Mannequins used in an Atom Bomb Test in Nevada, 1955

Now I ,finally, understand what those lyrics were all about ... ;) We "need to know" when we most need to know.

ßénchplayer · A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Halifax. Monday 14th March 2022

 

ßénchplayer · Us And Them

A Littleborough Curry

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Stop The War ( Manchester today )

 

Sea Power : Hebden Bridge Trades Club

I went to see Sea Power at The Hebden Bridge Trades Club last night !

 Bit of a surprise I was there tbh. Tickets for this Launch of their new album had been sold out weeks ago. I was a bit sick not to be seeing them ( I've seen them 5 times before .The first time being 2006 in Manchester ).But had resigned myself to missing today. 

But i heard it thru the grapevine that ,because of the fear of floods & transport disruption over the weekend , many of their travelling Barmy Army from Leeds & Manchester had blobbed.So tickets to spare! I dashed down to the Trades at 8:30pm on the night , they were due onstage at 9 , and got in ! Phew! From Slippers to Rock N Roll in 20 minutes! I should be in The Olympics !

 A Strange Coda to the evening Halfway through the set , a bloke next to me , had what i think was a suspected heart attack. His partner asked me to "look after him" while she fought thru the mosh pit to ring an ambulance & alert staff. After 10 minutes , she came back with them. and we helped the bloke down the Fire Escape at the back of the building. As he left the building the band played " No Lucifer". And in a further creepy twist, one of their new songs mentions " Fire Escapes" in the lyrics ! I hope he was ok........? 

 

 

Sophie Ryder at The Piece Hall

Main image is that of the newish permanent sculpture of Ann Lister ( AKA "Gentleman Jack" ).

 

Details here:

ßénchplayer · Helpless

R. I. P. Paul Gledhill

Sad.Sudden.Shocking News .

 I hear that Paul has died. 

I worked with him for several years. he also came with me to see Bob Dylan in Manchester once.

 We lost touch after I retired. The last time I saw him was during the first Covid Clampdown .I took this photo of him with his " Lockdown Beard". Currently, 

I have no more details yet....

ßénchplayer · Darkness to Light

𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 : 𝘋𝘈𝘔𝘖𝘕 𝘈𝘓𝘉𝘈𝘙𝘕

some enhanced images

I'm currently enhancing loads of blurry gig images from over the years.....

Pictures I Have Taken......

keep checking back here for daily additions

The Upper George , Halifax

View all the images Here:

So. I was looking " Proper Hard" as usual........

ßénchplayer · Alison

ßénchplayer · Solsbury Hill

𝘎𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘯 𝘛'𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯.....♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

All my photo's this morning are Here

 

I had an hour to kill this morning , so I had a walk up to The Bridestones ( between Todmorden & Blackshaw Edge) Like walking up T'Moon! click for it's History

what was done to Jeremy Corbyn this week was terrible

 

"𝐴 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑" : 𝐷𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑠

 

I have only been briefly out of the house twice in the last 7 days. 

Flu:nose-bleeds : coughs; blah-blah-blah . I wondered "Covid" but ,thankfully the result was

 " negative".

 Comfort of sorts! Anyway to cheer myself up , I've booked tickets to see Don Letts in Todmorden in May . 

Today's  audio is Elvis Costello Live at The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA; June 3, 1991. So,  the image is a photo i took of  a figure on Ken's Living Room wall this afternoon : he has a bust of an arab sticking out of the plaster ( I didn't like to ask...) +  he gave me some Moldovan Chocolates , to cheer me up . The most exciting thing that's happened all week........

 

ßénchplayer · (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

ßénchplayer · Alison

Lest We Forget

 

dropping a clanger

Someone on twitter wrote regarding this image :

"This is a genuinely, albeit inadvertently, interesting piece of political communication imo. The allusion to the 90s via the visual Friends reference, Creasy’s baby in there as a nod to liberal feminism and to signal that the managerial class should be able to do as they please."  

It's either that , or else Keith just farted............