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Winston Churchill

Molotov Cocktail
17 Oct 2025

Molotov Cocktail

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History | 0

“A man of outstanding ability and cold-blooded ruthlessness.”

Click on the Soviet bureaucrat Winston Churchill was referring to for details…

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Winston Churchill, WWII, World War II, Molotov, Molotov Coctail, Stalin, Soviet Union, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Apples
4 Oct 2025

Apples

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 2

When Wing Commander Moncrief took off from the airstrip at Arromanches, this would have been his view.

Click on the harbour for a closer look…

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Winston Churchill, WWII, Albert Allsop, Normandy, World War II, Mulberry Harbour, Arromanches
Old Man and the Sea
31 Mar 2022

Old Man and the Sea

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History, History | 0

Life, in an Upright Position.

Click on JFK’s crutches for details…

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Hemingway, J.F. Kennedy, Dolly Parton, Winston Churchill

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    Liz, How adventurous! Neither Timbuktu, nor Russian aircraft, are accessible these days. You are fortunate to have made the trip…

  2. elizabeth Seale on Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk2 March 2026

    Russ: I am lucky to have been to both Timbuktu in 2000 and Tuk in about 2019. We actually drove…

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    Thank You Liz, A friend of Autumn's is a friend of mine....

  4. elizabeth Seale on Tin Foil Underwear2 March 2026

    Great piece. I was very fond of your dad and I see you have inherited his skill with words. Liz…

  5. Russ Paton on Taphephobia1 March 2026

    Now, there’s a topic for another time! 🤩

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