Kulir Lodge, Nonvianuk Lake I am roughing it with the rich. There are about 30 [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred and Five

1st October 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning everyone. Did you get thunder and lightning last night, it was pretty nasty here, but it didn’t start until I had retired to my cat basket. There was thunder rolling for ages [more…]

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Fish & Ships

26th January 2022 SharpieType301 0

I’d like to begin by introducing you to a rather special lady. She was born in February 1957, the first of twelve sisters. A real local lass, she lived and worked from the Humber all [more…]

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Some people might get some pleasure out of hate

29th November 2021 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

I was a quiet and reserved chap when I was at school in Londonistan.  Blond haired, blue-eyed with a well-fashioned, smart black school blazer, I wasn’t set on starting a new nationalist movement, merely trying [more…]

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