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19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Five

28th December 2022 Going Postal 0

Fifth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F Every Western cow town has its museum. Among the usual dusty [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Four

21st December 2022 Going Postal 0

Fourth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F We left the Oregon Trail at Scotts Bluff with 1,200 heartbreaking [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Three

14th December 2022 Going Postal 0

Third in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F From Alcove Springs, in Kansas, to Fort Kearney in Nebraska is [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Two

7th December 2022 Going Postal 0

Second in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F We slept that first night at Alcove Springs, a straggling thicket [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part One

30th November 2022 Going Postal 0

First of a new series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in November 1967 – Jerry F Just 139 years ago, on a powdery ledge of sandstone [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From Innsbruck

5th November 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Zurück in den Tag Am I allowed to say that back in the day I loved Austria? Yes, it was too expensive, yes it was full of unrepentant Nazis, and yes the whole place was [more…]

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The Day I Met Trixie

11th October 2022 Going Postal 0

Somewhere a cockerel starts crowing. It is 3 am and barely an hour since the passing of the last “booming bass” tricycle. Not to be outdone a dog starts barking, then another and another and [more…]

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Jersey – a Postcard

24th August 2022 Sweaty Dave 0

No, it’s not about trains, in fact there are no railways on Jersey, the horror! Being a pureblood, many holiday destinations (USA, Spain, Cruises) are out of the question at the moment. Not that big [more…]

Arts

A Postcard From a Mediterranean Cruise – Part Five

17th August 2022 Going Postal 0

Day 12 – Thursday 7th July 2022 – Cadiz Awakened just as we are approaching Cadiz. I think it is the pilot coming aboard that wakes me as it all happens below my cabin but [more…]

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