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Three Men on a Bike, Part Three

27th April 2022 Roger Ackroyd 0

Having recovered from the ravages of what we thought was pilchard food poisoning but was more likely some dodgy Camembert, and rested sufficiently at the Rouen youth hostel we ventured forth on Day 5 and [more…]

Arts

Three Men on a Bike, Part Two

13th April 2022 Roger Ackroyd 0

You will recall that we three intrepid cyclists, Cough, Pat and my good self, had landed in Blangy sur Bresle, a small village on the border of Picardy and Normany on the second night of [more…]

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Three Men on a Bike, Part One

30th March 2022 Roger Ackroyd 0

I suppose it must have been during the 1965 Easter break from the Sixth Form that Bogs, Cough, Pat and myself decided that during the summer months between the AS level exams and the start [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Thirty Six

27th March 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning my lovely readers, gosh these Monday mornings come around too quickly for me, now I’m getting to be an old cat I think one day off a week is too little. Who do [more…]

19th Century

Crimean War, Part Seven

27th January 2022 Going Postal 0

In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]

19th Century

Crimean War, Part Five

13th January 2022 Going Postal 0

In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]

19th Century

Crimean War, Part Two

23rd December 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]

20th Century

Book Review: “We Defended Normandy” by Lt Gen Hans Speidel, 1951

21st October 2021 Going Postal 0

Could War In Europe Have Ended in 1944? Was Montgomery right ? Americans said “No”, now Speidel says “Yes”   “We Defended Normandy” by Lt-Gen Hans Speidel (Herbert Jenkins, 12. 6d.), 1951 Book review by [more…]

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Z is for … Zeitgeist, Generation Z and Le Z, the presumed candidate

19th October 2021 Going Postal 0

The man who alerted me to the collapse of Western civilisation might soon be President of France. He did so at an event I attended on 4 November 2014: Eric Zemmour was in London to [more…]

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