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Classic Railway Journeys of a different kind

30th May 2024 Going Postal 2479 Comments

As one or two of you may have noticed, I have recently passed a Notable Birthday milestone. (thanks to all who sent good wishes, BTW).  One pf the many prezzies received was  one from Mrs [more…]

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How Can We Escape?

8th June 2023 Godfrey Bloom 2973 Comments

I spent over forty years in the City of London very largely specializing in pension & trust fund management. The latter decade in tax effective investment. We live in a kleptocracy which seems to have [more…]

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The Year Turns, Part 7

1st August 2021 Going Postal 2173 Comments

Lughnasadh For me, this was always one of the festivals which seemed to slip under the radar. Which is a shame, because it’s a nice social time, with fun and games, and good food. Falling [more…]

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‘I Will Haunt You’

22nd February 2021 bobo 2948 Comments

James Irving was….Well, even at this early juncture in our story the sources are ambiguous and contradictory. Said to have been a prosperous Liverpudlian businessman, the nature of his business is variously described as a [more…]

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More Bees

11th May 2020 Going Postal 3847 Comments

I’m assuming you are only reading this because Swiss Bob has run out of: faggot and quiche recipes, and/or Old Trout’s maths questions, that bring back nightmares of my ‘A’ levels from longer ago than [more…]

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Postcard from the Isle of Man

3rd April 2018 Going Postal 1324 Comments

As some of you may have noticed, I am a long-time resident of the evil tax dodging empire otherwise known as the Isle of Man. Apart from the beer guzzling, rubber burning hedonistic frenzy of [more…]

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