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Stan Cullimore Interview
On a gloriously sunny afternoon, I caught up with Stan Cullimore, probably most well known for his time in The Housemartins. Since the chart topping band split up, he has filled his time with many things. Most recently as a travel journalist, zipping here and there and sharing many an amusing story. Although The Housemartins…
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Home Thoughts From Abroad
Well not exactly abroad, but I have been spending some time in Yorkshire, leading to a serious restriction on my cricket watching time. I only managed to get along to the opening day of the Glos – Middlesex game that started back at the end of April. In fact, I didn’t even manage the whole…
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Better days
I’ve finally warmed up again after an engrossing four days of County Championship cricket. I’m feeling enthused. Over recent years that hasn’t been a common feeling. At the start, and the end of the match against Yorkshire there were some very positive signs. Maybe our new Head Coach Mark Alleyne can bring some long overdue…
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It’s Raining Today
It may have been released in 1969, but the atmospheric magnificence of the Scott Walker classic “It’s Raining Today” perfectly captures the situation, during the recent Winter and Spring months. Actually, Bob Dylan may have been even more accurate with “A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall. For not only has it rained, almost without pause during…
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A Golden New Future
Well, what an extraordinary time to be a fan of Gloucestershire cricket. Here we are on March 1st 2032 for the opening day of cricket at The Acton Turvile Arena. The new home of (South) Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. How apt that the stadium opening should coincide with the first season, to be seasonally adjusted in…
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Journey’s End
So that’s it then. My cricket watching has ended for this season. Finishing with a gentle whimper, there were though some high points during the game between Glos and Derbyshire. As my regular companion at games “S” noted, there was a slightly melancholy air at the end of play on the first day. That took…
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The Last Waltz
Well, five months ago a new cricket season was about to begin. There was optimism in the air, sadly there was also rain. After just 4 balls of the Glamorgan v Glos game the players were dashing from the field in Cardiff. The talk turned from early wickets to early lunch. A pattern which we…
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Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy.
What a few weeks it’s been for Glos fans. After a challenging season the Metro Bank One Day Cup, has been something of a revelation. The nature of the competition is that many younger players are able to play for their counties, there are few finer things in sport than watching young players coming to…
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Four on Six – An extraordinary day.
Back in 1960 jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery released an LP, modestly called “The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery”. It’s pretty amazing though, that the record does live up to that title. Track four on the record, is the wonderful “Four on Six”. Along with the rest of the album, it’s so brilliantly cool that…
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Colin Babb Interview
Colin Babb has written “1973 and Me” a fascinating book that talks about the influence that the 1973 West Indies tour of England had on him, and the wider community of Caribbean people in the UK. It’s much than that though. Providing an insight into the day-to-day life of Colin, his family and his school…
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