The Bernheim Petition
Updated 23 May 2025. Find out how a Jewish employee, dismissed from his position in Germany, was able to take his grievance to the League of Nations and win his case for anti-Jewish discrimination.
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Charles Dickens Museum – Our Visit
My wife and I visited the Charles Dickens Museum in December 2024. This was a fascinating experience and, I must say, this museum is one of the best we visited.
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Leonhard Posner Betrayed by Britain’s Enemy Aliens Policy
Two people fleeing Nazi persecution could not have imagined that they would be so cruelly betrayed by the UK, a country they would have obviously regarded as a safe sanctuary.
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Teletex System of Document Transfer Abandoned in The 1990s
This post is about The obsolete teletex system, not to be confused with teletext or telex. Teletex was in operation from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s.
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German Kriegslok War Locomotives Are Still Working in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This post is about the last Kriegslok war locomotives in commercial, but not in heritage service. These locomotives, still haul coal wagons at coal mines in Bosnia.
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Telex World Letter – A 1980’s Speedy Letter Delivery System
The Telex World Letter was an innovative way of sending a letter from a telex machine to be delivered anywhere in the world, free of charge.
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The Tarring Folly – A Grade II Listed Building Sadly Decaying
It seems that at one time, The Victoria Tea Gardens, with their splendid view of the adjacent Tarring Folly, were an oasis of tranquillity.
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ACT Apricot PC from 1983
This article is about my memories, from the early nineties, of using an ACT Apricot PC from 1983.
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Mascot Works Sweet Factory in Worthing
J. Whitehouse & Co. Ltd’s Mascot Confectionery Works was at one time an employer of some importance in this immediate area of Tarring in Worthing.
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Does Ukraine have a right to exist?
Are you confused about the question of does Ukraine have a right to exist? Watch an excellent YouTube video by historian Dr Doug Campbell explaining this complex subject.
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D1 Class tank engine Worthing
D1 class tank engine Worthing and its service during existence of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway.
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Telex in The UK and Teleprinters I Remember
Updated 10 May 2025. This article is about my memories as a telex operator in London, in a past life, which started in the mid seventies and ended in the early 1990s.
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