The 1974 Miners Strike |
The 1974 miners strike in England had many consequences and one of those apparently now lives in Glasgow.
Flashback November 1974: Picket lines, power cuts, but most notably the enforced three da...
Posted by Ash on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:33:00 PST |
Prestonpans Music and Ale Festival |
The other weekend was pretty darn memorable in so many ways...
Firstly we got the keys for our new flat. It's amazing although it's still not sunk in that I'm now actually a homeowner. I'm on the prop...
Posted by Ash on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:13:00 PST |
Egyptian Whispers |
Whilst on holiday at the start of this year I asked Jules to marry me. She said yes.
I hadn't planned it so when I woke up on that particular morning in Luxor and decided that day was the day, I...
Posted by Ash on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:51:00 PST |
Friday the 13th |
Friday the 13th wasn't as bad as it's sometimes advertised. Maybe that was because Thursday the 12th had been particularly shite (well the work part of it) and it would have had to be pretty bad to to...
Posted by Ash on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:47:00 PST |
Situation Vacant: Pop Hero |
Well maybe, at least&.
Favourite band status at number 37 could be up for grabs after the disappointing Stuffies show at the ABC last weekend. Not often those words pass the lips but it really was gu...
Posted by Ash on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:59:00 PST |
Inverness....is actually quite far. Part One. |
Inverness is further than you think. From Glasgow that is anyway. In fact Scotland is much bigger than you perhaps think.
I realised this three years back when I fell in love with the country when I h...
Posted by Ash on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:03:00 PST |
I Like The Wonder Stuff |
I like The Wonder Stuff. They're my favourite band, whatsmore they have been since I was fifteen.
I like lots of other bands too, but noone, in the long term, has ever knocked them off that top p...
Posted by Ash on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:53:00 PST |
Flog It at Alloa Town Hall |
Last week I won tickets to see one of the Xfm Scotland Five Night Stand launch gigs at Alloa Town Hall.
As an Englishman in Scotland it's always fascinating to stumble across places which had previous...
Posted by Ash on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:05:00 PST |
A Wee Victory |
As anyone knows who's ever tried to learn a language, you can memorise all your verb conjugations and the like, have a rich pit of vocabulary that you'll never need, even swear like a trouper - but ra...
Posted by Ash on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:48:00 PST |
