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Publicans Win Diploma For Bar Etiquette

17th December 2024 Going Postal 1736 Comments

One secret: No politics As fine a figure of an English landlord (he tips the scale at nearly 17 stones) as ever drew a pint of old-and-mild is Mr. Alfred Leslie Farrell, “mine host” of [more…]

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Every Button is a Bit of France

3rd December 2024 Going Postal 2635 Comments

18 August 1944 Ten minutes ago the shock-headed young signalman came swaying across the signals deck and grinned at me. He made a noise like a dive-bomber and his hands mimed an Focke-Wulf Fw 190 [more…]

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Algiers in May 1944, By John Alldridge

26th November 2024 Going Postal 2603 Comments

The stout proprietor of the Cafe de la Liberte across the street was tugging down the yellow and red striped awning as I passed him this morning. In the lounge of the Aletti Hotel they [more…]

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The Barbers of Palermo

19th November 2024 Going Postal 3466 Comments

22 January 1944 And so we came to Palermo. A crumbling, pink-and-white little town where they sell oranges and almonds and mandolins and guitars, and very little else. Such an insignificant little town that even [more…]

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John Alldridge Meets Douglas Bader

7th November 2024 Going Postal 3456 Comments

In September 1955, the Manchester Evening News sent my uncle to interview Group Captain Douglas Bader – Jerry F There was a time — not so long ago — when for seven weary months I [more…]

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Close Approach of Mars to Earth

29th October 2024 Always Worth Saying 2473 Comments

In September 1956, as Mars approached its closest to Earth for 34 years, John Alldridge summed up what we then knew (or thought we knew) of the planet for the Manchester Evening News – Jerry [more…]

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A Voyage to India, 1888

22nd October 2024 Going Postal 2244 Comments

In October, 1888, Miss Kate Pettitt sailed from Liverpool to Bombay in the steamship Eden Hall.She was going to India as a governess with an English family from Manchester. The voyage took five weeks, and [more…]

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European Journey 1953, Part Eight – Sezanne

15th October 2024 Going Postal 2224 Comments

This small French town of Sezanne is one of those places — like Crewe — that you are always passing through but somehow never get to know. Three routes nationales converge on it like the [more…]

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European Journey 1953, Part Seven – Trogen

8th October 2024 Going Postal 2706 Comments

The village lies in a sheltered fold of the mountains, 3,000 feet above sea level. On a fine day you can see clear across to Lake Constance, a bit of burnished silver under the strong [more…]

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