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John Alldridge Meets Benny Hill

26th January 2023 Going Postal 2963 Comments

In October 1955, the Manchester Evening News sent my uncle to interview Benny Hill – Jerry F In some respects Mr. Benny Hill is the most irritating young man I have ever tried to interview. [more…]

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Stalybridge – Clubs, Pubs And Poets

20th October 2022 Going Postal 3506 Comments

I’ve never been myself, but I’m prepared to bet that Stalybridge is rather different today from when my uncle described it for the Manchester Evening News in February, 1947 – Jerry F A blizzard was [more…]

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Inquest on Aachen

13th October 2022 Going Postal 2883 Comments

On 27 October, 1944 my uncle John Alldridge reported from Aaachen for the Manchester Evening News. Six days previously, Aachen had become the first German city to be captured by the Western Allies. – Jerry [more…]

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The Central Landing School, RAF Ringway, 1940 – 1942

6th October 2022 Going Postal 2854 Comments

On June 5, 1947, the eve of the third anniversary of the 6th British Airborne Division’s landing in Normandy, my uncle John Alldridge of the Manchester Evening News reviewed the achievements of the establishment responsible [more…]

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The British Army Against Illiteracy, 1948

29th September 2022 Going Postal 3147 Comments

In August 1948 my uncle, John Alldridge, reported from Germany on the steps that the British Army was taking to combat high levels of illiteracy in the ranks – Jerry F The young soldier stood [more…]

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Liquid Thoughts on Beer

22nd September 2022 Going Postal 3419 Comments

I was gratified recently to find that my uncle, John Alldridge, occasionally took time off in the 1940s from reporting World War II and its aftermath to concentrate on more important matters, as can be [more…]

20th Century

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…]

20th Century

Air Drop to Suez

21st May 2022 Going Postal 3107 Comments

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) There comes a moment in every good reporter’s life when he has to take a chance. [more…]

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The War Correspondent, Part Two

12th May 2022 Going Postal 3135 Comments

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) During the course of World War II the Press War Correspondent found himself in competition with [more…]

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