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  1. Tonypandy
    Threadmarks: Hugh Proctor 1

    Da never forgot Tonypandy. It haunted him his entire life. Not just him either. A whole generation were changed by that day. He used to say the bosses created the revolution, not the workers. Even so, deep inside him, I think he always wondered if the price had been too high. He still hated...

  2. A couple of Cromwellian POD.

    POD 1 - When Cromwell is offered the Monarchy he accepts it. This would mean his son Richard becomes King after him assuming no other changes in the law. Would the outcome be any different to that with Richard taking over as Lord Protector? POD 2 - Cromwell nominates his second surviving son...

  3. Story of a Family - POD Britain takes Louisiana Territory in Treaty of Paris 1763
    Threadmarks: Back Story - British North America Part 1

    I raised the question of WI no Treaty of Fontainebleau in 1762 here. Since then, I've been thinking further about the implications. I'm working on a TL that begins in 1863 in Montana, which for a variety of reasons works better if it is not set in OTL USA. What's set out below is not intended to...

  4. Scottish Home Rule Bill 1913/1914 - looking for the text

    Scottish Home Rule Bills were introduced into Parliament in 1913 and in 1914. They were essentially the same, the second version adding a clause for the enfranchisement of women. The 1914 Bill received a second reading but then fell with the outbreak of the First World War. Can anyone point me...

  5. WI: President Strom Thurmond

    The origins of this fragment of a TL lie in the backstories I have written for my 'Stories from a Changed World' TL. This bit seemed to stand on its own so I have edited it to remove the ASB elements and now post it here. It won't go any further, but if you want to see the ASB version look at my...

  6. WI we talked of WW1 1914-1923?

    Most UK War Memorials show the dates of WW1 as 1914-1918. A few show 1919 (including the Cenotaph in London surprisingly) or even 1921, reflecting the signing of the Peace Treaty with Germany or the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The CWGC has WW1 as 1914-1921. It lists about 59,000 men...

  7. A different Easter Rising

    I originally wrote this as a sort of preface for an earlier version of my 'Frozen Spring' TL The original aim was to have a Nazi occupation of Tyneside over the severe winter of 1946/47, which is the source of the title. Since then the TL has shifted slightly so this is now redundant. I like to...

  8. WI: No Treaty of Fontainebleau 1762?

    The Treaty of Fontainebleau in 1762, provided for France to cede the Louisiana Territory to Spain. If, for whatever reason the Fontainebleau treaty was never signed, Britain could probably have secured the Territory as part of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. That raises a whole string of...

  9. Britain 1914 before WW1

    Comments/suggestions wanted please on next steps for my Frozen Spring TL. This has been posted in the thread but without reaction. Story so far: A General Election in 1913 leads to a Liberal/Labour Coalition government. That Coalition is fragile and still requires the support of the Irish...

  10. No or delayed National Grid in UK

    From Wikipedia: In 1925, the British government asked Lord Weir, a Glaswegian industrialist, to solve the problem of Britain's inefficient and fragmented electricity supply industry. Weir consulted Merz, and the result was the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926, which recommended that a "national...

  11. Effects of Population Crash

    I'm working on a TL which is actually ASB, but has an event which could arise in non-ASB situations. So in 1956, something happens which causes the population to fall drastically. Could be a disease affecting fertility levels say, or something infectious like the post WW1 flu epidemic which...

  12. US Territories becoming independent rather than becomeing states

    I'm writing a story which is complicated to describe but the elevator pitch would be the various forms of marriage in Heinlein's 'Moon is a Harsh Mistress' dropped into pre-statehood Montana in a sort of 'Deadwood' setting. It wasn't intended to be AH, but as I wrote more, it became clear that...

  13. WW1 begins as UK in middle of General Election

    Something I'm thinking about in the context of my long inactive Frozen Spring TL, which I'm trying to revive. Basic premise is that a general election is called after Sarajevo, but before the Russians start even partial mobilisation. Broad timetable is below. For the background to the election...

  14. Implications of Britain not entering WW1 until 1915.

    I'm still trying to develop my Frozen Spring TL although not making much progress, for a range of complicated reasons. However here's the position on which I want thoughts. Some of these I've raised before, but the emphasis is changing. As a reminder the POD is a mismanaged military response to...

  15. Discussion thread - outbreak of WW1

    My Frozen Spring TL is still proceeding, at its usual glacial pace, but I'm now reasonably sure of where I'm going up to the end of WW1. I would like however to get feedback on one issue. There is going to be another General Election in the ATL, in 1914. The reasons for that should be fairly...

  16. Later intervention by UK into WW1 - different scenario

    I've asked questions on this before but would now like to get views on a different scenario, but with the same starting point of a late entry by Britain because of trouble at home. War breaks out as OTL with German invasion of Belgium and into France. Balfour wants to send army as per OTL but...

  17. Later intervention by UK into WW1

    I've raised this previously (https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=310913) which helped me firm things up a great deal. I want to talk now about post war. Assuming the following: Because of internal problems, the UK doesn't send the BEF as OTL (or perhaps only a...

  18. German sabotage in UK during WW2

    I haven't seen a thread on this possibility and I'm not convinced it would have made much difference anyway but here goes. What would the effect on the war have been if Germany had mounted sabotage attacks in the UK against say the rail network? I'm envisioning small squads of about a dozen men...

  19. Advice needed

    As far as I can tell the British army at the outbreak of WW1 was about 247,000 men. What I can't find is its disposition - the number in Britain, India, and other bases elsewhere in the Empire. What I'm trying to get a handle on is the impact of having to use a significant number of troops in...

  20. A question on Britain's entry into WW1

    My time line (see sig) is still progressing, but slowly. The next post, on Ulster in 1912/1913 is almost ready. The stage after that is however causing me some headaches. As things stand in the ATL, the UK by 1914 will be in a mess. Ireland will be in the middle of a nasty three way civil war...
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