Monthly Archives: October 2008

>Prompted by the final demise of the Jug Of Tea, I thought I’d have a look on Googlemaps at the site. Happily, the aerial shot is so old it shows the Arena Funfair prior to its closing, rather than the … Continue reading →

>It’s in the catalogue as a 1967 Lambretta li150. On the 25th of November, Bonham’s auctioneers will be selling the world’s most famous scooter. Of course, I’m talking about KRU 251, ridden by Jimmy in Frank Roddam’s Quadrophenia. It’s been … Continue reading →

> So, farewell to Morecambe’s derelict Arena Funfair and its bleakly photogenic Jug Of Tea hut (though it was more of a bunker). According to This article this ugly-beautiful bit of Lancashire history is finally going to be removed. I’m … Continue reading →

>It’s a beautiful day, The Man has sorted the lights at Aldgate and I’m back on the PX. Let’s celebrate with Boris Gardner and Byron Lee.

>/a>Is that the time? It’s just dawned on me that it’s exactly ten years since I kicked off my year-long stint of working in Munich. I was entirely ignorant of the Bavarian capital, other than it was the cradle of … Continue reading →

> These beach huts are in Westward Ho! North Devon, about a mile from where my in-laws live. There’s maybe a hundred of them, huddled along and behind the promenade at Braddick’s caravan site. Some of them are literally glorified … Continue reading →

>I had to go to the dentist today. My appointment was at tooth hurty. Yes, really. The dental practice is run by a husband and wife team. God help you if you get her. She was trained by Smithfield market. … Continue reading →

>Until february I also had a motorcycle. It was this 1986 BMW R65 Monolever, which compared to my diminutive Vespas felt like sitting astride a Clydesdale. I nicknamed the bike Wolfram, after a bloke I knew when I lived in … Continue reading →

> “Who’s that bloke with the flowers and woman’s blouse? He’s rubbish. He can’t even sing.” And so was my appraisal of the Smiths performing What Difference Does It Make? on the 26th of January 1984 edition of Top Of … Continue reading →

>Smith – Baby It’s You