In Chester this morning. And, as the Eastgate Clock in the city is (allegedly) the most photographed clock in the UK outside of London, it seems only correct to maintain its status...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Putting aside all the predictable "street Countdown" jokes, I was at the event in question so did witness this happening, and it was pretty upsetting and scary. Given everything, it's an unsurprising outcome, really.

A word of warning if you end up watching this; the theme tune and all the incidental between-rounds stings *WILL* get stuck in your head as the most persistent of earworms that will be nigh on impossible to remove.

Umm... not airports, but UK railway stations (I mean, come on, you can't beat "Rail Alphabet". And "Calvert", the font designed by Margaret Calvert specifically for use on the Tyne and Wear Metro is an absolute timeless design and still looks fantastic after 45 years) Guess I'm a wrong'un then...

Checking out the route of the M50 on Google Maps just now and I happened to spot this village just off junction 1 I wonder if it's twinned with somewhere like "Gisakis"

10 years today our niece Isabelle died, after just 8 days. Seems like an absolute age ago, and yet at the same time hardly more than 5 minutes ago. Off to the cathedral later with my Mum to light a candle. Sleep well, little one. Uncle Nath and Kit love you and will never forget you ♥️

Will be fully in for the whole of #forgtten80s next Sunday - have a good week, everyone - love and big hugs to you all!

Love the major/minor key switching between the verses and choruses in "Suburbia" #forgotten80s

Hello #forgotten80s folks, we're back from watching Labyrinth with a live band at the Liverpool Empire and in for the remainder of tonight's edition.

Putting a note in for #sts70s tonight - we're off to watch this! www.atgtickets.com/shows/jim-he...

And that's us back in L26 after a glorious weekend of quizzing. Yes, it's a bloody long and tiring day, but one I always look forward to in the quizzing calendar. Hat tips of apprecization to all the wonderful OQL bods who work so hard to make it a brilliant event.

Good morning from ATV-land. The day is finally upon us... It's time for the 2025 OQL buzzer quiz tournament. I'll be using #Snathequiz again throughout the day for all the score updates, so feel free to follow along and cheer us on, to see if we manage to claim the saucer for a second time!

Important cat news. More of this on Bluesky, please and indeed thank you.

Right, it's that time of the year again, the annual OQL Buzzer Quiz weekend, down in that there ATV-land. I'll be doing the usual #Snathequiz tag tomorrow, so tune in here for all the updates on whether the intrepid team TOWIE (nowt to do with the show) can retain the saucer for another year...

There was an AI from Nantucket, Which made AI slop by the bucket, But if you typed in a rhyme, It worked every time, That the AI gave up, and said ‘fuck it!’

I can't help but feel there's a hard core of people on here who would actually be pleased that I'm now unemployed if they found out that I may have dabbled in a bit of occasional Github Copilot use in order to try and understand certain bits of code, because I felt I had no other choice.

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance

Today's moment of joy: Getting a telephone in the post (a GPO 706 model) and discovering that behind the dial label which shows the phone originally being connected to 01-660 xxxx (a number in Putney, SW London), there was an earlier dial label with the original exchange name of "UPLANDS xxxx".

This is now number 1 on my list of things I NEED to do next year.

A sudden earworm approaches for no reason whatsoever... www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gxz... #HeyBigYinGwanYersel

It's the 321st day of the year today, so in celebration of this, here's the time that Ted Rogers opened the original version of the show "Uno, Dos, Tres" on Spanish TV, using the English 321 titles including the Yorkshire TV Ident zooming into Dusty Bin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Iw...

A very positive meeting with the work counselling service from Merseycare today, which also threw up another of my occasional connections with Winstanley College.

"Windmill, Windmill, with Chris Serle, but not produced by Michael Hurll..."

In case you're wondering how my first day of unemployment is going, I'm sat here laughing at the idea that Elvis Presley could have, potentially, been on the first series of Swap Shop, as a special guest on the Swaporama OB with Cheggers, from a playing field in a rain-soaked Wellingborough...

It’s the same thing as the terfery really: it’s just being an arsehole and a busybody, seething at people who are just quietly going about their business without harming or bothering anyone.

And to the fine #forgotten80s faithful, it's been lovely to have been witn you again tonight. Changes here at Pace towers from tomorrow as I once again enter the realm of unemployment after 7 years... but onwards and upwards and all that. Until next time, love and big hugs to you all!

Thank you @matthewjrudd.bsky.social for another fine #forgotten80s tonight

Tonight's #forgotten80s awards: 🥇 The Cure/The Beautiful South 🥈 Matt Bianco/Tourists 🥉 Mory Kante/Stray Cats

That Adventures track was lovely #forgotten80s

Woohoo, it's @bluejeanbaby01.bsky.social's Edge Of Heaven #forgotten80s choices tonight! Very much an all time great! These should be excellent choices indeed.

"I'll Sail This Ship Alone" is sublime. #forgotten80s

NOW DO THE ONE ABOUT THAMES BEING A TALENT FOR TELEVISION #forgotten80s

I love how quirky and offbeat and just downright weird "The Caterpillar" is #forgotten80s

I hear a huge sigh of relief from the direction of #Surray as the realisation dawns on @monsterofcoffee.bsky.social that it's not the Deacon Blue one about "that f***ing boat" #forgotten80s

Gap Band 3 Stenhousemuir 0 Gap Band to face Meadowbank Thistle in the semi finals #forgotten80s

Hmm, just thought - did we get any back-announcing for the Whitney/Stray Cats tracks? #forgotten80s

Real nerdy music stuff here, but I love the little pause before Whitney sings "Hearts Go" just after the key change. #forgotten80s

*unabashed and joyous air double bass intensifies* #forgotten80s

No sweary phonecalls from me, "Half A Minute" is exquisite #forgotten80s

Hello #forgotten80s folks, with you once again.

Thank you #sts70s for another lovely bit of 70s goodness. Note in for next week as it's Kit's birthday and we'll be busy.

PEAS AND PUDDING WITH MY PIE-E-E-S #sts70s

The ignition on my gas hob makes the exact same noise and exact same rhythm as the cymbal taps at the start of "We Love To Boogie" #sts70s

"Run For Home" is glorious #sts70s

MFSB TSOP I think you could do with another vowel in your Countdown selection there #sts70s

What, get up AND stand up? I have to do both? #sts70s

NOW DO THE ONE ABOUT SUPERGRAN! #sts70s

Right, kitchen sink time #sts70s

Hello #sts70s folks, with you properly in a few moments, just finishing off packaging up my work laptop ready for drop off at the parcel point tomorrow (as I have no further need for iit having left the place on Friday)

God *damn* this was hard to film