Tonight in Manchester - you really should go and see comedian @stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social at Fairfield Social Club. Here's why...
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialYes, that inspired the line, but it’s not where it *comes* from.
Andy Murray
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Hairy ne'er-do-well. Would-be good egg. Pillock. Nigel Kneale / Russell T Davies biographer. New social media platform, same great content. Est. 1972.
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.social@mrgeetsromo.bsky.social@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialNo.
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialWith a salute to @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social in passing
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.social"This is Manchester, we do things differently here." We all know the quote, but where did it *really* come from - and what's it got to do with esteemed British character actor Cyril Shaps? Read on and find out...
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'The Victor’ Winsor Mccay, 1914
@paulwhitelaw.bsky.socialReposted by @mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialHere's something: Dennis Potter's rarely seen Play for Today from 1974, Schmoedipus, will be repeated on BBC Four on Wednesday 7th October at 10pm. It's their tribute to Tim Curry, who stars alongside Anna Cropper and Bob Hoskins.
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialGENESIS OF THE HULA HOOPS
@nolanwriter.bsky.socialReposted by @mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialPips. It was behind the cathedral but ahead of its time… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/i-want-...
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialIt might not be who you think. Actually, it was Brentford-born actor John Bardon - then a regular face on stage and screen, later best known as Jim Branning, Dot Cotton‘s other half, in EastEnders. He died in 2014.
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialHappy 50th anniversary, @rxtheatre.bsky.social! But who delivered the first line in their production of Sheridan’s The RIvals back in September 1976..?
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialShada: That's Plenty
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialThat time I spoke to customers in my local record shop but just missed Stewart Lee
@8bitnorthxstitch.bsky.socialReposted by @mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialDo you want to see how @funkysi.bsky.social tackled Smash Hits biscuit tin Qs? Or how well @stephenhanley6.bsky.social @hanleypa.bsky.social know each other in a Mr & Mrs-style quiz? All this & more in issues 1 & 2 of Load o Bloody Nowt @routebooks.bsky.social www.route-online.com/blog/post/bl...
@levostregc.bsky.socialReposted by @mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialWe are all straungeres. We are all lost. But we nevir are alone. Helpe somebodye. Give somebodye a kynde worde. Take comfort yn goode wordes and music and art from the past or present. And be kynde to thyselfe too. Thou art doinge thy best.
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialBeen down the shops
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialTonight! Clock's a-tickin'...
@routebooks.bsky.socialReposted by @mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialAfter missing the Free Trade Hall out of his top ten list of Manchester venues for Cult Manchester, Paul Hanley has returned with an extended history of the venue that sits right at the heart of the city's own history.
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.social(I suspect this piece should end 'early 2027' rather than '2010'...)
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.socialWe were *excited*!