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