Steve Thompson On October 10th 1974 I got a call from our manager to say there was a gig going that very night supporting Wishbone Ash could I contact everyone and get the band together for the show. I rang round everyone including the roadies and we were ready to rock. When the call came in I … Read more
I don’t know if the humour of this situation will come across in print. I was working in Hartlepool with a group today called the Warrior Women. This ICT centre had the feeling of the Marie Celeste and when we tried to log on we were getting nowhere with usernames and passwords. We were almost … Read more
Molly and me took off on a mini holiday at the weekend. We headed for Boroughbridge to stay here . Before arriving at our hotel we visited Castle Howard and spent about 4 hours in this atmospheric place. We arrived at our hotel late afternoon and immediately took advantage of the hotels gymn. I particularly … Read more
Had a Sunday drive today and came to a very interesting spot. I had a strong feeling that the river was flowing the “wrong” way. Read more! »
This trip to Reading for the GDF launch was quite something. Pictured below are me and Adam Francis with that MCI desk from The Mill Studio. I never thought I would see it again. How well I remember our time in that fabulous studio with Gus. Gus was of the habit of playing the previous … Read more
I was always a big fan of The Searchers so I was delighted when, in 1982 they recorded my song “I Don’t Want To Be The One”† About a year or so later I heard they were performing in my area and I arranged to go. The gig was Castles in Catchgate (NE of UK) … Read more