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Tour of the day - The Wedding Present

I had heard they were back together (ie David Gedge was playing under the name The Wedding Present again), this is great! And of the three dates confirmed for the new year, one of them is in Portsmouth... can't remember if I have ever seen them at th...
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back stage

i have done 3 shows at the hazzlit i think that the dressing rooms need and make over just a bit of panit and and new carpet and it would be nice if there was air conditioning and all the light working

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Clare's hotpot recipe

Making this for tea tonight, thought I would share the recipe with you...* Heat the oven to 180.* Chop a biggish onion into thinnish rings and start to fry gently in large pan.* Meanwhile make a start chopping up your veg - 2 or 3 large carrots, some...

Oasis tickets

Get tickets here for Oasis biggest ever open air tour in 2009. The Enemy and Kasabian to support. A chum just saw Oasis at Wembley Arena and says it was fantastic, but he'd not seen them since 1996 and been building it up since then. Of course I dive...

Sandbanks Restaurant, The Pavilion, Wear Bay Road - Sat 23rd Aug

I haven't written one of these reviews for a while and, to be honest, I wondered whether I ever would again. There are only so many times you can be bothered to write something about crap food served by people who don't give a damn about good food o...
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MJ Hibbett's Exciting Life In Rock is off to Edinburgh NOW!

The Last Working Day Of The Month, Issue 42-------------------------------------------(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, July 31st 2008)Hello all, and welcome to this FESTIVAL FUNTIME edition of the newsletter. Let's GO!GIGS TO COMEThis month I shall...

The George in Rye July newsletter

We've been rather quiet on the newsletter front lately, having been nominated for UK Newcomer of the Year in the CATEY Awards, the Oscars of the Restaurant and Hotel world (sadly, the ceremony was not in LA). This award has previously been won by the...

Yesterday's house hunt

A trip to Canterbury yesterday, an early start, four houses to see. First one was a bit further out than we first thought, up Whitstable Road, though not an insurmountable distance to Canterbury West. The house is at the end of a cul-de-sac, so you h...

House hunt

Two houses today in Canterbury, different parts of town, but with things in common. For starters, both too expensive really at 250k each. If the market really is tumbling we might be able to make a cheeky offer on just about anything we see now thoug...

Mighty Easter weekender, with The Cure

Hope you've all had as good an extended weekend as I have. As is usual when I've been off for a few days and not written up just went on immediately, I'm starting to forget it all. We're up now, on the last day of our five day break and I have a few ...

Another house hunting trip to Canterbury

Saw three places today, first one before lunch was at Forty Acres Road, Canterbury and was a three bedroom (just about) but with plenty of room downstairs. Good sized lounge, downstairs bathroom, and a nice kitchen that was open to a big conservatory...

Two completely different properties this week

Saw two houses yesterday in Canterbury, wildly different, and they highlight the fact that we want somewhere exactly in between, which is something that does not exist, at least within our budget...First house was in Vernon Place, and though we're id...
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Second house-hunting trip around Canterbury

Saw five houses today in Canterbury, have a map with details of the things we saw. Clare's out tonight with Jenny, so it's a prime opportunity for me to do some fiddling about with maps and things, so sorry if it breaks. Not that you'll be on the com...

Today we went for a walk

A bit of a nature ramble, looking for wild mushrooms. Didn't find any, but we did see this sign:We did not touch anything, so it neither exploded, nor killed us....

Site's been away for a few hours

Maybe it's still away now, maybe you can't read this, maybe no-one reads this anyway, whatever, the site has been away for a few hours because the hosting company have moved me onto another machine because I was getting too many hits and that.Funny o...

Benefits of Costa Blanca apartment

2 Double Bedrooms (1 en-suite)2 Bath / Shower roomNorth / West facingCommunity PoolNear to town, shops bars and restaurants etc.Large Lounge / Dining areaCovered porch ideal for alfreso diningLandscaped front gardenConnected garage underneathExcellen...

Cheap Habitat Radius wardrobe

We want another one of these wardrobes, but they're proper expensive. Do you think I could just buy these doors and somehow cobble together my own? Or maybe I could change the door on the built in cupboard in the bathroom and have some sort of styli...

Ian Brown's coming to Folkestone

Tour starts in September, Ian Brown, yes the former Stone Roses front man, gigs in Folkestone at the end of October. Full dates are:Newcastle Academy (September 27)Hull City Hall (28)Sheffield Octagon (29)Middlesbrough Town Hall (October 1)Lincoln En...

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Whole World Cafe: GOOD

Saturday we headed to The Whole World Cafe, and what do you know it was actually open this time? We were a bit previous on our other two visits. It's a nice place, not sure they're quite up to speed yet, but salads and coffee and juice were good, and...

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RE: Do these look poisonous or what?

I'd say no - Russian Roulette with mushrooms does not sound like an interesting way to die. It does sound like an amusing way for someone else to die though, you would be the source of many jokes.In other news, I heard this quote from Douglas Adams t...

Do these look poisonous or what?

I saw tonnes of them today.In other wildlife news, seeing lots and lots and lots of rabbits near work at the moment, because I'm walking by their field around dusk, when they are quite bold. Also I saw a massive massive rat in Folkestone, when Clare ...

Crash? What crash?

I hung on for years and years wary of buying convinced there would be a crash. If I'd bought when I first could, even if there had been a crash I'd be better off than I am now. If I'd bought at the very top of the market just before the last crash, I...

Bunkers!

Some cold war bunkers here, in Folkestone of course, fascinating stuff!Cold War ROC BunkersThese bunkers were situated a various points around the country and would have been manned by members of the Royal Observation Corps in the 1960s, who would ha...

Damp and other delights

This spell of cold weather has made the whole house SWEAT! I've hd to put our central heating on at last, yay it still works, but uh-oh, this has led to condensation everywhere. Hopefully this will sort itself out when the temperature levels off a bi...

A journey into the unknown...

Went to Ashford yesterday, for a day out, as Clare had the day off and we wanted to go bowling. Man alive, it's rubbish there... I'm kind of glad we hit the very worst high street type parts of the town first, as it meant that Ashford grew on us as t...

RUBBISH

Do not go to this pub, it is rubbish,we waiting over an hour for our food, we had a table of six and two of the meals came out 20 minutes after the first four. Some food was cold, some burnt to a cinders, rude staff, gruesome tv show on while eating,...

What I done on my weekend

Huge weekend then, we really packed quite a lot in. Started off with a Friday off, though still a commute up to London, we had our trips to Admiralty House and Number 10, through Clare's work.Instead of snoozing on the way up to London I took the opp...

All mine all mine

James Herbertesque sort of weather today, very foggy at home, and all the way into London... makes things seem a bit quieter, I wonder if the fog is really absorbing sound...Great weekend, tiring though, I could do with being asleep right now. After ...

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John Otway was a highlight for me

swinging from the lampshades and things. Also I remember a guy banging nails into his face.I had a lot of good times at the Wedgewood Rooms.Who're you then / what was your connection? I used to go to the venue quite a bit between about 1993 and 1997 ...
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The Heights - Jamaica Beer Eyes

And video number two from work, it's The Heights and "Jamaica Beer Eyes", also on www.bestbeforerecords.com. Tour dates are as follows:22 Feb 2006 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms23 Feb 2006 Oxford Zodiac24 Feb 2006 Leicester Princess Charlotte25 Feb...

The Wedgewood Rooms

I was in there at the beginning! They were all over the Evening Session and NME at this time, but not the stadium rockers yet...
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The Wedgewood Rooms

I remember going clearly, but don't think this can have been the first of my trips to the Wedgewood Rooms, can it?
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