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Elementary, my dear Watson – the Group 19 elements

2nd May 2026 SharpieType301 0

After a rather extended respite hiatus, welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends… wending our way through the elements and the Groups of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the [more…]

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Standing with Giants: A Postcard from Pompey

13th April 2026 SharpieType301 0

‘Twas on a grey, damp and dismal day in January that, together with a couple of my ‘dementia friends’, I headed off to Fort Nelson, one of Palmerston’s Follies. This particular Fort is not quite [more…]

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Journeys Back in Time…

4th August 2025 SharpieType301 0

A sunny Sunday in July, and it turned into a pretty special day. In glorious summery weather, we got to ride on a couple of beautifully restored vintage seafront bus services running from just outside [more…]

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A Potteries Idyll

9th March 2025 SharpieType301 0

This will be quite brief for a Sharpie article (I can almost hear the collective sighs of relief) but it acts as a bit of a paean to The Potteries, and one not only from [more…]

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Remember me when I am gone away…

3rd June 2024 SharpieType301 0

Now and again, amidst the bustle of comments that none of us read, we notice that a familiar voice has fallen silent, and we wonder. It isn’t particularly unusual for the folk who frequent this [more…]

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The Return of the Native

30th January 2024 SharpieType301 0

Sorry to disappoint the diehard Thomas Hardy fans amongst you, but this has nothing at all to do with Clym Yeobright, Egdon Heath and the heathlands of Wessex, nor the love tangles and tragedies he [more…]

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The Staffordshire Oatcake: a regional delicacy

28th December 2023 SharpieType301 0

When someone mentions the word ‘oatcake’, what is it that you first think of? I’d be rather surprised if many of you will not, like I used to do, immediately think of the commercially produced [more…]

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A Postcard from Petrolhead Paradise

3rd October 2023 SharpieType301 0

A Postcard from Petrolhead Paradise Well, Stone the crows! A sunny Saturday in September saw a bit of a surprise. Although we’d noticed the colourful banner advertising the event often enough as we wandered hither [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – Co Cobalt

22nd August 2023 SharpieType301 0

We are working our way through each of the eighteen Groups of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the Elements), with the general idea behind this series being to ensure that at least [more…]

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