Flaneur and quietly pessimistic homebrewer.
A Subtopian cliché
Joined August 2015
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My son is refereeing local Auckland rugby, because he loves the game. The newbies wear a jersey that says "FIRST YEAR REFEREE". Last week he looked after an under 15s outer suburban high school game. Abused by ADULT coaches, including one who crossed the sideline (illegal) and walked over to the kicking tee to abuse him.
It was all he thought about all week.
Do they want kids to referee? And what example is being set to the players here? Grow up people.
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Reflections on what makes my hometown, and the constituency that Andy Burnham is standing in, slightly different
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New blog from me. A plea to understand Wigan on its own terms rather than viewing it merely as an extension of somewhere else.
Andy Burnham is running to be MP in the Makerfield constituency in the town of Wigan. This just happens to be where I grew up. So I decided to write about my home-town and what makes it slightly different.
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Our Pub of the Season for Spring 2024 is The Delph Tavern at Tontine, between Orrell and Up Holland. This is a great real ale pub for the local community and for visitors alike, and this award is greatly deserved. All the best to all involved from all at Wigan CAMRA
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An emotional Denis Healey recalls his experiences during the Second World War, including his response to the (outrageous) allegation that those fighting in Italy, as he was, were ‘D-Day dodgers’.
‘I’m sorry, you see, there it goes! I’m afraid I get too moved by these things…’
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ST HELENS - A HEART OF GLASS retiredmartin.com/2024/01/29…
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Reid of #Liverpool bookshop in Mount Pleasant. The only surviving Georgian purpose built retail premises that incorporates living accommodation in the city. One of a block of four terraced properties.
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As a Bradfordian I’d like to offer Lee Anderson a charity boxing match. All proceeds to a charity of his choice. Let’s make this happen twitter
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Wigan's biggest beer event is less than a month away. Details below, and at beerfestival.wigancamra.org.… with information to be added as the festival gets closer. See you there #WBF2022 😍🍻
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Research by current Sintelliner archivists and lovers of the derive indicates that the Sefton Tea Rooms were next to the toy department on the third floor of Helena House (The Coop building) . @dave_basic @charlesnevin @StHBookStop
#Brazilthatneverwas
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I was too young for the Sefton Arms but was a regular at the Sefton Tea rooms where I started to dream of Camelot and the vast Atlantic @NottingHillEds
The Sefton Arms. A GBG pub. The only St Helens pub to be named checked in English literature. By @ajlees in his brilliant book, 'Brazil that never was'. Read it and find out what connects St Helens, Brazil, Percy Fawcett and Theosophy.
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ALT Make your neighbour feel like a member of the government by standing opposite their house and shouting "Are you going to resign?" as they leave for work. Kevin Caswell-Jones, Gresford
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The only known footage of the great Dicky Lockwood, leading out @DewsburyRams (in dark shirts). A manual worker from Crigglestone, he captained England rugby union in 1894, played for @WTrinityRL from 1895 to 1900 & then Dewsbury. Here’s the match report: xitter.cf/ApsmRugby/status/14605…
