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American Journey 1952, New York

26th March 2024 Going Postal 2541 Comments

Of course, it’s impossible to do justice to New York in a few hundred words. Its like saying the Pacific is deep or that Everest is high or that Helen of Troy was a pretty [more…]

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One Degree of Separation

21st September 2022 Always Worth Saying 2883 Comments

My niece tapped on the home office door. When she was smaller I would babysit and sell her pieces of paper as her need to draw and write would keep her occupied. Yes, sell. We [more…]

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Naples – Front Line Problem City

1st September 2022 Going Postal 3256 Comments

In March 1944 my uncle John Alldridge visited Naples a few months after it had been liberated and produced this report for the Manchester Evening News. – Jerry F *** War brought disease and desolation [more…]

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All That Was Ended, 15th August 1945

25th August 2022 Going Postal 2984 Comments

In August 1945 my uncle, John Alldridge, wrote this article commemorating the sixth anniversary of the end of World War II for the Manchester Evening News. He ended with the implication that the memory was [more…]

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Men Against Everest

18th August 2022 Going Postal 2652 Comments

In August 1951, as preparations for the 1953 Everest Expedition were underway, my uncle John Alldridge wrote about the previous expeditions for the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F “I guess my real reason for [more…]

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The Wickedest Man in History

7th July 2022 Going Postal 3866 Comments

This is my uncle John Alldridge’s article for the Manchester Evening News on the 10th anniversary of Hitler’s death on 30 April, 1945 – Jerry F By today it was clear the Reichswehr had had [more…]

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The Front Line Reporter

22nd June 2022 Going Postal 3055 Comments

In this extract from his book* my uncle describes his time as a war correspondent with the Army’s official newspaper Union Jack in the latter stages of World War II. Jerry F. In World War [more…]

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Press Photographer, Part Two

2nd June 2022 Going Postal 2586 Comments

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) In almost every great news story of recent times Luck has been the deciding factor. You [more…]

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Press Photographer, Part One

26th May 2022 Going Postal 3127 Comments

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) Halfway over Putney Bridge the No 14 bus jolted to a halt. Behind it the rush-hour [more…]

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