March 2025. Howden. One night back in Sheffield, then straight back out to Goole with Mrs RM in tow, kicking and screaming. “I’ve never been to Howden” she says, like Charlene in that 1982 Motown Number 1. “Have I ?“. Well, we’d certainly passed through enough times, headed for East Yorkshire honeypots like Driffield and… Continue reading HOWDY, HOWDEN
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A REQUEST HALT AT SALTMARSHE
March 2025. Saltmarshe. Goole. This year’s Good Beer Guide will take you to new entries in lesser visited Britain. Costessey, Quoyloo, Merthyr Tydfil… And Greater Goole. Not in Goole itself, though a biker we met the next day in Howden told us Brew York were opening up in the town market soon. My tick is… Continue reading A REQUEST HALT AT SALTMARSHE
GOOLE – TOM PUDDING, DAVID DAVIS, AND OTHER FAMOUS RESIDENTS
March 2025. Goole. 9 minutes till the train from Goole to Ye Olde Saltmarshe, the final step in my epic journey, and I would need 2 minutes of that to mispronounce my request stop to the Northern Trains guard. Let’s explore Pasture Road; Pierogi, an unusual career change for a carpenter, and a change of… Continue reading GOOLE – TOM PUDDING, DAVID DAVIS, AND OTHER FAMOUS RESIDENTS
RETIRED MARTIN’S BIG GOOLE BIRTHDAY
22 December 2023. Beal, nr Goole. Thanks for all your birthday wishes, I really appreciate the love for Retired Martin Day. Mrs RM spared all expense, adapting a card for her nan that been sitting in a draw for 12 years; And of course Stockport’s own Phil Foden has just capped off the night by… Continue reading RETIRED MARTIN’S BIG GOOLE BIRTHDAY
BACK ONCE AGAIN TO THE JEMMY HIRST
Mrs RM and I will have been married 30 years in June. I would say “celebrate” 30 years of marriage, but as you know I only celebrate one day annually, and anyway neither of us have remembered the date for several years. In the earliest days of wedded bliss I put a strain on the… Continue reading BACK ONCE AGAIN TO THE JEMMY HIRST
THE GOOLIES “R” GOOD ENOUGH
I’ve been trying to use a Cyndi Lauper reference on this blog for years. “I Drove All Night (to get a half pint and kebab in Scunthorpe)” is still on my reserve list, and “She Bop” is being saved for a special occasions. But Goonies, Goolies ? Close enough. There was a huge crowd of… Continue reading THE GOOLIES “R” GOOD ENOUGH
GOOLE – AN APPRECIATION
I had no reason to break my train journey in Goole today but I did. Mrs RM may very well have turned down the opportunity. In the ’90s I made her stop there, en route back from Hull and Driffield, more times than is strictly necessary, in the pursuit of the mysteries of Goole Fields. It looked… Continue reading GOOLE – AN APPRECIATION
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