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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 20, 2023 10:39:19 GMT
Myself and my girlfriend went to see The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown in Birmingham last night. The venue was a place called the Hare and Hounds, a large pub with an attached room for gigs. We enjoyed a drink and the faded Edwardian splendour of the pub first, then moved to the attached room. It was old school with a guy sat by a table with a cash box and a clipboard to usher us in up the steep staircase to a small hall with a small low stage. Quite an atmospheric place. Arthur and his band were simply brilliant. Arthur is to my mind,is the godfather of heavy metal vocals , an early pioneer of progressive rock and has an influential visual look (Alice Cooper and Kiss owe him). I just couldn’t believe how good his voice and range were for an 80 year old guy. The songs segued into one another with the band moving seamlessly into the next song while Arthur changed his outfit for near enough every song. The band were excellent back up and proper rock musicians with respect for Arthur’s sound. The visuals were stunning. I can’t ever remember getting sucked into a performance like this, I really did go somewhere else. The set list based mainly on his best work from 1968-75, with a lovely new folky number chucked in. Arthur has this image of a one hit wonder with a gimmicky image, wrong, he is a proper rock musician with an excellent back catalogue brilliantly performed. Arthur walked past me after the gig and I patted him on the back and said ‘thank you Arthur’ to which he gave out a pleased sounding chuckle (made my night 😁).If you get the chance go see him.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 20, 2023 9:02:14 GMT
Excellent actor with a fine career. As I often say on these threads if you were asked to appear on ‘The Sweeney’ then you were top drawer. I remember a teleplay of his on the BBC circa 1989, he was at Hanley bus station where somebody suggested he goes to watch Stoke City, to which he replied ‘they’re rubbish!’ RIP Joss.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 19, 2023 15:42:38 GMT
Warren looks to be a bit shy about setting up Nathan for a world title shot. So as others have suggested a defence at home is likely. However, could the 40 year old Erislandy Lara, WBA Middleweight champ, be a realistic match up?
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 19, 2023 13:46:48 GMT
Not even a mention on BBC boxing page! 😕 It was mentioned in one sentence at the end of an extensive report on the Hannah Rankin - Ema Kozin fight which was way down the card. Go figure as the yanks say.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 17, 2023 19:17:54 GMT
In my life time (50 years) the original IRA were certainly Marxist (as were the INLA) and its offshoot the Provisional IRA had a socialist political wing. The provos also copied Marxist tactics seen in Malaya, Rhodesia, Vietnam etc with free or liberated areas, hit and run tactics, terror of the local populace to comply. There’s oddities like the Angry Brigade in the UK, Red Brigade and Red Army Faction in Italy, ETA in Spain were Marxist-Leninist. Some of the aforementioned are active to a certain extent. Right wing terrorism has to my mind been characterised by lone wolf or small groups influenced by a core ideology with no real structure behind it. Has there been a large organised, visible and effective right wing terror group in the UK? I would say no. In my time in the military in security briefs, the terror threat was always regarded as Islamic or Irish dissidents. UDA, UVF, UFF, RHC, UYM to name a few right wing militant groups in the uk. I’ve googled those groups you’ve mentioned and they’re not described as right wing terror.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 17, 2023 15:43:27 GMT
My reason for posting a lot of these tweets is to show it’s not just the right wing that has so called terrorists in this country as a lot of them are proving with their comments. The one about Manchester was one I’d seen previously on my timeline the other day when Manchester was bought up. There are no left wing terrorists in the UK and haven't been in living memory There was the Bader Mainhoff gang but they were German and that's pretty much 50 years ago If course not everything is left v right IRA and UDF, wouldn't call either left or right Islamic terrorism in UK is not left or right Wheras organisation like the EFL are clearly right wing In my life time (50 years) the original IRA were certainly Marxist (as were the INLA) and its offshoot the Provisional IRA had a socialist political wing. The provos also copied Marxist tactics seen in Malaya, Rhodesia, Vietnam etc with free or liberated areas, hit and run tactics, terror of the local populace to comply. There’s oddities like the Angry Brigade in the UK, Red Brigade and Red Army Faction in Italy, ETA in Spain were Marxist-Leninist. Some of the aforementioned are active to a certain extent. Right wing terrorism has to my mind been characterised by lone wolf or small groups influenced by a core ideology with no real structure behind it. Has there been a large organised, visible and effective right wing terror group in the UK? I would say no. In my time in the military in security briefs, the terror threat was always regarded as Islamic or Irish dissidents.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 13, 2023 13:19:50 GMT
So you come up with a ludicrous analogy against any change and your response to my answer is "whatever". This isn't going anywhere is it. I thinks its best to stick to sitting in silence then, I should have known better. Yep
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 13, 2023 13:01:22 GMT
If an ultra type culture was encouraged there’d be potential for political extremists to push in. Would you want a St Pauli or a Green Brigade at Stoke? Just leave us to it for better or worse. Maybe even start WW3 ,best just leave it then let all the other clubs deal with it. Whatever.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 13, 2023 12:40:28 GMT
If an ultra type culture was encouraged there’d be potential for political extremists to push in. Would you want a St Pauli or a Green Brigade at Stoke? Just leave us to it for better or worse.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 13, 2023 12:34:33 GMT
Beatles number one in the singles chart, Stones number one in the album chart. A welcome wormhole back to a better era.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 13, 2023 8:09:58 GMT
Train/ petrol prices being daunting... official coaches on the radar for once... Will they have a stop or head straight to the ground...? Millwall which was a 10 hour plus round trip had no stops. Plymouth is further but likely to be a marginally quicker journey.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 12, 2023 16:49:59 GMT
My great uncle Arthur left the house and street I live in 1943, and never came back. After surviving Norway and North Africa he perished in Sicily and rests in Syracuse war cemetery on the island. I’ve seen a photo of the grave on the internet and as expected it is immaculate. I dearly hope to visit one day. My instinct says that Arthur would like to be on Boot Hill above Newcastle with the rest of his family, but as it was he rests where he was killed. I think about Arthur a lot, he drank in the same local as me, supported Stoke and just did ordinary things. I’m just sorry Arthur missed out on the post war prosperity and the chance to have a family and live in peace.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 11, 2023 20:31:02 GMT
Mickey’s monkey spunk moped- inspired, surreal, brilliant pastiche of the strips out of Whizzer and chips, Beano etc
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 10, 2023 11:40:23 GMT
Looking forward to this. Plymouth was my second home town whilst I was in the RN and I’ve a big soft spot for Argyle too. I’m giving the Barbican a miss as my Mrs want to see the toss hole boozers I loved to use in Ford, Morice Town and then uphill to Stoke. So there’ll be a pub crawl after the game starting at the Royal Naval Arms outside HMS Drake main gate, this will get messy 🤣
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 2, 2023 17:02:16 GMT
Ha ha. 'oops not stripes admittedly, but it is in the Cornish tradition so I'm happy. I’d go for the same from TE Greens Cornish ware range 👍
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 2, 2023 16:57:01 GMT
Inspired by this post, I have just found a perfect, used, obv., red and white striped mug made by Price and Kensington on eBay. Made my day! That’s St.Mirren 😂
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 27, 2023 22:27:18 GMT
Let's not forget Norris who dug up the centre spot That was QPR in disguise.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 26, 2023 22:30:11 GMT
I can’t find it in my heart to be horrible to John Craven😁 I’ve met him once….a right arrogant and ignorant prick. Be as horrible as you want. 🤣 that made me laugh out too 🤣
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 26, 2023 11:40:17 GMT
Supported his local team and we can't knock him for that. Apologies to Mr Sutcliffe if I have damaged his reputation in any way. Made me laugh that 🤣
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 26, 2023 10:22:50 GMT
Peter Sutcliffe....your boys took a hell of a beating. He footie preference was Bradford City.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 26, 2023 9:13:41 GMT
I can’t find it in my heart to be horrible to John Craven😁
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 26, 2023 9:04:44 GMT
With reference to terraced streets. Even if you put charging points in, will you be able to get close enough to charge your car? What about those who live in blocks of flats? What if you’re leaving your car for several hours in a field at say, an air show, how do these cars get charged up? What about farmers in fields miles from anything? What about the random building sites that pop up. You could go on with more examples of how impractical it is to recharge a EV’s batteries. JCB are going down the hydrogen route www.jcb.com/en-gb/campaigns/hydrogen/hydrogen-truckin
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 21, 2023 10:12:56 GMT
I think the EV is typical of the ‘good ideas club’ mentality that seems prevalent, ie implementing or trying to perfect bad or impractical ideas. You’d have thought communism or poll tax should have taught us a lesson or two about that. Hybrids are the best medium term solution, Submarines have used the same idea for over a century so it’s a proven concept. I think many of us are hoping bio fuels or hydrogen technologies will be the long term solution. To me EV’s are the 8 track cartridge or Betamax of the 21st century.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 19, 2023 5:44:44 GMT
I was out axe throwing with a Millwall fan last night, he'd heard it was possibly happening and was mixed about it, he's had them in a decent position but the football wasn't great at times. He was non plussed when I was giving words about them kicking Vidigal off the pitch for two months. Love the first line of your post, would make a great first line of a rock song 😂
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 17, 2023 17:09:00 GMT
50 years ago today since we failed to qualify for West Germany. The final nail in the coffin of our being a major international force. The first nail was Leon. The penultimate was Katowice. "Gercha! When the Poles knocked England out the cup." When the kids are banging on his door, gercha! 🤣
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 15, 2023 7:50:35 GMT
I was at Newcastle Town v Stalybridge Celtic. I was attracted by the prospect of watching an away team who I'd actually heard of visiting the Lyme Valley Stadium! The game finished 3-4, but Castle were unlucky to lose. Ex Stokie and recent TV star Scott Wara scored a last minute winner. Stalybridge brought a noisy little band of followers with them, and there was plenty of needle during the game- players constantly at it and the managers offering each other on at one point. Newcastle look better than they have done for a few seasons. They might even manage a year of mid-table obscurity rather than the relegation scrambles they've been in for the last couple of years. I took my lad with me, who I tend to have to drag to Stoke matches to be honest. He loved it at Newcastle and wants to go again. Says something when Northern Premier League West Division games, the 8th tier of football, are more appealing than watching a Championship team. I’ve said before on this thread ground hopping is a joy and gets addictive. I’ll probably chuck in Stoke away’s next season to do more than I currently do. I strongly recommend a visit to Hednesford Town who are in the same league as ‘castle.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 15, 2023 7:43:36 GMT
We have a cracking canal system that would benefit from some kind of commercial / entertainment hub sitting on it The proposed refilling of the Burslem branch of the Trent and Mersey has that potential.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 14, 2023 7:49:49 GMT
I saw a rare sojourn north by Atomic Rooster at the Flowerpot in Derby. Rooster, of course, are missing the late Vincent Crane, but they are an excellent ‘continuation band’ with two original members. Rooster’s raw and improvisational studio sound lends itself to live performance and the current line up belt out the old rockers brilliantly. There’s just something wonderful to me about bands with a Hammond Organ/electric piano as a lead instrument. The venue itself is an old school room attached to the pub next door. It put me in mind of the Wheatsheaf, Talbot, Newcastle Arts Centre with its intimate and pillar obscuring atmosphere. Cost £1.50 to park around the corner and is a quick drive from the Potteries (naturally). A quick glance at their schedule makes it look similar in tone to the The Robin in Bilston. Rooster still have it and it’s worth taking a look at the Flowerpot too.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 13, 2023 8:35:06 GMT
Oh no, sad news. The Isley’s were one of a number of great Soul acts in the 60s, who, when the 70s arrrived ‘Rocked up’ their sound and effectively became a different act. Wonderful, spine tingling vocals from the brothers. RIP.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Oct 10, 2023 6:46:23 GMT
I’ve read Michael Bilton’s book that this programme is partially informed by. It’s the best book on Sutcliffe by a considerable distance and threw new light on the subject and uncovered new evidence. Sutcliffe may well have attacked many, many more women and in one known instance a man. Going back to the programme, ITV have been mining this ‘real life drama’ seam for a while and it was starting to get boring and tedious. Not so, with ‘The Long Shadow’. Aside from it working brilliantly as a subtle, not sensationalist drama, is its attention to detail. The senior police detectives are in some cases close look a likes, and details like using a blue commer van as did one of the victims show the level of research. It’s also interesting to see the Police baffled because the murders are not committed by a friend, family member or acquaintance like most murders were (still are?). The police in the series have no sense of a sexual component in the murder sequence it’s just a ‘mission against prostitutes’ or ‘good time girls’. Exactly how it was. ‘The Long Shadow’ also portrays something that is little remembered, the sense that Sutcliffe was this unseen ‘ghost’ who moved and murdered with impunity and kept women off the streets after dark, and dominated talk in works canteens, the pub or wherever people gathered in the North. I’m glad too it portrays the human tragedy of this case, instead of some crass sensationalism. Great stuff.
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