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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other people named Derek Robinson, see Derek Robinson (disambiguation). 12 April 1932 (age 84). Screenwriter, author, Rugby Union referee. A Darker History of Bristol. A Load of Old Bristle: Krek Waiter's Peak Bristle. Run with the Ball. Born 1932) is a British author best known for his military aviation. Novels full of black humour. In 1971 for his first novel, Goshawk Squadron. After attending Cotham Grammar School. Robinson served in the Royal Air Force.
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They come over here … | Eugene Byrne
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Bristol’s Libraries – 400 years old today. They come over here …. This is Henri Coandă. Handsome devil, ain’t he? He was damn clever, too. He was born in 1886 and invented a recoilless gun, prefabricated houses and a solar-powered system of desalination, among many other things. Earlier in his career, though, Henri Coandă worked in Bristol. He joined the British and Colonial Aircraft Company in 1912, just two years after its foundation, as its Technical Director, and worked there for three years. To cut ...
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January | 2014 | Eugene Byrne
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Archive for January, 2014. They come over here …. This is Henri Coandă. Handsome devil, ain’t he? He was damn clever, too. He was born in 1886 and invented a recoilless gun, prefabricated houses and a solar-powered system of desalination, among many other things. He is best-known, however, as one of the leading early pioneers of aviation. He designed several experimental aircraft including (though […]. Cllr Smedley's Bridgwater site. Bristle's Blog from the BunKRS. Bristol Radical History Group. Blog at ...
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June | 2014 | Eugene Byrne
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Archive for June, 2014. Biological warfare in Bristol? Here’s another one of my favourite Bristol WW1 tales; a favourite because it contains a great big unanswered, and possibly unanswerable question. Bubonic plague. Scary stuff because that’s, like, what the Black Death was about. The thing that killed maybe as much as half the population of Europe in the 14th century. It’s always been […]. Cllr Smedley's Bridgwater site. Bristle's Blog from the BunKRS. Bristol Radical History Group. I'm also at . Much ...
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February | 2014 | Eugene Byrne
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Archive for February, 2014. Are you ever SHAMED by your IGNORANCE of BRUNEL? Do you ever find yourself EXCLUDED from the DINNER PARTY CONVERSATION because you know nothing of his GAZ ENGINE or cannot have an INFORMED DISCUSSION about the BROAD GAUGE? Do you find your FACE REDDENING when your WEEKEND GUESTS ask you to explain the PRINCIPLES […]. Cllr Smedley's Bridgwater site. Bristle's Blog from the BunKRS. Bristol Radical History Group. People's Republic of Stokes Croft. Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust. Creat...
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Advertising feature | Eugene Byrne
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They come over here …. Are you ever SHAMED by your IGNORANCE of BRUNEL? Do you ever find yourself EXCLUDED from the DINNER PARTY CONVERSATION because you know nothing of his GAZ ENGINE or cannot have an INFORMED DISCUSSION about the BROAD GAUGE? Do you find your FACE REDDENING when your WEEKEND GUESTS ask you to explain the PRINCIPLES behind the SUSPENSION BRIDGE? Are you seeking an ANGLE to FILL SPACE or AIRTIME for the ONGOING STORY about the collapse of the TRAIN LINES at DAWLISH? Oh, I suppose so.
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Eugene Byrne | Author, journalist and gobshite | Page 2
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Newer posts ». The Bells, The Bells…. Cah Start out with the best of intentions and then you get sidetracked. Not looked at or done anything with the blog since the summer. So you come back and see that 19 comments are pending and waiting approval. And they all say how marvellous this blog is and how much they love what “you guys are doing.” Which is nice, even if it is all spam. I’ve been very busy with a lot of things, Bristol in World War One included. So here’s a story. Naturally, the tribunal wanted...
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June | 2013 | Eugene Byrne
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Archive for June, 2013. Doing the old tall tales and urban legends walk Sunday week for the Bristol Civic Society. Your money goes towards making Bristol more lovely, and not towards making my bank balance more lovely, so cough up. Just for a gratuitous plug, here be one of my favourite Bristol seafaring yarns, yarr, belike (etc.). Even though […]. Cllr Smedley's Bridgwater site. Bristle's Blog from the BunKRS. Bristol Radical History Group. People's Republic of Stokes Croft. Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust.
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Patriots or conchies? Not all of them. | Eugene Byrne
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Biological warfare in Bristol? Not all of them. In all the commemoration of the First World War, and the inevitable political spats, there’s been a great deal of talk from various folks wanting to use it for their own present-day agendas. So far, so normal. That’s history for you. At one end of the spectrum are small and big-‘c’ conservatives who claim the war was necessary and just, and that those who fought were honest, stout-hearted patriots and heroes. All of them. There hasn’t been a lot of wo...
