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20th Century

Inquest on Aachen

13th October 2022 Going Postal 0

On 27 October, 1944 my uncle John Alldridge reported from Aaachen for the Manchester Evening News. Six days previously, Aachen had become the first German city to be captured by the Western Allies. – Jerry [more…]

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Pipeline Sabotage and the Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

10th October 2022 Patrick Barron 0

In the course of history there sometimes occurs events that are monumentally important yet were hardly noticed by much of the world at the time. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 went [more…]

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Germany Can Save Itself, and Possibly the World, by Abandoning Four Failed Policies

25th July 2022 Patrick Barron 0

Following is a plea to Germany–The war is over and has been for three-quarters of a century. It’s time to stop prostrating yourself for the supposed “good” of Europe. It’s time to take complete control [more…]

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Erich Bachem – an engineer years ahead of his time (i)

25th April 2022 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction In common with many boys who like me were fortunate enough to grow up in the 1950s and 1960s, I spent much of my spare time building and flying Keil Kraft balsawood & tissue [more…]

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German Potato Salad

16th February 2022 well_chuffed 0

In general I am not in favour of things Teutonic though some of their ladies are rather tasty plus the average German man is little short of a pig so if you can be semi [more…]

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Germany in limbo: what lies ahead for savers and investors

13th October 2021 Going Postal 0

The September 26 election was an extremely close race, with the eyes of the world fixed upon the country as it tried to find the successor of Angela Merkel, one the most influential and longest-serving [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Five

23rd July 2021 Going Postal 0

It was one of those beautiful autumn days. The sun was flooding into Jinnie’s bedroom and the air coming through the open window was pleasantly warm. She listened to the radio for a while and [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Four

16th July 2021 Going Postal 0

Jinnie woke with a start and looking round the bedroom it took her a moment or two to remember where she was. She leant over to the bedside table and put on her new digital [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Three

9th July 2021 Going Postal 0

Following Dirk’s explanation of his injuries, escape from Germany and new position as a recruiter for the SIS, Jinnie wanted to know why he was telling her and how he knew she was starting a [more…]

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