Shock Shobnall News: Tap House Open All Hours

When football is good, wow it is good. Of course I don’t necessarily mean the Champions League semi-finals, which were remarkably good but also the likes of Insch beating Westdyke 4-0 in front of an attendance of 64 at the weekend in the Aberdeenshire Amateur Premier League. (picture courtesy of Duncan) I know this of…

Fabulous Fazeley

I’ve been looking for the Birmingham equivalent of Whitwick and Coalville and I might just have found it in Fazeley. Of course, this also gives me the opportunity to start a whole new series of blog posts in alliteration style with Wonderful Willington, Lovely Lichfield, Soporific Solihull and Bubbling Birmingham on the horizon. Of course,…

Blue Peter Badges

  John Noakes, Richard Bacon, John Leslie, Anthea Turner, Katy Hill, Peter Purves, Valerie Singleton, Konnie Huq, Lesley Judd, Peter Duncan, Simon Groom, Goldie (the dog, not the rapper) and Mark Curry have all got Blue Peter badges. It’s still part of the Beeb’s offerings and has stood the test of time although the presenters…

Philip Hammond, Bass And Newbold Verdon

  Arguably the biggest breaking news on Thursday was in Newbold Verdon. Forget the fact Liverpool have agreed to sign Monaco midfielder Fabinho for £39m, also forget the furore surrounding Raheem Sterling’s tattoo or Serena Williams’ claim she felt like a ‘superhero’ in her catsuit outfit at the French Open. It was none of these…