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The Tectonic Plates Shift

3rd August 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

As we make our way back from an enjoyable day trip by train to Edinburgh, Mrs AWS and I have pause for thought as we pass through Lockerbie, scene of the 1988 bombing which claimed [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mysteries, Part One

15th May 2024 Going Postal 0

Some years ago, for only a few pounds, I purchased from a local antiques fair a June 1939 edition of “Blackwood’s Magazine”, this magazine and miscellany (pictured) ran from 1817 to 1980. I bought it [more…]

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Colonialist Le Grand Fromage, Part One

13th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Le Grand Fromage Lands Although elected under the banner of the Socialist Party (which obviously holds pro “European” views), Hollande attempted to govern in the interest of the “Colonial Party known as French Colonial Union”. [more…]

21st Century

Cocaine Importation Agency and Qatari bagman Agent Sarkozy

6th September 2023 Going Postal 1

Nicolas Sarkozy, American agent1 (The Frog on the Seine is all mine all mine) On 2nd September 2005 Jacques Chirac suffered a serious stroke and ceased to govern. He was no longer able to execute [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – Some Impressions

15th June 2023 well_chuffed 0

Having spent a while researching the Desert War series, it is only fair to leave you my impressions based on the many thing that have passed before my eyes. It takes a while to weed [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – May 1943

29th May 2023 well_chuffed 0

With the Axis occupying a smaller and smaller piece of real estate in Tunisia this was the month they would have to surrender, 291,000 of them. There was no way to supply them and no [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – April 1943

12th April 2023 well_chuffed 0

The Axis forces will surrender in May so April sees the Allies squeezing the Axis into a smaller and smaller area. On the 1st the US 1st and 9th Infantry Divisions attacked Italian positions at [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty

26th March 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday It’s a beautiful Monday morning here in Westminster, even if it was a bit wet overnight. The sun is out, the sky is blue and it’s even a bit warmer. The woman who looks [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – March 1943

9th March 2023 well_chuffed 0

With the Axis on the run in Tunisia it was only a matter of time until they had to surrender. Their supply routes to Tunisia were under constant attack and the Axis could do little [more…]

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