@paul-wad It was December 1982 I think. I was at the Northampton V Crewe game, first league match I went to. I think my dad only took us as he wanted to get tickets for the FA cup match a couple of weeks later […]

Lovely moment on the telly just there when a Scottish boxer seemed genuinely surprised that an English audience would support him and want him to win.

Good call. There’s bound to be a few dusty copies out back (next to the No Parlez reissue I suspect).

I think it’d be pretty easy to spot a boyband in the army, even if they were camouflaged in a field. If the enemy pops on a ballad as soon as the song gets towards the end and goes up a fifth the whole lot of them […]

My (soon to be) 11 year old loves to Rickroll us, too. I’ve decided to get my own back by buying her the ‘never gonna give you up’ 12″ for her birthday.

Hey @Arthur-Cowslip . I did use discogs in the end. PayPal was a faff, but everything else was easy enough to get through. A friend of mine has been selling off records via eBay and he reckoned it was easy (and […]

Have an up for that comment, sir.

One two, you know what to do!

Thanks @Junior-Wells I thought that you were very kind to share your wisdom. All really great ideas.

Tonight’s the first night where the Paws family aren’t all sleeping in the living room (with a noisy AC). I’ve […]

Incredible. Thanks for sharing

Perhaps he liked to tape the chart rundown on Sunday evening, editing down his favourite songs onto one of 61 cassettes?

We’ve had a couple of lovely walks from Northampton to Market Harborough along the old railway line, finishing up at the Swan or the Cherry Tree. I was thinking earlier that hiding out in the old Kelmarsh tunnel […]

I used the music magpie app when I last got rid of books. If nothing else it helped me work out which ones might have been worth a few quid (not many of them), which I ebayed separately. The rest either got […]

We put some foil up in the bedroom windows earlier in the summer, as we always get the sun in the morning and it’s roasting by the time we get up. The neighbours all think we’ve got a cannabis factory up there now.

Doesn’t he run an Italian restaurant in Tamworth now? Definitely the sign of good taste

Bloody women’s football (or some such)!

Great stuff, reminded me of Jim White (amongst other great artists). Wonderful recording too.

We’re off to a festival called ‘Stowaway’ in August. It’s pretty near and looks like it could be a good laugh, albeit very middle class. I’ll be sure to take a few flags much to everyone else’s annoyance.

My friend visited Odense a couple of weeks ago. He rated it, telling me that it was lovely and quiet (until three bus loads of roadies showed up).

Saw the Glastonbury set on iPlayer, looked really good (and not just a little bit sexy). I recognised the guitarist but couldn’t place where from, so thanks for clearing that up.