20th Century
John Alldridge Meets Douglas Bader
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…]
RAF
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty-One
Monday Hello merry readers, and welcome to another working week and the weather forecast down here in London for the week is pretty good. In fact, the first day there is rain in the forecast [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Forty-Six
Monday Good morning happy readers from a very warm London. I hear that it is not so warm everywhere in the country and up North and it the West of England it is rather wet [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mysteries Redux – Part Four
In Part 3, I included a photograph of a Hawker Hart with most of its fabric covering stripped off as a potential Desert Mystery regarding its fate. Further research has revealed that K4907 apparently had [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mysteries Redux – Part Two
In Desert Mysteries Redux – Part One, I recounted the ‘Desert Mystery’ of the fate of my uncle in Transjordan in 1938. Whilst he was in the desert and not harassing rebellious Arab gangs via [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mysteries Redux – Part One
In the original Desert Mysteries series, I wrote about a 1939 edition of Blackwood’s magazine bought at an antiques fair that led me to research the lives of the men who had read it and [more…]
Travel
Postcard from Iceland
A fat lot of help the Sultan of Oman was. About as much use as a chocolate teapot in the Al Hararis Plain during the hottest hour of an Omani desert day. Creepy sleepy sniffy [more…]
17th Century
The Edgehill Camp Spectres
Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War. It was fought near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire on Sunday, 23 October 1642. The soldiers of both sides were raw and [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eleven
Monday Good Monday morning to you all and welcome to another week of tales that take my fancy when I see them. Another big anti-Israel rally in London yesterday. What amazes me is that the [more…]