The arrival of video games in the 1970s saw the slow demise of table football, cricket and rugby and with it the end of an era when sportsmen looked like your uncle Len
Brings back some memories of some fine Subbuteo matches.
Rinus Isreal
Also like the mention of Panini stickers… I found (here) this one that the article mentions – those new fangled Match Attax cards just can’t compete.
Charlie has broken his arm (Ulna) in an accident at a “soft play” centre (we know.. soft play… irony etc.) when one of his friends landed on him during another friend’s birthday party.
He’s been very brave.
Charlie's Green Cast
We spent a few hours on Thursday evening at A&E (Darlington Memorial Hospital) where they examined, X-ray’d and put a temporary cast on him. He has a “green stick fracture” of his forearm. This morning we went back to the hospital and Charlie now has an “above the elbow” cast in a fetching green colour which he’ll wear it for 3 weeks.
All the staff at the hospital were friendly and efficient and we were well looked after.
Meanwhile… who’s my goalkeeper for Sunday’s match?!
Enjoyed this article written by Lloyd Cole, spans his career – measured by the quality of the hotel room he is booked into. From big-label excess to small time solo act.
Looks like West Ham have got a decent reto design for the new season’s away kit. Lovely photo ad with players eating at a “traditional greasy spoon” cafe (spot the sauce bottles) looking back to the days of Bonzo, Lamps, Trev and Devo and the traditional pre-match fry-up (load them carbs!).
Looking forward to the new home kit too:
The new home shirt – which will also feature a welcome return to a more traditional design – is to be revealed later this month.
I mostly buy music as mp3s these days… although I still buy a few CDs (especially where the CD is cheaper/the-same-price as a download). However this would be tempting.. even though I already have most of (nearly all) the music on multiple formats. I remember buying the “Live Nassau Coliseum” on a bootleg cassette at the Portobello Road market… and then some time later finding it as a vinyl bootleg – you can’t replicate that excitement of discovery via a torrent search.
I expect my/our generation (mid forties now) must be the last who will likely still lust after “owning the object”.
We first mentioned this one almost a year ago (08.11.2009 NEWS: STATION TO STATION FOUR DISC SET DUE NEXT YEAR) and it is with much pleasure that we are now able to exclusively announce the release of EMI’s 3-CD Special Edition and 5-CD, DVD and heavyweight vinyl Deluxe Edition of David Bowie’s massively influential 1976 album, Station To Station …along with the much bootlegged fan favourite: Live Nassau Coliseum
Charlie and I had a great day out with (sister) Wendy and family over in Cumbria yesterday. Charlie had an excellent horse riding lesson with Wendy and progressed to enjoying “rising trot” under her tuition.
