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About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 A classic tale of a northern working class lad from Scunthorpe brought up in the swinging sixties and tasteless seventies to eventually become a teaching legend is his own backyard of Rotherham, South Yorkshire.I created and maintain the website for North East legends 'Penetration' at www.loversofoutrage.co.uk.

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I'd like to meet:

A ghost. Anthony Hopkins. Roger Moore. Ken Dodd. John LydonWish I'd been with these young people at this conference! Visit http://www.radiowaves.co.uk

My Blog

Tartan and how it screwed me up

As a teacher I've repeated this story to just about every class I've taught. It's about identity. It's about fitting in. And finally it's about how a simple fashion decision a parent makes can have ma...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:43:00 GMT

Lost Luggage Porters

Saturday was a fascinating day. I met up with Peppy and Tess in Sheffield to support them with their street theatre as part of the World Snooker at the Crucible. I've never seen much street theatre be...
Posted by on Thu, 04 May 2006 03:14:00 GMT

Shrewsbury

Well, after spending many a freezing Tuesday night watching Rotherham United Reserves this season I thought it'd make a nice bank holiday to get the supporters coach down to Shrewsbury with Charlie fo...
Posted by on Thu, 04 May 2006 01:30:00 GMT

Datsuns in Birmingham

Last Thursday was a unique day so far in that Laura came over to Birmingham from Cambridge for the night and Peppy, Laura and I went to the Carling Academy to see the kiwi rockers. It wasn't Peppy's c...
Posted by on Thu, 04 May 2006 01:19:00 GMT

Technology in Schools

I made a visit to a primary school in Maltby, Rotherham last Tuesday as Richard, the Deputy Head had invited Andy Monkhouse and Martin Butler to be interviewed by his Y6 class. Now as Richard and I go...
Posted by on Thu, 04 May 2006 00:51:00 GMT

The Datsuns-Leadmill, Sheffield

The Datsuns hit Sheffield last night and it was excellent. The sound quality for such a small venue was superb which was a blessing after the aural onslaught at Stoke. Nice to see they changed the enc...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:19:00 GMT

The Datsuns

Last year Laura and I went to Novi Sad to the EXIT Festival with the main aim of seeing The Datsuns. We stood for 8 hours and saw the band who were brilliant and The White Stripes who remain a mystery...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:38:00 GMT