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Amy Atkins, born 17 April 1871 Woman Clark-Board of Education aged 73 Philip Atkins 17 Feb 1874. Retired Bank Clark, Bank of England, aged 70Both the Atkins, brother and sister, died on the 18th June 1944, in the bombing of the Royal Military Chapel Wellington Barracks. Known as the Guards Chapel. Bird Cage Walk, just a few minutes from Buckingham Palace. The worst loss of life cause by a V1The …

Subscribe WordPress Facebook Twitter Instagram If you enjoy reading please consider “buying me a pint”, this will help to cover my hosting and image hosting and help to ensure further trips can go ahead!BUY ME A PINT Historic Pubs and Craft Beer in Leith A journey through Leith, Scotland, which showcases its transformation from a historic trading hub to a vibrant cultural centre. Starting from the Roseleaf Bar Café with …

Newsmash! I've written a *tiny* book about growing potatoes, and Russell has published it.

Heeeeeeeere’s the Devil! TV show host Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) needs to find a way to revive his flailing late night show. He’s in steep competition with rival Jack Carson and after the chart-topping episode where Jack brings on his dying wife Madeleine (Georgina Haig) his life has been in a downward spiral. Jack Delroy and his team come up with what will be a sensational special to help revive …

You'll never guess who has "officially" announced his candidacy for the City of Kawartha Lakes Ward 5 By-Election (you will absolutely guess, because of course it is Bill Denby). PRESS RELEASE!! Presumably, this news was broken first in Bill's top-secret KLTPA group, and this may, in fact, be what Bill has been sharing to his Facebook timeline (he will never grasp that people who are not in those groups are …

I was studying the silicon die of the Pentium processor and noticed some puzzling structures where signal lines were connected to the silicon substrate for no apparent reason. Two examples are in the photo below, where the metal wiring (orange) connects to small square regions of doped silicon (gray), isolated from the rest of the circuitry. I did some investigation and learned that these structures are "antenna diodes," special diodes …

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When I published my review of Belle de Boskoop in 2011, a reader told me, ❝ My samples look quite different.... Does yours have the 3 pronounced ribs on it?❞ The implication (delivered diplomatically) was, are you sure you got this right, dude? title="Belle de Boskoop apple"> When I published my review of Alexander earlier this year, another reader told me, Looks like Belle de Boskoop to me, and the …

The last month has been…a month. A lot happened. I think sharing more things later, in other posts, may make for better storytelling…something more full. Because there are things I want to talk about “now” vs. things I don’t want to feel like I’m repeating later. I’ve never lost a job before. I was one of those people you hear about on the internet having a cool, obscure job. I …

Mudhoney Every Good Boy Deserves FudgeGet It At DiscogsIn mid-1991, grunge was poised to make its entrance into the spotlight of global popular culture as Nirvana's Nevermind was being readied for release. But Mudhoney didn't know that as they began work on their second album, and they were starting to tire of the monolithic hard rock/metal side of their sound. Taking a detour back into the garage rock and early …

My drop-in time work used to be a lot of teaching basic skills. “Here’s how to click. Now here’s how to right-click.” Then for a time it was teaching people about software. “Here’s how a menu works in Microsoft Word.” Then it was more about social media, then mobile phones. Lately it’s still a bit of all of those things, but the major thing I do is something I call …

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I found out about this charming British mystery series because my Golden Age Mystery club read some Father Brown stories. I always look up media adaptations, and while I wasn’t interested in seeing more of the good padre, this 2021 spin-off did catch my interest, so I bought Season 1 on DVD. Sister Boniface Mysteries stars, unsurprisingly, Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson). Who is not only a nun but a mystery-loving …

I’m slipping in another Austin Philips story before Winter Tales season begins. “The Murder at Silchester Post Office” is a fictional reconstruction of the real-life case of George Fell, the caretaker of the Birkenhead Post Office, in Merseyside, England. Fell was brutally murdered on the job in September, 1900. The killer was never found. Philips had written extensively about the case in a previous article for The Strand, called “Crime …