Thousands of people who live in Birkenhead are being charged TRIPLE Council Tax by Wirral's Labour-led Council.
Council Tax bills for the lowest income households have gone up by £555 per year!
This Labour MP's non-answer is another reason why Greens are seeking to replace Labour asap.
Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
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inevitably, the dots
Only recently found out that my partner's uncle ran a short-lived club called The Lamplight Club in Wallasey that gave Elvis his first gig. He didn't know until Elvis mentioned it somewhere. Think he was about 15 at the time.
The pot on the left is a wonderful Portmeirion 'Magic City' pattern coffee pot from 1966, designed by Susan Williams-Ellis, the daughter of Clough Williams-Ellis, the designer and creator of Portmeirion, for anyone who doesn't know. They were a talented family.
Bill Fay (RIP) Time of the Last Persecution 1971
and now, it's time for this—thank you Bill
The 1970 Rupert the Bear puppet series title sequence, but with Algy Pug replaced by Simply Red singer, Mick Hucknall.
Some actors capture an aspect of their historical moment. The combover, the knitwear, the wheedling and fussing - Brian Murphy was the absolute exemplar of a certain kind of postwar masculinity - the salaryman born slightly too early for the Permissive Society. RIP.
Howard's Way
Highway
Bullseye
A pokey photie with Boty.
On a good day, though, he'd say, "I don't suppose you wouldn't mind pissing off?"
Some great evenings there. Remember it was in Hardman House before Le Bateau. I can remember going there in about 1995/96 to Hardman's.
Mad to think Steve Marriott played there only 6 years before. As much time has now elapsed from 1997 till now as remembering an actual 1960s club from 1997.
Outside a Grocer's Shop, by Harold Sandys Williamson, c.1930s.
I love this painting. It's so beautifully lit.
Two great things combined.
The theme from Van Der Valk with Matt Monro singing over it.
#VanDerValk #MattMonro
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I hope you run rings around your competition.
Yeah, it would be great to own one. And a Commlock as well.
The Space 1999 Commlock was from the Panasonic TR-001.
Early on Tony Slattery had a go at Saturday morning presenting with shortlived ITV effort TX, where he got to play straight man to the national TV debut of Frank Sidebottom (and Stanley Unwin) www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQ...
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Tony Slattery
May he find peace❤️
#TonySlattery
I'm sweeping all the right floors, but not necessarily in all the right order. I'll give you that, pal.
Oh yer, I hadant fort o' da.
My daft little project that I work on with @seanreynard.bsky.social @frasergeesin.bsky.social @georgyjamieson.bsky.social @vaun.bsky.social Lucia Tomlinson,
Elvis Herod and Bliv Substantial is lovingly reviewed in Bob’s fab Haunted Generation segment of @forteantimes.bsky.social
OUT NOW!
I put my left foot in, but then skidded on the ice before I could shake it all about.
I Iove this record.
John Richardson?
The Christmas edition of France’s Spirou comic from 1959 with its absolutely gorgeous seasonal cover by Eddy Ryssack.
He was so well connected at such a young age, wasn't he. I read his girlfriend, Suki Poitier, was unscathed from the car crash but ended up dying in another car crash 15 years later.
This is so interesting. Especially with the Tara Browne 'Day in the Life connection.'
