‘FLIP SIDE’ ARCHIVE

All the posts under the ‘Flip side’ menu item/category, were written between November 2020 and 2023. I originally published them on my book publishing website ‘Rosebine Press’ but transferred them here, as a more appropriate home for them. My motivation for putting these posts out there, was to try and convince anyone whose mind was …

EIGHTY YEARS AGO

Field Marshall Montgomery

“EIGHTY years ago tonight …” My father was present at El Alamein. He seldom spoke of his wartime experiences, but I remember him becoming emotional whenever he heard the pipe tune ‘My Home’, because that was one of the tunes played by the pipers of the 51st Highland division El Alamein as they led the …