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Memory Lane features
A selection of special nostalgic Memory Lane type features and books looking back at some fascinating events in history.


Building the Iron - by author Geoff Lewis - Engineering adventure rebuilding Swansea with Ruston Bucyrus Diggers...
Special Coast and Country book review coastandcountry.blog donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026 BUILDING THE IRON - ENGINEERING ADVENTURE REBUILDING SWANSEA WITH RUSTON BUCYRUS DIGGERS BY GEOFF LEWIS. BUILDING THE IRON BY GEOFF LEWIS ENGINEERING ADVENTURE REBUILDING SWANSEA WITH RUSTON BUCYRUS DIGGERS Price £19.64 Per Copy Plus UK shipping in protective wallet £4.85. **Orders can be made online via the link on t
Don Hale
Mar 203 min read


ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Australian author - Joy Bloumis: The Storms You Walk Through: A Memoir of Roza Hamer.
*Pictured above - Australian author Joy Bloomis. Special Coast and Country Author Spotlight Feature: Welcome to another new author feature in conjunction with Amazon.. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Australian author - Joy Bloumis: The Storms You Walk Through: A Memoir of Roza Hamer. *This book is now available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NxPcaH Exclusive report by Don Hale. donhaleblog.blogpost.com/2026 coastandcountry.blog Occasionally, within my role as a journalist, author, a
Don Hale
Mar 63 min read


So, What's Wrong with Dreaming?
So What's Wrong With Dreaming? Special Coast and Country book review: Run in conjunction with: donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026 *This is a direct link to Amazon books: https://amzn.to/40LHDn7 Featuring author Richard John Campbell MBE, and his latest book - So What's Wrong with Dreaming? Born into a family struggling, like so many, from the after-effects of the Second World War; where the home was poor and shared by seven people, all packed into a small Victorian semi. Wit
Don Hale
Mar 61 min read
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