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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Five

26th January 2025 Going Postal 2589 Comments

Monday It is quite pleasant here in London this morning, no frost for the first time in ages, and some sunny periods. I heard Lee Anderson on the radio this morning. I think it was [more…]

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This Is My England, 1950 – Part Three

12th March 2023 Going Postal 2764 Comments

I have had a particularly soft spot in my heart for Nottingham ever since an evening in June, 1940. There were about a thousand of us, dribs and drabs of a British Expeditionary Force, scooped [more…]

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Not Just a Walk in the Park

24th November 2021 SharpieType301 3758 Comments

It has been a challenging couple of years for us all, and I suspect that our trials and tribulations are a long way from over. Thus, as the autumn temperatures drop away to winter’s chills, [more…]

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The Ugly Duckling County

29th April 2021 Joe Slater 2052 Comments

When you think of the north of England, you think of fells and moors and hill farmers, of ruined abbeys and windswept Wolds, of gaunt mill chimneys, of terracing lurching crazily up bare hillsides, of [more…]

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A Walk in the Past

15th April 2021 SharpieType301 2728 Comments

Ey-up miduks, as they say here in my adopted city. This ramble all started with a day off. A Friday, to be precise. It was no particular Friday, and there was no particular reason for [more…]

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Walk on the Wild Side

28th August 2020 SharpieType301 3565 Comments

You know what they say, ‘if you can’t stand the heat, get out of…’ So, on a sticky, sultry summer’s day we decided to do just that and headed out of the bustle of the [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

26th April 2019 Roger Ackroyd 2578 Comments

Question Time 25th April 2019 Panel: Caroline Lucas: Green MP (Remain) Vince Cable: LibDem MP (Remain) John Ashworth: Labour MP (Remain) Victoria Atkins (Tory MP Remain) John Rhys-Davies (Actor. Leaver) Venue: Nottingham In the first [more…]

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Going Postal with Question Time

25th April 2019 Going Postal 2098 Comments

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents Question Time from Nottingham with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. On the panel are: Victoria Atkins MP, crime [more…]

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