Virgin Atlantic – You might want to think twice, but it's alright.
It has become common knowledge that Virgin Atlantic have become serial offenders when it comes to overbooking, but this is a perfectly...
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Mark Whitworth
- Aug 10
- 16 min
Intasun Holidays for Beginners
The battle to spend money on beer – 1985-89 It is one thing to apply for a job with a competitor; it is quite another to be head-hunted....
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Mark Whitworth
- Aug 7
- 21 min
Horizon Holidays for Beginners
The battle to spend money on beer – 1979-1985 Of course, a proper job is only rarely the ideal job. I had expressed an interest in...
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Mark Whitworth
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Moseley Grammar 1969-76
A series of images from a Birmingham (UK) secondary school. These photos will expand if you click on them. A Moseley Grammar School...
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Mark Whitworth
- Jul 31
- 19 min
Child Labour for Beginners
The battle to earn the money to afford to drink - 1968-79 Amazingly, many people enjoyed reading the blog “Bar Work for Beginners”. Never...
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Mark Whitworth
- Jul 27
- 6 min
Bar Work for Beginners
The battle to earn the money to afford to drink - 1976-79 When I visited Leeds in late June 2023, I struggled to remember the name and...
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Mark Whitworth
- Apr 23
- 6 min
A Cat Named Tigger
Tails of the Unexpected There was little to stop the ginger cat from sliding, at full speed, and head first, into the granite pillar that...
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Mark Whitworth
- Apr 23
- 4 min
Forbidden Fruit
These pages are devoted to arguing why you should eat fewer avocadoes or give them up entirely. Let's start with the fact that avocado...
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Mark Whitworth
- Nov 17, 2020
- 23 min
The Curious History of the Hakka and the Tulou
How the rural Chinese of Fujian convinced the US government they had built missile silos. Much of this article can be regarded as a...
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