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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

9th May 2025 Always Worth Saying 1228 Comments

Question Time 8th May 2025 The Panel: James Murray (Labour) Graham Stuart (Conservative) Richard Tice (Reform UK) Calum Miller (LibDem) Jo Grady (University and College Union) Venue: Hull Well. One feels like the director of [more…]

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The Wolds, Part One

6th October 2024 Joe Slater 1996 Comments

It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Six

17th March 2024 Going Postal 2198 Comments

Monday Morning all and my prayers have been answered this morning, it’s beautifully sunny this morning. It’s still not that warm but I love the sunshine. I see that Penny Mordent is selling that striking [more…]

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

3rd March 2024 Going Postal 2368 Comments

Monday Hi folks, another dull and wet morning to welcome me back to work. My duty feeder this morning was the one who likes to put the kitchen TV on. I was watching and listening [more…]

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Seventies Hard Times And Hard Men

17th August 2021 Always Worth Saying 3857 Comments

There is a shortage of lorry drivers, micro-chips and articles. Strange times that allow me permission to ramble. Put the thesaurus away. Forget about those long German words. If Shakespeare or Bernard Shaw or Oscar [more…]

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Childhood Holiday Memories

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As a kid I spent most of my Summer holidays at my Grandparent’s house in Hull. Dad came to London during the war when he was posted to the Royal Army Pay Corp offices in [more…]

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The Silver Pit

29th April 2020 Going Postal 3598 Comments

Some of you may remember that some time ago I wrote an article about my family tree research and how I’d discovered many interesting things about my family history. One thing I learned was that [more…]

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Free Ports

5th March 2020 Godfrey Bloom 3123 Comments

There has been much welcome talk of a government initiative to nominate free ports in the north & develop a platform for the renaissance of some of the great cities of yesteryear, the cities that [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

6th December 2019 Roger Ackroyd 3402 Comments

Question Time 5th December 2019 Panel: Richard Tice: (Tycoon) Ian Blackford (Poltroon) Annelise Dodds (Loon) Ed Davey (Buffoon) James Cleverly (Picayune)* *(of little value or account) Venue: Hull Voted 67% to Leave. One of the [more…]

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