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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 21, 2023 14:45:28 GMT
It also shrank the pool of council houses available. Coupled with the Callaghan government decision in 1977 to let anybody rent a council house (previously you had to be employed), meant that the shrinking pool became more and more the preserve of more dysfunctional elements of society. Hence there sad decline as nice places to live to potential (but not always) crime affected hot spots. and thats my point. they never reinvested the money in replacing the stock sold off That’s quite correct. I thought it was worth mentioning the Callaghan government decision as it was just as influential on the future of council housing as the Thatcher sell off. Council house sales came within a whisker of being included on the Labour manifesto in 1974, and was looked at favourably by James Callaghan later in the decade. Labour Party activists were constantly asked about council house sales in the 1970s by the very people who lived on council estates. Council house sales were nothing new of course and had started decades earlier.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 21, 2023 14:27:53 GMT
Mrs Thatchers policy to allow people to buy their homes was massively correct. it allowed people with nothing to own their own homes and I suspect there are people on this very forum who have had or will get an inheritance out of this policy. However the subsequent decision not to reinvest that money in building more council/social housing is equally as wrong It also shrank the pool of council houses available. Coupled with the Callaghan government decision in 1977 to let anybody rent a council house (previously you had to be employed), meant that the shrinking pool became more and more the preserve of more dysfunctional elements of society. Hence there sad decline as nice places to live to potential (but not always) crime affected hot spots.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 20, 2023 19:16:22 GMT
No CV in the men’s game don’t be daft but Sarina Wiegman had a successful playing career in Netherlands and USA where she also got her coaching badge. She managed several Dutch women’s teams winning the league title and cup twice. At international level she led Netherlands to European Championship win 2017 & runner up in 2019 World Cup. She did the same with England in 2021 Euros and this years World Cup. Statistically as International manager she has achieved well over 70% wins rate with both England & Netherlands and she has been voted FIFA best women’s coach 3 times and EUFA women’s Coach of the year twice. So far from just, as you say making a statement by appointing her because she is a woman, imo she has more than enough credentials to do it. But it’s probably the fear of her being successful & misogyny of players that will prevent it happening. You do realise that 30% of the players in the recent World Cup Finals were Amateurs. The standard of the Women's game in Europe has improved over the last few years, but it is still poor. Before that, it was abysmal, with 9-0 games occurring on a regular basis. If you think that any Club Chairman would not appoint a women that he thought would bring success because he was afraid of her being successful, then I am afraid you should see the men in the White coats. I believe a female coach will manage a men’s side soon (EFL/step 1). I also believe that the female coach will spring from within the men’s game and not cross over from the women’s game as it’s an inferior grade as it stands presently. The irony is that female coaches may well be more interested in a career in the men’s game than the women’s.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 20, 2023 11:27:47 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. Excellent review sir.I've seen CWOAB twice this year,supporting Hawkwind at Manchester and at HRH Prog Sheffield, stunning both times.I first got hooked on CWOAB in 94 when they played The Wheatsheaf.Arthur is an absolute star.I intend to go next year's gigs at Wakefield,Birkenhead and Gt.Yarmouth.I saw Ozric Tentacles at The Hare and Hounds a few years ago and it's a great venue.Again thanks for the review. Thank you for the kind words. I felt a bit compelled to write something, it was a bit special. My girlfriend who really only knows ‘Fire’ was blown away. I’ll be off to Birkenhead myself, I didn’t know about the other dates so thanks for the heads up.
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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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