ASTRA283.WORDPRESS.COM LIFE EXPERIENCES -BRYAN H0GG BEM

Introduction I am a British Senior Citizen. The following is my own personal opinion: Trump is like a Pied Piper (a person who persuades a lot of other people to follow them or do something with them). The USA public who follow him is known as his base. The majority of these people are also…
Cold War Tensions and Threats After World War in 1945 the United States, Great Britain and the Russians agreed to carve up Europe into the Eastern Block and the Western Block. The Eastern Block became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR), known as the ‘Soviet Union’ and the Western Block with the exception of…
Introduction My Sister, Audrey and I are 81 and 83 years old respectively and from our perspective we had absolutely fantastic Parents. However, it may have been different from their perspective regarding us as children. However, one thing am I certain of that both my Sister and I loved and still love our Parents who…
My Aircraft Engineer’s Perspective – Introduction Recently I have noticed that many Airlines are under increasing pressure to keep Aircraft Serviceable to meet the increased Schedules post COVID 19. During the COVID 19 time many Experienced Aircraft Engineers were laid off or made redundant. In addition Training of new young Technicians and Engineers was stopped…
Retaining my Mental Agility At the age of 83 and the significant time I spend at home, I have decided to re-open my website, to enable me to write more articles that maybe of interest to others but allows me to keep my creative brain active and provide me once again with a hobby. To…
My Last Post: This will be my last post on my web site which expires on the 24th November 2023. I have decided not to renew it as the amount of visitors is almost zero and I feel I’m just talking to myself like and ego trip which I do not like. Humanity: Humanity is…
Introduction. Over the past 10 years I have seen dramatic changes in the United State of America (USA) which has weakened the USA and its Allies in their world standing and the USA internally creating a very dangerous situation in terms of our democracy and world security. Post World War II. After World War II…
History Summary Railway Nationalisation: Two major UK Government Policies after World War II changed the existing Railway System in the UK. In 1947 the four main railway companies, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), Great Western Railway (GWR), London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and the Southern Railway (SR) were Nationalised to become British…
This is the story of my Royal Air Force (RAF) experiences at RAF Seletar Singapore and RAF Butterworth also known as Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Butterworth in Malaysia when I was 25 to 28 years old, 54 years ago. Malaysia/Indonesia Confrontation Prior to 1963, the island of Borneo was divided into four separate states:…
Introduction My Father (Dad) Joseph Lishman Hogg was born in Felling Gateshead-On-Tyne in the North East of England in 1918 to my Grandfather Edward Hogg and Grandmother Polly Lishman. After School in 1934 my Dad followed his Father being an Apprentice Non-Ferrous Sand Moulder at Clark Chapman’s Co Ltd who made components for Battle Ships…