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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy: From tomfoolery to tragedy

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy. Shrewsbury, Stingray and Swingin' Sensations. The riverside at Castlefields. Thursday, 18 June 2015. From tomfoolery to tragedy. The Yongy-Bonghy-Bo and the Canoodling Gnus in a Canoe. What's the connection? Allow me to explain. Well, very few people remember it now, but there was a very silly American cartoon series that they used to show on television in this country on a Saturday morning. My brother and I loved it. Johnny&#8...

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy: August 2014

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy. Shrewsbury, Stingray and Swingin' Sensations. The riverside at Castlefields. Friday, 15 August 2014. Castlefields man rescues war memorial from demolition site. Castlefields man George Paget was walking past a demolition site just across the road from the Canal Tavern when he spotted something precious amongst the rubble. Well, it seemed precious to him anyway. The site is today occupied by the Dulux paint decorator centre.

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy: Belle Vue Magazine is Gaining Ground

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy. Shrewsbury, Stingray and Swingin' Sensations. The riverside at Castlefields. Friday, 12 June 2015. Belle Vue Magazine is Gaining Ground. I'm so thrilled and delighted that the Belle Vue Magazine is really gaining ground now following distribution of the summer edition (issue two). Had a couple of really lovely letters today that sort of sum things up:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Shrewsbury Station Just After Six. It sh...

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy: August 2013

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy. Shrewsbury, Stingray and Swingin' Sensations. The riverside at Castlefields. Saturday, 3 August 2013. Great letter about The Stew. Century and beyond. Instead what did they select as their inspiration – The Stew and its ilk. What do some people want to do now? Knock down the Stew. Then the only connection we will have of the previous use of the area as a river port will be the pastiche that is the old Guildhall. They were marke...

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy: March 2015

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy. Shrewsbury, Stingray and Swingin' Sensations. The riverside at Castlefields. Sunday, 1 March 2015. Scarlet Twenty play a gig at The Coracle. The Coracle - I've got to be honest - is not a pub I frequent. There is a very good reason for this. The Coracle is as far away from our house as it's possible for a pub to be whilst still being within Shrewsbury's town boundary. Note those words: Expect the unexpected. And so the lights d...

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy: New Chapter for the Lion Hotel

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy. Shrewsbury, Stingray and Swingin' Sensations. The riverside at Castlefields. Wednesday, 27 May 2015. New Chapter for the Lion Hotel. Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Eric and Ernie, and John, Paul, George and Ringo have one thing in common. They were all guests at Shrewsbury’s Lion Hotel. Not all at the same time, of course. Although, if a spot of time-travelling could make such a thing happen, what a hoot that would be! You se...

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy: Summer 2015 issue of Belle Vue Magazine

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy. Shrewsbury, Stingray and Swingin' Sensations. The riverside at Castlefields. Saturday, 30 May 2015. Summer 2015 issue of Belle Vue Magazine. And so the second edition of the Belle Vue Magazine makes it into the world. or makes it into Belle Vue anyway! Granville the butcher was thrilled to bits at being a cover star. All being well, the issue should start dropping through 3,200 letterboxes the week beginning June 8. The Dog and...

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy: June 2013

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy. Shrewsbury, Stingray and Swingin' Sensations. The riverside at Castlefields. Sunday, 30 June 2013. A war poet, a town crier and a river goddess. A war poet, a town crier and a river goddess. No, I'm not talking about this year's finalists in Britain's Got Talent. These are the three life-size two-dimensional statues (cut from sheet steel) now adorning a funny little area between Smithfield Road and the river. Just an odd little...

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy: October 2014

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy. Shrewsbury, Stingray and Swingin' Sensations. The riverside at Castlefields. Wednesday, 15 October 2014. This is the voice of the Mysterons. Long, long ago. but not as long ago as Fireball XL5 or Stingray or Thunderbirds. there was a brilliant television series called Captain Scarlet. Of all the Gerry Anderson-produced science fiction puppet series that were so much a part of the 1960s, Captain Scarlet was my favourite. My job ...

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy: July 2013

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Underneath The Sideboard In The Front Room . . . Notes from a Shrewsbury boy. Shrewsbury, Stingray and Swingin' Sensations. The riverside at Castlefields. Saturday, 20 July 2013. Shrewsbury Station Just After Six. Available now: Phil Gillam's new novel, Shrewsbury Station Just After Six. Check it out on amazon. Sundays - When Pride Hill Was Silent. Ack in the days before retail parks, before giant garden centres, in fact before. Trading, the weekend had a very different feel. Legendary comedian Tony Hanc...