'Hot beef & gravy teacake Served hot or cold Ask at the bar Any other word other than teacake is not permitted Thankyou!'

Teacake warning in the wonderful King's Head, Huddersfield.

Modern Manchester… is it REALLY all down to one poorly-attended gig 50 years ago? Discuss! Not on here but in the Northern Quarter on Thursday 28 May. It’s free but please register:
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From June onwards there will be a few things going on, but I can't really announce them until the promoters do! This poster showed up last week though- it's a fantastic venue, and I'm delighted to be going back for another afternoon, this time in great company at the Grayston Unity in Halifax

Hope it goes well Corrinne.

Managed to get a rare 10 inch of the Birdie Song featuring guest vocalist John Cale and his mallard impression #recordstoreday

Wilfred Pickles is fumin'.

Hurdy Gurdy Man has come on now though, with all its quavery nonsense.

Always been slightly embarrassed that my first gig was Donovan (fey hippy w*nker, I fumed as punk arrived in my village in 1979), but Season of the Witch sounded rather wonderful just now.

A statement from unpopular singer Morrissey on how he and he alone is responsible for the Salford Lads club location choice for the famous photo not the Smiths.

Morrissey's slow descent into a real life Graham Lister continues.

Wide pink tree opposite what was Ivanhoe's, Huddersfield.

Fave blossom tree. Umpteenth photo. White building on left is where the Pistols played their last UK gig with Vicious in 1977.

Looking forward to Hark At Her Productions' play Neddy Goes To Glasto. Brighton Fringe, May 8-10; The Lowry, Salford, May 22-23; Lawrence Batley, Huddersfield, May 27-28. The blurb: 'Fierce, funny and unfiltered.' Stars Jo Dakin. Writer Corrina O’Beirne. Director @prueg.bsky.social

Bob Mortimer does Rick Astley YouTube video by East Gateshead 1990s Indie Rock

Morning

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'Could you watch Miss White talking about depressions over Iceland and absorb what she was saying?'

Margaret

(From today's Yorkshire Post) Margaret Audrey White could not get a job as a BBC TV announcer in 1951 as she was 'too severely beautiful' and might 'alarm timid men from Wigan and country districts'.

Headline: Last-gasp Leigh Article text: MOLD under 10s were crowned champions when the North Wales mini rugby cham- pionships were held at Chester Road recently. The Mold youngsters reached the semi-finals after impressive victories over Ruthin 15-5, Pwll- heli 15-0 and Wrexham 25-0. A pulsating semi against Rhyl saw Mold trailing 10-5 with three minutes remaining, but they stormed into the final 15-10 with captain Leigh Jones scoring the all-important try with only 30 seconds left. And having reached the final, Mold went on to clinch the title with a 10-0 win against Nant Conwy thanks to tries from An- drew Watkin and Steffan Blythin. Mold will now represent North Wales in the Welsh onships to be held at Cardiff on April 26. Mold's under 11s almost made it a club double, before falling 10- 5 to Porthmadog at the final hur- dle. Josh Carr scored the Mold.

Just think of all the nine year-olds who aren't getting massive ego boosts like this any more because of the demise of local media.

'Talking Pictures TV Exclusive Hoodies, £35, Handmade By Us!' Four white hoodies. 'Life in the past lane' is written on one.

With my Talking Pictures TV hoodie, I can show the Gen Z-ers I'm hip 'n' happenin'. #withit

Come on!

Slawit Town Hall sign.

One of my favourite signs/fonts is in Slaithwaite. The font name is, of course, Slanting Reginald Molehusband.

Slawit before it became trendy and full of artisan shops and their lower case shop names.

I'm sure this seemed edgy and a right laugh when they thought of it, rather than banging another nail with their foreheads into the coffin of journalism.

Cardiganless Arnold Ridley sports a jacket, tie and hat - and the sort of checked/tableclothy shirt I buy from M&S.

Taken cardigan off but jacket is still on. It's sunny but not the Sahara.

Sheila Steafel doing a tremendous turn on The Good Old Days. Daft dancing, gormless facial expressions, fab timing. Doonican's on now though. #goodolddays #isanyoneelsewatching #turnedoutniceagain

I'd like to apologise for Storm Dave. I'm afraid I've been eating late season sprouts.

Never!

Port Vale always reminds me of Richard Bean, a Wigan Observer colleague in the 90s. 'Up the Vale' shouts at the Stoke Beer Festival and a freezing day at Blackburn when Port Vale played Rovers.

A new coat with shallow pockets. I've mislaid my newspapers. Won't someone think of the old gits?

Screenshot of a page from the Morrison website for buying gift cards. At the bottom is a button with the text “How much?”

I’ve discovered the most northern button on any website.

Hollywood star Clint Eastwood enjoys a northern pint, Manchester, 1967. 'I love beer but the froth gets up my nose.' he said, and immediately blew it off the top of his pint. (Photo by Tom Lyons/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

Favourite West Yorkshire bus stop destinations:
Marsden Dirker - 1960s Yorkshire leg-spinner who fell out with Geoffrey Boycott.
Scapegoat Hill - Wild West town where everyone blamed everyone else for the shoot-outs.

And if you want individual cards, I got The Fall, Joy Division, Charlatans, Blossoms, Stone Roses, The Smiths, Oasis, New Order & James cards at www.etsy.com/shop/8bitnorthxstitch too!

So the air goes out of the comedy writing business in TV (for everyone apart from around 10 people) so you pick up scraps and have to adapt your skills. With me I built a solid wedding speech business with which I got by. In one year AI has pretty much destroyed it. It’s an absolute shitshow.