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The Madness of Net Zero

14th November 2024 Going Postal 2975 Comments

Today Spanner Starmer announced he has decided to increase the amount by which emissions will be cut to 81%.  No details of how of course, He and Miliband are forcing or attempting to force through something [more…]

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Sitting Where The Drums Were Found

7th October 2024 Going Postal 1884 Comments

A country child I roamed around from an early age, it was safe then, where these stone drums were found, I knew about them from my mother who had lived very close by and ancient [more…]

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Ulysses – Alfred Lord Tennyson

18th March 2024 Going Postal 2109 Comments

It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and [more…]

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I’m in service at the Big House

10th February 2024 Going Postal 2784 Comments

I’m in service at the Big House Left school when just fourteen Started as a scullery maid – Left mam -my crowded home Timid, shy, first time away, Prayed Cook would not be mean. My [more…]

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Farmhouse cooking

20th January 2024 Going Postal 2590 Comments

Gran toils on In the foreman’s house The old black range is always lit Her foreman husband, live in hands With horses plough and reap and sow. Flour comes in half stone sacks Making bread [more…]

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Means of Communication and Suppression

9th January 2024 Going Postal 2642 Comments

The seed of this article came from this site, I was like many other GPers a poster on GF until banned, whether SB knew what he was creating I don’t know but he is to [more…]

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Whitby – that was – part two

20th December 2023 Going Postal 2193 Comments

It always pleases me to know that Whitby comes from an Old Norse word: Hwitebi, which means ‘white settlement’. The name Whitby came into use around the 12th century, prior to that it is recorded [more…]

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Whitby – Fishing – Part One of what was

14th November 2023 Going Postal 2532 Comments

Whitby situated on the East Coast of Yorkshire is known throughout the world, the natural harbour has always been a port of refuge during bad weather. Fishing was the original mainstay with boats known as [more…]

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Oliver Sarony – man of many parts

23rd October 2023 Going Postal 2759 Comments

My last lurcher, over 16, who used to run like the wind delighting in her agility but only a memory sadly, because of her age we used to take very sedate walks with much deciphering [more…]

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