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Godspeed Grimy Miner

1st April 2025 Grimy Miner 1867 Comments

The article below was first published in 2017 titled ‘Around the corner’ and is republished today in memory of Grimy Miner, George Kelley. From Grimy Miner’s son. It’s with great sadness that I write to [more…]

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The Great British Sports Car 1945 – 1985

14th February 2024 Grimy Miner 2259 Comments

So, before we get to the “meat and potatoes” of this article let us set a few ground rules. What IS a sports car? – In my opinion a sports car should be low slung, [more…]

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Are all civilisations doomed to fail?

28th January 2024 Grimy Miner 2103 Comments

  Throughout history we have seen great civilisations rise, decline and fall. History has this annoying habit of repeating itself, none more so than in the case of human endeavour. As someone famous once said [more…]

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Night and Low Light Photography

30th October 2023 Grimy Miner 2739 Comments

This article is in response to a number of questions and requests by posters on here; in particular, how to take a photograph of the Moon and not have the highlights blown out. However, I [more…]

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A Puffin Paradise

7th June 2023 Grimy Miner 1938 Comments

A Refuge from Modern England Several things have triggered this article; conversations I have had with various Puffins face to face at meetings and get-togethers, something that Polar Opposite posted in one of the comments, [more…]

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The impact of the Central African situation with regard to the Lucky Onion trade

1st February 2022 Grimy Miner 2430 Comments

I found this script, on a park bench, and found it interesting. NewsTonight featuring Camelly Mateless “Good Evening, and welcome to NewsTonight. with me, Camelly Mateless. Tonight we are investigating the ongoing situation in Central [more…]

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I have a confession to make

5th January 2022 Grimy Miner 3104 Comments

I’m suffering from GAS I’ve had it for a while, but over the last couple of years it has got worse. Every week it seems to get worse. It seems that I only have to [more…]

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Book Review: Honest, Not Invent

14th June 2021 Grimy Miner 4205 Comments

Stanislav, a young Polish plumber, in reality a creation of blogger Ismael Smith, now sadly no longer with us. His comments first appeared below the line in the place we don’t speak of, and subsequently [more…]

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The Avila Gold

1st June 2021 Grimy Miner 2139 Comments

The Avila Gold is a novel by David Westheimer, who also wrote, amongst other things, “Von Ryan’s Express”, later made into a very good film, with Frank Sinatra in the eponymous role. The Avila Gold [more…]

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