Eagle-eyed viewers will have spotted Robert-Smith-from-The-Cure on cymbals
…which I still think of as ‘Loopy and the Bullshits’
‘Tis the season for Siouxsie and the Banshees
White rabbits
Today is Saint Andrews day
All (or at least most of) the road signs in Laverstock are white on blue rather than black because white on blue are the saints' colours
#OnThisDay in 2007 Salisbury-born Christopher Biggins (@onebiggins) won I’m A Celebrity, beating off competition from:
Janice Dickinson Jason ‘J’ Brown Cerys Matthews Gemma Atkinson Anna Ryder Richardson Rodney Marsh John Burton Race Lynne Franks Katie Hopkins & Marc Bannerman
#OnThisDay in 1976 Sir Alec Guinness opened the @salisburyplay theatre building
…and Laverstock is the Parish of Saint Andrews
#OnThisDay in 1979 Mike Oldfield released a tune called ‘Woodhenge’, as a B-side to his Blue Peter theme tune
#TodayILearned that The Bangles minor hit ‘Going Down to Liverpool’ was previously a Katrina and the Waves song
And before that is was recorded when they were just The Waves
#TodayILearned that why the woodpecker in ‘Bagpuss’ is called Professor Yaffle
Every day is, indeed, and school day
:)
RobGMacfarlane: Word of the day: “rain-bird” - common name for the green woodpecker (Picus viridis), because it was thought to herald bad weather. Also “yappingale” & “yaffle” (cf Professor Yaffle in Bagpuss) due to its laughing cry. A back-garden jester, in its fool’s cap of feathers..
My word of the day today has been ‘hankering’
I have to confess
I have read Treasure Island
Speculation seems to have moved on from ‘will parliament approve the @Conservatives’ deal?'
#OnThisDay in 1736 William Collins published the first edition of the the second incarnation of the Salisbury Journal (@journalupdate)
RT @SteveHorsfall: @salisbury_matt @SalisburyFC I remember gathering round at school to hear the draw - it went a bit quiet when Millwall c…
My word of the day today is ‘truffle’.
Yesterday I achieved a personal best on my ‘long run’ route
I only stopped once to pee
#PossiblyTooMuchInformation
RT @HartmanAndrew: Repeat after me: taxation is better than philanthropy.
RT @aandjsdad: @salisbury_matt @SalisburyFC I was there. Millwall were horrific. So much aggro in the Dell. What memories.