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“He was a man for whom we had the greatest respect.” – Dennis Edwards 25 Platoon D Company 2nd Battalion Ox and Bucks Regiment.
We don’t usually identify Local Authority Trading Standards Officers with heroic deeds and bravery above and beyond the call of duty, but today’s blog will tell the story of the bravest ‘weights and measures’ man I’ve yet come across, whose heroic and selfless actions 80 years ago helped secure the success of the D Day… Continue reading
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Election Fever Begins!
As our news media begins to speculate about a forthcoming general election (it could be a long haul!) I thought we could reminisce a bit about those also-rans in our general elections, some of the defeated candidates who sometimes appear for a few weeks, are defeated at the ballot box and are never seen again… Continue reading
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Death by Skeleton.
One of my favourite films when growing up was Jason and the Argonauts – I’m sure you can all remember the wonderful battle between Jason, two of his crew and the skeletons that made up the climax to the movie. But did you know that one of Jason’s crew members later became MP for Smethwick?… Continue reading
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Not a record you’d want to hold!
There are some records that you really don’t want to hold. For example, Tom Collins set a record for the longest wait on a trolley in a hospital (over 77 hours before he was found a bed) in 2001 (I fear this may be broken this winter), the stuntman Evel Knievel broke or fractured 433… Continue reading