Mark Tyndall from Rochdale

I am sad to report news of the death of Mark Tydall.

 I heard via Jim Stridgen that he died a couple of weeks ago of Cancer. he was 62 .

 His funeral was last week.

 I first met Mark in the mid-80's at Rochdale Turkish Baths.

 A good lad.No harm in him at all. Very sad news

my " end of the year " message :)

 

The Three Wise Men ( Biblical )

my wish for 2025

 

iglu

 Doing daft stuff ( again) 

This time at iglu in Hebden Bridge--->   details

Crash On The Levee

Storm Bert in Todmorden

 

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑

 

Last night I finished reading this cracking book . I can highly recommend. R.J. Ellory's " The Bell Tower" (2024 )

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204024382-the-bell-tower

 A very well written and easy to read style ( think Stephen King without any of his Acid Flashbacks! ) 

It's set on Death Row in Florida Maybe not the best book in the world , but still the best American Crime Novel i have read since James Ellroy.'s " The Black Dahila" 

 Talking of James Ellroy, i include a photo i took of him ten years ago at a Talk in Manchester. More photos here of that night are 

HERE

Bluesky

 Yesterday i joined Bluesky ( a newish rival to Musk's twitter )

Visit me here https://bsky.app/profile/zimmy88.bsky.social

i now have more Platforms than Kings X Station.

A Kupeyyah

In the Post this morning.From my Niece Katy

 She  sent me this   Kupeyyah from her latest journey to Qatar

 

Balloon

If you love the Blue Nile, Prefab Sprout, Go-Betweens, Michael Head and all that good stuff, then you should give this a listen..........

 

Read about Balloon here

Bob Dylan in Prague singing :"Desolation Row" : 4th October 2024

 

this week

This week i mainly just got a new Bus Pass & then went for a drink in Hebden Bridge 

Or, perhaps, it was the other way round...?

 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟕𝟐 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞

 

After going to the GP's this morning I then went to Hebden Bridge Library & also got my haircut at Nathan's Barbers Shop.

I must be the coolest seventy-two year old in Yorkshire! I mean , being able to drive while reading Japanese Literature is something they just don't teach modern kids to do at Driving School.

Me by The Serpentine in London 2010?

 

𝐦y O𝐥d P𝐡o𝐭o P𝐫o𝐣e𝐜t c𝐨n𝐭i𝐧u𝐞s a𝐭 ... https://www.instagram.com/tonyzimnoch/

18 years ago

 

18 years ago in Manchester. 

All i remember about this day is having toothache and a hangover. 

This was in the days when Blogging was as Cutting-Edge as Podcasting is now.