Here are some of the links I have found useful or interesting.
The people of Ukraine desperately need our help during the current continuing tragedy caused by the savage, immoral and reprehensible invasion of their country by the dictator Vladimir Putin (not the Russian people most of whom I am sure do not want this war - Unfortunately it is the Russian people who have been lied to and who do not have Putin's vast personal wealth who will be suffering from the world economic sanctions and the poor young Russian soldiers he has sent to be maimed or killed, while unnecessarily murdering innocent Ukrainians in his name, who are also suffering because of him).
You can do your bit to help - Please consider making a donation to the Red Cross to get aid to those in need
https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appeal
Click here for more photographs from nbroadsman on my Flickr Photo Gallery
From time to time you may also find links to money saving voucher codes or special offers.
The links should re-direct you to the correct web site and open the web site in a new browser window so you do not lose this page.
I will only ever provide links to web sites or suppliers I know or have used myself and found to be satisfactory.
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The exploits, and tragedies, of Sgt Navigator Terry Stringer and the rest of the "Brigand Boys" of 84 Squadron & 45 Squadron R.A.F in their Bristol Brigand Aircraft during the Malayan "Emergency" in the 1950's
www.brigandboys.org.uk
The www.brigandboys.org.uk Website is maintained by nbroadsman
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If you are looking for a good, reliable, website hosting company with excellent technical support for your own domain names/websites then give Stablepoint a try (This website is running on Stablepoint hosting). For more details please look under the menu item "Web Hosting"
Update July 2025: While I am still very happy with the service I have received from Stablepoint and I was looking forward to a long relationship with them I was very disappointed to find on renewal of my Hosting Service and domain names this year that there has been a monumental increase (well over double) in my renewal costs.
As I am running a couple of non-profit websites on a shoestring budget this is unfortunately this means that this is no longer sustainable for me so I am currently looking to migrate to a more economical hosting company before my renewal becomes payable. I understand that costs go up and Stablepoint need to make a profit, and if you are running a profit making website then the increases will be chicken feed especially if you value uptime and support above or else, but unfortunately for me this is an additional cost which, on a limited income, I simply cannot afford.
I will keep this page updated with any alternative hosting providers I find. Unfortunately if I cannot find a cheaper service it may mean the end of the road for this website. I will endeavour to keep my other website brigandboys.org.uk running as long as I can afford it as a memorial to my father, who wrote the contents but sadly died last year, and the other members of 84 Squadron, RAF, who lost their lives in the Malayan Emergency and for whom precious little memorial exists to the sacrifices they made and the young lives which were lost.
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For that perfect customised wedding, naming, renewal of vows or handfasting ceremony.
Whatever your celebration, The Ceremony People are committed to making it the best it can be, by providing a ceremony which is both meaningful and unique to you, delivered by one of their team of warm, yet professional, Norfolk UK based independent celebrants.
The Ceremony People
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Julian Richards & Associates - i-Presentations.co.uk
For sales, marketing, technical and educational presentations and training including remarkable, genuinely hand drawn, Speed Drawing and Whiteboard Explainer Videos, using innovative and attention grabbing techniques, with a world wide reach
i-presentations.co.uk
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A great Open (Canadian) Canoe web site with a friendly and informative forum.
If Carlsberg made an Open Canoe web site it would probably be this one!
http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/
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The Seahawk 17 yacht website - an excellent resource for Seahawk yacht owners
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Linux a Windows 10/Windows 11 operating system alternative for FREE
If Microsoft won't allow you to upgrade your pefectly functional computer to Windows 11 when they cease to support Windows 10 later in 2025 because of "Hardware Incompatibilities" did you know there is an alternative free Desktop PC operating system called Linux (Pronounced "Lin ux" NOT "Lie Nux") which is aways up to date and has thousands of free Open Source applications including replacements for all of the Microsoft Office suite (and you can also run Microsoft Teams on it)?
Linux will enable you to keep your old hardware and so save you going to the expense of having to buy a new PC when there is nothing wrong with your old one. You have probably used Linux already without realising it as varieties of Linux power the majority of web servers enabling the internet, the majority of Smart TVs, DVD players, Set Top Boxes (Freeview), SatNavs, Raspberry Pi computers and is the basis for Android running Android phones.
There are multiple varieties of Linux (known as "Distributions" - All based on the same core but with slightly differing packaging and presentation) and most are completely free to download and install direct from the internet. I used both the openSUSE and UBUNTU (I would recommend this one) distributions of Linux as my main PC operating system as an alternative to Microsoft Windows for years and it is great, less likely to be targeted by Computer Viruses and doesn't spy on you the way Microsoft does and is also very customisable.
Among the Thousands of free Open Source Linux applications you can find Libre Office (A Microsoft Office Suite alternative which will also edit PDF documents), GIMP (A photoshop alternative), Firefox (Web Browser), Chrome (Web Browser)Thunderbird (email reader), DaVinci Resolve (Hollywood Studio level video editing and colour grading) to name but a few.
Some of the most popular Linux "Distributions" are:
UBUNTU Linux
Mint Linux
Debian Linux
Opensuse Linux
Did I mention Linux is great and what's more it, and all the thousands of application programs available, is Free! So install Linux and allow your perfectly functional old PC or Laptop to have a second lease of life (and quite often run faster and more efficiently than Windows) rather than wastefully consigning it to Landfill. Of course you can also just as easily run Linux on a brand new PC if you want to release yourself from Microsoft Windows or even set your computer up to dual boot so you can choose either Linux or Windows whenever you start it.
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