A decent prize for Mrs Bradford. What's the best thing you've ever won in a draw or raffle?

The #Beatles, January 30, 1969 The rooftop concert

To get from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth by train to today you have to go via Newport and Shrewsbury, a journey that takes seven hours. Until December 1964, there was a direct service between the two.

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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? - Moving On (30th January 1973). Things aren't like they used to be.

40 years ago today these valiant explorers lost their lives. Thinking of their family and friends today. #Challenger

Ewood Park, home of #BlackburnRovers before its transformation

Wedgwood's Etruria #Wedgwood #Etruria #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

50 years ago tonight, a cracker of an FA Cup tie in ST4. 4 days after seeing off Spurs, Man City are next in R4. Mike Pejic and Dennis Tueart carry on their long-standing running battle, and Pej sees red. After Willie Donachie is sent off for City, Jimmy Greenhoff wins it with 10 minutes left 1/3

Was reading Philip Collins's first editorial in the latest Prospect Magazine, and caught this little snippet within. Even a post-war history and music geek in equal measure like me had no idea about this, but Keef's reaction was great. Even in 1964, he was showing wisdom beyond those young years…

Meanwhile, at the Lib Dems HQ…

49 years ago today "Grip", or "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)", is a single by the Stranglers, released on this day in 1977 with 'London Lady' as B-Side #punk #punks #punkrock #grip #stranglers #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Unreleased Blue Note UK albums from the era of cool #jazz. #graphicdesign

The first colour episode of Ivor The Engine was broadcast on this day in 1976 (the original black and white series aired on ITV during the late 1950's).

RIP Black Ark Upsetter Sly Dunbar

I have just eaten some cockles. Yuck.

Good thread

Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus 💞 Here's a blogpost about Welsh tokens of love 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 "The heart is the universal symbol of love... It is a sign of passion and strong emotion which surely signifies the carver’s depth of feeling for his beloved." museum.wales/blog/1894/Lo... #Wales

MOTOR SPORT TRIES MOTORAIL (1969)

Disco Inferno 🔥🔥🔥 #BurnsNight

LONDON FOR A DAY (1962)

I have today written to the Chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee seeking permission to enter the selection process for a candidate for the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. Read my letter here.👇🏻

Brummie Bluenoses 1 The Mighty Potters 1

Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias. Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.

"I'M IN A WHEELBARROW, AND THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL!"

The last new single that I purchased on 7 inch vinyl

50 years ago today (Pt 2). With the Vic open again, the FA Cup 3rd round replay with Spuds takes place on 4th round day. Spuds go ahead, Ian Moores levels, and a late Geoff Salmons penalty wins it. MOTD send Baz and crew along to capture it (the Spurs match in the YT clip starts at 5:10)

Farage is a traitor. I don’t use the word lightly but his behaviour is in the definition of the term. Simple.

50 years ago today, and with the Butler Street Stand shorn of 75% of its roof, the Vic is back in business, and on FA Cup 4th round day, the 3rd round replay with Spuds can finally go ahead! (More on that in the next post)

Mark E. Smith, founder of influential post-punk group The Fall, died on this day 2018, aged 60. An unhappy shipping clerk at Salford docks who was spurred into forming the group, he was a complex maverick whose band involved 60 musicians over 42 years.

Tynesiders, 1950, photo by Bert Hardy (1913-95).

"Hi, I'm Frank. And this is my band The Pixies. Sorry, not MY band, I'm just the singer - well, not just the singer - I write the songs too.. not that the rest can't write songs, no, I just think that ........ " Kim not impressed. Monkey Gone To Heaven on the MBRS buff.ly/mZg2Zo4

The follow up to the hit. Although the b-side is on the MBRS this time. Was it the b-side, or was it a double a-side? Who knows, who cares? Recycling guitar riffs is a great thing. Lipstick now on the MBRS buff.ly/mZg2Zo4

My favourite photo of any Motown genius. Eddie Holland making his first communion.* His solo record 'Leaving Here' is being brilliant on the radio about now. buff.ly/mZg2Zo4 *needs checked

Mark your calendars. This week marks the beginning of the end for Trump. Unfortunately, thanks to his ugly blundering, it also marks the end for an era of American leadership and international partnership that shall be sorely missed. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

To S to S at 50

In a world in more danger of turning to little more than dust & ashes than ever before, it's time we considered constructing a vault somewhere remote and filling it full of positive reminders of the creative genius of humanity so future alien explorers could see we weren't all bad. This'd be in it.

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Earliest known photograph of a snowman, ca. 1854, taken by Mary Dillwyn (most likely in Wales). The first image in our post collecting photographs of snowmen through history (1854–1950) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-of-snowmen/

Somehow the days flashed by and suddenly I was on the train going home.

Helen Shapiro with John and Paul at the side of the Gaumont in Hanley (Stoke-on-Trent), 1963.

New episode! Beatles statue sculptor Andy Edwards digs into Misery – its Stoke-on-Trent origins, its status as the first Beatles cover, and musical details that make its 1:47 runtime so distinctive. Listen now on all podcast platforms: www.buzzsprout.com/1820033/epis... #beatles #thebeatles

Sid James and Tony Hancock, Orders Are Orders, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, 11.20am.

As I've said before this is the only seat I could see Burnham winning. Tory/Reform vote is less than half the 2024 Labour one. And it's in an area where Burnham has high approval ratings. But NEC would have to let him stand.

Mark Rutte has handed Donald Trump a piece of paper with ‘turn over to read our Greenland offer’ on both sides & that will occupy him for weeks

On this Day: The supersonic Concorde's first commercial flight occurred on 21st of January in 1976, between Heathrow and Paris's Orly Airport. #Aviation #travel #70s #concorde

Not So Mighty Potters 1 Smogborough 2

Playing 12 friggin’ men here #SCFC