OneGuyFromBarlick

I started watching this interview with Rupert Lowe last night. Much to my surprise - I found that I stayed with it until the end, and it's well over an hour long. I'll just put up the link not the full insert, as I don't expect it will find much support by poilitically active members on here. They a...

I think that happily they are a protected species now - result of years of campaigning.

There's the Royal Signals museum too just out of the town on the camp. I think Bob might find that more interesting. :smile: I was stationed there for a few years around 1970. I doubt the town itself has changed much since then. Here's a little anecdote. I had my haircut in the town by a barber call...

He has also poured more fuel on the MMR vaccine, saying that the immunisations should be given separately as they are not safe as a combined vaccine. T Which was exactly the view of Labour Party Prime Minister Anthony Charles Linton Blair, and his wife the barrister and judge Cherie Blair - both ve...

The Opie's book - The lore and language of school children" has yielded a reference to 'Onkonkay'. A further entertainment and way of collecting coppers, appears to be peculiar to Blackburn and mid Lancashire. One boy who is supposed to be a monkey or a bear. is tied in a sack up to his armpits...

I can't help thinking that the muslim vote in UK is a factor in the decision to support this policy. Their attitude to it was seen in microcosm in Oldham last week. (Round two this week). They have mainly resigned from the Labour party, and gone independent . Many have attached themselves to the Cor...

John Stapleton (an Oldham lad) has died aged 79. I was aware of him, but hadn't realised how long and varied his career in the media - radio TV and the press, had been. "He was later indentured to the Oldham Evening Chronicle for three years before moving on to the Daily Sketch, first in Manche...

and the technical manangement is great. Thanks Ian. I rest my case. Thanks for all you do. I just wanted to draw attention to the over optimistic view of how many people see each thread. I don't object to the bots. It's nice to search and get back to this board. I've done that a few times. I enjoy ...

I put a suggestion in Bob's Bits that the thousands who read his anniversary notes on the site might consider making a donation...... Good luck with getting the robots to donate. :smile: Once again I think we overestimate the number of people who read this board. It' unusual to get more than two or...

Only "The Sun" seems to have gone with this story. Even with a 'happy ending' I'd say it merits a wider audience? DONALD Trump's helicopter Marine One was forced to make an emergency landing with the President and Melania on board. A hydraulic issue saw the presidential chopper forced to m...

Further to Wednesday's post. The press report. It got worse - swearing (in Urdu) at the Council Leader. Note the skilful denial. - first denies using the alleged words - then says he did not direct them at the leader. He'll go far in politics. :smile: The full council meeting on Wednesday (September...

You won't regret it David.... Correct - well it's arrived in only three days. An American published edition of the book, of 400 very scholarly pages. I see it was first written in 1959 so nil from the last sixty years or so. I doubt anyone repeating the job would nowadays find any children "pla...

They've moved (or added) Wheeltappers and Shunters on TPTV, from Sunday night to tonight - without consulting me at all. Consequently I've just surfed into it half way through, and missed Bill Haley and the Comets, and The Krankies. That's a shame. . . .Bill Haley was the guy who changed it all in a...

I wonder how many of our red coated and bearskin wearing professional soldiers were cringing having to be inspected by a draft dodger? From personal experience - I'd say close to none. :smile: I mentally thank Harold Wilson leader of the Labour party, regularly that he "dodged the draft" ...

Full meeting of Oldham Council tonight. First in the new venue. The main recent defector from the Conservatives to Reform UK Councillor Lewis Quigg, strangely failed to put in an appearance. All went quite quite well for a couple of hours - then there was a motion about Gaza, and a small war broke o...

Of course I've ordered a copy of the Opie's book "The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren" - £4.83 inc P&P from Abebooks. I'm sure there will be more memories tucked away in there.

Take care with AI. this is from the Independent showing lawyers using AI for case law, and quoting entirely made up cases. These were spotted - I wonder how many weren't - and we now have case law based on fiction. Lawyers have cited fake cases generated by artificial intelligence in court proceedin...

I picked this from my tree yesterday. I'm quite proud of it, and it tastes almost as good as it looks.
It's been a good year for apples. Not so good for plums - the wasps beat me to it.

I've never heard of Vainite, but Pax rings a bell - a bit Etonian I'd say., Thanks for the link Tizer. It answers all my queries. Of course the word I heard was 'Barley' - I said I'd never seen it written down, just heard it. They confirm the thumbs up gesture too. I like the name 'Truce Term' - it'...

Still "interference " in my book. :smile: We have again 'the death of irony'. There will probably never be a better one. The Prime Minister is at Number 10 at a reception for the Hillsborough relatives to celebrate the introduction of a new law which will ensure a 'duty of candour' from al...

Looks like being a lively couple of political days. Up to and including the overthrow of Sir Keir Rodney Starmer. Mr Speaker has allowed a debate on the Mandelson affair. Mandelson has "vowed revenge" so they say. Defections and resignations on all sides have occurred. I still can't take R...

Anyone remember the word "ballies" (short a) from the playground? Never seen it actually written down. Used by kids to indicate 'surrender' or 'give up' - I think it was accompanied by holding fists up and putting both thumbs up. Bad form to continue hostilities then. Takes me back to prim...

PS Further to interference in elections - I think I recall that the Labour party flew a group of "volunteers" to America to provide assistance to the Democratic Party during the campaign of Kamala Harris against Donald Trump. I assume all expenses - flights, accommodation, subsistence, etc...

Why is part of your post reversed David? No idea. :smile: I'm struggling with Firefox, and have had to abandon it for now. An oversensitive right click on the mouse and creaky fingers often take me to unintended destinations. I seem to recall Donald Trumpet criticising `British interference' in Ame...