62 Years a Spurs Supporter

by | Dec 13, 2024 | Uncategorized

So we played Rangers again last night almost 62 years to the day and I have been supporting the Lillywhites that long. Nine years old I was living in Scotland in 1962 Dad was in the Navy serving on the submarine depot ship HMS Maidstone, at the Faslane Submarine base....

Nevil Shute Racing Driver !!!

by | Dec 9, 2024 | Uncategorized

The author Nevil Shute was many things in his varied life other than a much loved writer, who can forget classics like The Far Country or A Town like Alice. Nevil Shute Norway (17 January 1899 – 12 January 1960) was an English novelist and aeronautical...

The Raid on Taranto

by | Nov 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

‘Operation Judgement’. ‘During the attack a hundred thousand rounds were fired at us but only one aircraft was shot down in each wave. I got hit underneath by one half-inch machine gun bullet. It was the pilot’s job to aim the torpedo. Nobody was given a specific...