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Philatelia
I snaffled the above advert out of the 1950s (replica) Eagle Annual that I insisted my eldest daughter bought for me last christmas, “What do you want for christmas ?” she asked, expecting me to ask for aftershave or similar, “An Eagle Annual from the 1950s” I replied, “It’ll be ace” I can’t pretend that [...]
My Famous Cousin
Regular readers will recall that from time to time I may have mentioned my anonymous famous cousin who has found fame and glory in the world of showbusiness and Loose Women. Some of you may also have worked out that his older brother, also my cousin, sometimes places comments of his own on this blog, [...]
Video Saturday – Springsteen
It wasn’t going to be Bruce Springsteen at all, it was going to be Aretha Franklin singing “Angel”, perhaps the best soul song in the whole universe, ever, but the copies on YouTube are rubbish. So instead we fall back on a stalwart and we find a little video shot by a person who was [...]
Poetry
As promised, and in honour of Ian McMillan Yorkshire Poet Laureate, a small sample of my poetry the subject matter being Dave Green, a club singer of my fathers aquaintence and promotion… Its not easy being green Sang little Dave Green His hand all withered and bent I sing my song To them all night [...]
Seaton Sluice
You see, I like this one. Found it when I was clearing out the cupboard of useless paintings, those ones that get chucked in a corner after ten days work because they’re not going where I want them to, had a huge clearout of useless paintings yesterday, our paper recycling bin is full to the [...]
How Pants were Lada’s ?
Many years ago we moved back to Leeds from a forced exile in the North East, the forced exile being mine, for my wife the North East was her homeland, I dragged her down to Yorkshires green and verdant lands a-kicking and a-screaming (literally) and we settled into a very nice little two bedroom house [...]
How to Piss Off an Australian
Almost exactly to the day, one year ago I wrote a post extolling the virtues of annoying an Australian – the occasion then being the fact that we had royally pulled their pants down around their ankles in the Bejing Olympics medal tables. Nothing pisses off an Australian more than being bettered in the sporting [...]
On Being Judgemental
There is something vaguely satisfying and completely un-PC about being judgemental when you e-spy a chavvy wedding about to take place. (For those of colonial extraction think “redneck” for “chav”) I regarded a chavvy wedding in the centre of Leeds yesterday, my attention being drawn to four of the guests as they walked across the [...]
Video Saturday – The Kinks
There are songs hidden in the museum of recollections, well hidden behind much bigger memories, but hidden there never the less, that when played leap from the filing cabinet of musical references and drag with it a whole load of other snippets of memory like individual cells from a very old celluloid movie. Sometimes the [...]
