October 2024. Tottenham. Sheffield. One of many things I’m grateful to Dad for is the real life education he gave me as a shy young lad. 4am trips into east London in a van packed with flowers, tomato picking in steamy greenhouses to earn pocket money, and visits to exotic football grounds in Luton, Leicester… Continue reading IN SEARCH OF BEAVERTOWN, BUT SETTLING FOR ORVAL
Month: November 2024
WINNING THE BEST TEAM NAME AT SUN QUIZ NIGHT
October 2024. Waterbeach. “Shall we get Chinese ?’ says Mum in Addenbrookes car park. Mum had her priorities right, 10 minutes after an honourable discharge after two tough weeks in hospital. The second thing she did was phone Mrs RM’s parents to thank them for the giant chair with remote control they rescued from their… Continue reading WINNING THE BEST TEAM NAME AT SUN QUIZ NIGHT
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 67 – KINGDOM OF FIFE
Well, my spreadsheet says just “Fife“, but the GBG is insistent on the Kingdom, and the GBG is definitive when it comes to county names. It only took three trips up the A1 and over the Firth of Forth to tick Fife, a county most folks will only know from St Andrews and the chippy… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 67 – KINGDOM OF FIFE
OCTOBER ’24 STOCKTAKE + NOVEMBER PREVIEW
Any month that starts (in Lincoln) with Paul Mudge, Sheffield Hatter and the Southworths, and ends with Lizzy McAlpine singing “Soccer Practice” can’t all be bad, but in-between came three weeks of elderly parent traumas which saw Mrs RM and I confined to Waterbeach (again). Not all bad, but a house about 10 degrees too… Continue reading OCTOBER ’24 STOCKTAKE + NOVEMBER PREVIEW
“And the circle, it goes round and round”. LIZZY McALPINE AT BIRMINGHAM O2.
October 2024. Birmingham. October 28th had been the highlighted date in my calendar all year, the day I finally get to see my hero(ine) after two (2) failed attempts due to parental disasters and a tour cancellation. It had looked very likely Monday would see another disaster with Mum still recovering in Addenbrookes, but Mrs… Continue reading “And the circle, it goes round and round”. LIZZY McALPINE AT BIRMINGHAM O2.
WELCOME BACK TO THE WOODMAN
October 2024. Birmingham. It wasn’t my actual reason for being in Brum on Monday night, but I’d been wanting a return to the Woodman ever since a legendary pub trip on World Cup Semi-Final Day 2018, and not just because of the promise of a new Bass outlet. Actual Bass, not just a Wrexham industrial… Continue reading WELCOME BACK TO THE WOODMAN
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