Billy don't be a hero
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Don't feed the nostalgia pigs
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I first encountered Martin Carthy in Norwich in 1987. He kept me alive above a butcher's shop. His appeal does not diminish. When the time comes, I shall have him piped into my coffin on a tape loop for perpetual enjoyment. That's all really ...
almost 2 years ago
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You got to love the postman's knock Thanks again
@paul-g.bsky.social
for the tip off!
about 2 months ago
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I cant get enough of reading about the 1950s UK jazz scene -- pretty insane. Makes John Lydon look like Lionel Blair ..
about 2 months ago
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A charity single by the entire cast of Mind Your Language
about 2 months ago
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Let's face it, some people are just bad food, or a meal on the wrong plate at the very least ..
about 2 months ago
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I wish there was a CD available including the early Johnny Dankworth Seven releases on Esquire, etc. I guess there may well be such a thing, but I'm googling myself into a withered nest of disappointment ...
about 2 months ago
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British Music Hall Society
about 2 months ago
Today, Jack Stanford, 'the greatest eccentric dancer of the day,' will be commemorated with a Blue Plaque at his Mallinson Road home, Battersea. Here's a 1932 showcard from our archive featuring him in a 'non-stop variety' bill at the London Pavilion. Look him up on YouTube to see his incredible act
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Geoff Engelstein - The Universe Explained with Cookie out now!
2 months ago
The designer of Mouse Trap, Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Lite Brite, and many other toys has passed away. What a legacy of joy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
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Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/arts/design/burton-meyer-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k8.fC2y.y0ySzxk44dLP&smid=url-share
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Rutlemania ...
2 months ago
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WLTM inebriated jazz grandma
2 months ago
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I looked into the mirror as I was cleaning my teeth and saw my grandad.
2 months ago
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Just arrived -- been looking forward to this ..
#parp
2 months ago
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Dave Lee Travis on the radio ... unfortunately
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David Firn
2 months ago
When you're a Liverpool theatre and you need an absolute cert to subsidise your more experimental programme.
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Hilary Mantel story imagining Margaret Thatcher’s assassination to be staged in Liverpool
Short story set in 1983, and published a year after the former prime minister’s death, considers ‘what happens when people feel they don’t have a voice’ says director John Young
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/nov/13/hilary-mantel-assassination-margaret-thatcher-everyman-liverpool
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The guy servicing my boiler really looks like Lee Hurst ... What if it is?
3 months ago
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A compilation for all ages. Timeless and faultless
#letmepushmyownswing
3 months ago
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Hiding from the world with bob wills' tiffany transcriptions and a big glass of muck.
3 months ago
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I'd have loved to see Irving Goffman take on LinkedIn. Probably would have chucked his typewriter over a cliff.
3 months ago
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Matthew Cobb
3 months ago
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
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Trad arr. Liberated from the BBC
3 months ago
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Dedicated to the Boy Kershaw
3 months ago
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John Sandy
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There's a lot of meaning here, I imagine.
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3 months ago
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Merle is on the juke box, I bet..
3 months ago
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A rapid but engrossing read. Serve with noodles ..
3 months ago
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Mopping up all the insanity soup with bread and me pyjamas. Move over Freda and let me in the hibernation box ..
3 months ago
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Drinking endless cups of tea while bitching about people and getting me hair done -- set to a background of Dusty Springfield ..
3 months ago
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Wimpy bar
3 months ago
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Every 17 years, like a cicada, I pick up a guitar and play that song about the occupant of a phone box ..
3 months ago
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Michel Lacombe
4 months ago
Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will
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Ian Hislop at the Cranbrook Applefayre appreciating the can can girls
4 months ago
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Well I'm slow to the news about Brian Patten 🕯️
4 months ago
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Does anyone remember when some of the early UK McDonalds restaurants were considered somewhat 'posh'. The one near me was full of large leafy pot plants, low ambience muzak and Athena shop style framed prints on the walls. We're talking 1976/1977 ...
4 months ago
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MiMi Aye
4 months ago
Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
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Hello playmates
youtu.be/MbUsXbpLPn0?...
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UK TEEN ROCKER Vern Brandon - Gotta know the reason
YouTube video by MrTeenagedreams
https://youtu.be/MbUsXbpLPn0?si=U7VdLwBD3F_mYuMM
4 months ago
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I don't know who the fuck anyone is these days ..
4 months ago
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"We were somewhere around Newport Pagnell on the edge of the M1 when the drugs began to take hold."
4 months ago
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Don Keidick
4 months ago
Aluminum foil Saran Wax Wax paper Gift
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John Stapleton: "There's no point in being miserable. It won't ever change." "I mean, Parkinson's is here with me now for the rest of my life. Best I can do is try and control it and take the advice of all the experts." What a lovely guy RIP
4 months ago
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A Lucky Dress
4 months ago
Goodbye to Sonny Curtis, the last of The Crickets.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKrx...
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The Crickets - I Fought The Law (1960)
YouTube video by Four Seasons Oldies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKrxq5U8SBY&list=RDhKrxq5U8SBY&start_radio=1
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Never refuse a biscuit
4 months ago
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Mr Benn
4 months ago
Today was the memorial for the late great Ray Brooks. There was a great turn out & it was lovely to share stories with his family & friends.
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Folk Police Recordings
4 months ago
Spotted in Margate
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This place is rapidly becoming engorged with hipsters, so I turned up and spoiled it 😐
4 months ago
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Carl Bernstein, Dot Cotton and Jo from Man About the House I thank you ...
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Dr Sarah Brand
5 months ago
She can sell her house.
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Martin Shaw in a still from The Professionals looking like an illustration out of kid's comic from the 1970s. Fab!
5 months ago
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I dreamt I'd been eyeballed by Bernard Delfont ...
5 months ago
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Bust my head on the door ...
youtu.be/KH2A7LcM1Qs?...
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The Freshies Sing The Men From Banana Island Whos Stupid Ideas Never Caught On In The West... (1979)
YouTube video by L French
https://youtu.be/KH2A7LcM1Qs?si=JCQtrTMhQT9YAu7-
5 months ago
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"He seems to be in a constant state of despair about the selfishness and depravity of human nature." So says Ian Carr. He's welcome here :-)
5 months ago
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