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in the usual place - you'll see paint - no plants - and a yellow ladder
now with a roofy painty bit - and this link now works !!
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It's 2147 (don't care what it says after the "publish"...) - here's last night's pix from Curzon Ashton vs Garforth in the Unibond Challenge Cup ...
Another wet night game !!
Curzon play second-placed Bamber Bridge on Saturday - and at 2145 I was reliably informed that Mossley have gone to second-placed BB tonight and whupped 'em 2-0 - now that's a shock after the Lilywhites' abject surrender against bottom club Salford on Saturday ....funny old game and all that b*ll*x. Wonder how everything else is doing tonight (Droylsden, Alty etc) - we'll find out later ....
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....but it's too late to do justice to pics - yes "Curzon Ashton 0 Garforth Town 1"was the match of choice - twas a bit of "smash and grab" that won it for Garforth rather than "Brazilian samba" - blimey that whole Brazilian thing is one load of toss - I reckon the only link is Simon Clifford and Socrates - the link being "smokers" ... anyways you'll get some pics tomorrow evening - I won't be doing owt else this week - after tonight the kit is drying out (hence the delay on the pics..)
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.... straight to pix at ..
Lancaster City vs Woodley Sports pics
Woodley started the better side - and thoroughly deserved the 1-0 lead ... however the equaliser has to be put down to keeper error, and I felt heads seemed to drop after that - Lancaster's second (from what I could see at the wrong end) was another defensive error - and the third goal was a sublime free kick - no messing - the second for Woodley came too late really...
Evening - stayed over in Lancaster - to see boy and lady friend - went to the "Latinos" tapas bar (buena comida !!) followed by some Harviestoun "Bitter & Twisted" in the "Merchants" (actually I'd had a pint in there pre-game - oh yes and one in the "John of Gaunt" (Black Sheep Bitter !!).
Today - a walk around Slaidburn and Easington Fell on the way home - pics from that ... here goes a couple ... the cairn on Standridge Hill
Sunset over the River Hodder - near Dunnow Hall
Football this week - no idea - certainly will not make Bamber Bridge v Mossley on Tuesday night - or Droylsden v Darlo FA Cup replay ... let's wait and see for now ...
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You can now see the roof - and there's stuff going on inside - either I'm on the wrong platform during the light or it's always too dark and locked away when I get there in the evening .... hey ho ..
There's roof beyond blue and white plastic !!
Lancaster calls tomorrow ...last time I came back from there, I ended up appearing on Youtube - for those who havent, I offer up
I was NOT drunk !!
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.. as in Cheshire Senior Cup ... OK 2-0 to Altrincham but apart from the first ten minutes there was next to nothing between the two teams (but I guess scoring two early goals makes it a bit simpler) ... another wet one for the snapper - but enjoy what you can from these ...
A wet November night in Stalybridge
Plans have changed for the weekend - early thoughts (after doing the previous round at Calverton Miners Welfare) were to go to Glossop for their FA Vase game against Biddulph Victoria - but a 'required' trip "oop far north" to see boy at University has scuppered that one - thus you will find me watching Lancaster City vs Woodley Sports on Saturday ...
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... OK it started on Thursday evening and ended about 0300 this morning !! Slightly less hectic today - drop our Michelle at station - she has the future of rock'n'roll to sort out - again - in the morning (and she's been up and down from Stoke to Manc to see both Todd and Airbourne); some shopping; some cooking (sooooooo rock'n'roll - the potatoes tonight were a hybrid of Dauphinoise and Lyonnaise - with added leek - ever the rebel !!)
Work tomorrow ? Nope - training course in Manchester with an 0930 start - a veritable lie-in ...
Football this week will probably be Stalybridge Celtic - again - on Tuesday against Altrincham in some County Cup thingy. Both Ashton United and Curzon Ashton (sorry "Cup Heroes Curzon Ashton") are at home later tonight - but it's ju-jitsu for small boy ... and Mossley have nowt till Saturday. Saturday throws up even more options - I need to "ummmm" and "aaahhh" about that ... meanwhile ... for posterity ...
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Now that was one powerful play - might have been written 2,500 years ago but so relevant to 21st Century society/living/attitudes ... greed, arrogance, "power corrupts" and all that kerfuffle. There was some totally pointless "dancey bits" (why ? why ? it was a short play but short does not necessarily mean "not good" - just unnecessary padding ...) Some good performances as well - for Creon read George Bush/Tony Blair....apres play some drinkies in the bar followed by a late 192 down to friends in Longsight - more drinkies till about daft o'clock. Home to this - off to Stalybridge very soon to check out the Buffet Bar Conservatory construction progress, before Stalybridge Celtic v Tamworth (they're top y'know) - home - then back to Manc to meet our Michelle ... and Airbourne - the "credit crunch AC/DC" - and I mean that in the nicest possible way !!!
Whilst on the music slant I got an e-mail today (thanks to Sophsky !) - PowerQuest WILL be playing Manchester - 8th December @ Satan's Hollow £7 adv or £8 on the door ... also .. 143 hits on this site yesterday following the Todd posting (some kind of record for me that) but now ...to football ...
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Didn't drink - as was driving into Manc for the Todd gig (remember Manchester - 24 hour city - unless you need to get home after an evening out - ha !!)
Drinking now mind - hence the "late late show" - two more pix on the Buffet Bar diary
Now with me being "out" tomorrow , we'll wait till Saturday as I'm down for the Celtic v Tamworth game ....can 'catch up' then ...
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Starting on some of the "internals" - like ceiling - and insulation ... see the latest 'additions' at
Buffet Bar Conservatory as @ 05 Nov 08
(note I have to keep changing the file name as I've yet to work out how - if at all - I can just add to an existing 'project')
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A grand night out - apart from the result !! Go straight for the pix if you desire ....
hey hey it's the Shay...
Straight from work - and a stop in Huddersfield enabled a pint of Copper Dragon (drank in the "Head of Steam") and a bottle of Coach House "Blueberry Bitter" (purchased in the "Head of Steam") for the short hop to Halifax.
Off the train and into the "Three Pigeons" - a belting boozer indeed - and just a spit from the ground. You can see the floodlights through the window ... some Ossett Brewery "Pale Gold" was quaffed ...
What made the ground that much more impressive - apart from the decent floodlights for the snapper - was that the ground belonged to the club ... many are impressed by a trip to FCUM - but that's someone else's ground - last night I was at Halifax's ground - and yes ... go for finishing it off, because you will move up - just like Telford have done - kept their ground and started on the long road back .....
The game - hot on the heels of the 0-5 reverse on Saturday - wot I missed - you (I ??) could have expected far worse - but Mossley came out of last night really well - a hard-working performance, a couple of impressive debuts from Hirst and Berkeley... and all that seperated the teams was a dodgy pen (and that's from the Halifax fans as well) and a 92nd minute "extra"...if only that shot from Matty Berkeley had gone t'other side of the post (apparently the Halifax Courier "on-line" report called it a "sh*t" - that's some typo !!)
Thanks to Stu for a lift home across the foggy M62 - allowed time for a small tincture in the "Brit" !!
Tomorrow sees a pilgrimage ... yes it's Todd Rundgren @ Manchester Academy - Todd was one of my childhood heroes - and remains so, cus he keeps pumping out product - and good stuff too - check out "Arena" - it is a return to the good old stuff indeed...in true "You can't take professional..." mode - I'm back to "BabyFuji" for the evening - it really would be grand to just - one day - wangle a "press ticket" to a gig and take the big bugger and lenses - as my "BabyFuji" is pretty "old hat" as compacts go (only 5.1 MP - positively antique !!)
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It's been a bad week fror death - Simon's stepson, - the guy I saw at Quorn on Saturday (yes despite my mate Dave's best efforts, the guy passed away on Sunday afternoon) - tonight I hear that Brooks Mileson - ex Gretna FC benefactor - has gone as well ...
Sh*t happens ...not nice ...but it happens ......
Late Edit from Unibond site ..ref the Quorn game where I was ....
http://www.unibondleague.com/news.php?nid=7026
Sh*t continues .......
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..well small boy decided against ju-jitsu - first day back at skool , tired I'm sure !!! Gave me a little extra time to take pix of the Conservatory roof before getting home - see :
we have roofpix !!!
Tomorrow - Halifax ...........
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One week off - you can guarantee that various lumps of sh*t have hit various fans (ventilation not football) - probably take all morning to clear the e-mail backlog (might have a quick webmail peep after this !)
Plenty to look forward to this week: Monday - taxi service for Mrs Smiffy (salsa) and small boy (ju-jitsu); Tuesday - a trip to the Shay to watch Mossley play FC Halifax Town on Tuesday - pix to follow natch; Wednesday - working on it; Thursday - Todd Rundgren at Manchester Academy with our Michelle; Friday - Royal Exchange to see "Antigone" (Sophocles) with Mrs Smiffy followed by party/p*ss up at mates in Longsight; Saturday - Football in afternoon (either Trafford v Mossley or Stalybridge v Tamuff) followed by Airbourne at Manchester Academy with our Michelle; Sunday - that's next week innit ?
Still need to update the Stalybridge Buffet Bar Conservatory "diary" from the No roof pix yet !! position ... being away from Thursday to Saturday this week meant I missed the roof going on (I was suitably txtd with the info - cheers Graham !) - will check it out tomorrow morning at about 0730 (from the "other platform") and then later on the right side .... Sylvia said it would be all ready for Christmas - it'll be interesting to see if they've "opened the door" ...
..but first some sleep I guess .... but first - a couple off the "babycam" from the weekend ...
A ride on the 'Waltzer' at Belper Fair on Friday night was followed by a few scoops in the Mucky Duck and a walk down to the "New Ming Court" (ex "Spread Eagle") for some seafood - from that walk ....
Saturday on the way to Quorn - honest we were at a red light when I "whipped out me compact" !!! A bus in Loughborough implying nuns are NOT eco-friendly ....!!!
Now sleep ... when this can is empty .....
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I've been away a bit - OK got back from Belper on Wednesday morning after the Droylsden game - back to Belper on Thursday afternoon (Mother-in-Law has had central heating fitted - and the house was in rather a mess so it was a couple of days of hoover/duster/paint and general "tidy")
Today was a trip to Leicestershire to see Quorn play Belper Town - as I was driving back to Mossley tonight I assumed the role of "Des the Driver" ferrying Darlo, Penfold & Jordan to the game .... the game ... Belper should have been, if not home and dry, but certainly "indoors and towelling themselves down" by half-time - but it was only 1-0. When the penalty was missed/saved in the second half there was almost an air of "you know exactly what's going to happen" amongst some of the Nailers' faithful - sure enough on 85 minutes-ish, the equaliser arrived - two points lost I'm afraid ... some pix at
Quorn unsuitable for Vegans - unlike Tofu
I kept getting scary messages on my phone - "One Down" - "Two Down" - "3-0" "Now it's four" - "It gets worse - five" - if you've checked out today's scores you'll know these msgs came direct from Seel Park Mossley ..... looks like I was lucky today (to miss it that is) - Mossley off to the Shay on Tuesday night to meet FC Halifax Town. While Mossley did beat Halifax at the beginning of September the newly-formed club finally seem to be finding their Unibond feet - so we look at this trip with a soupcon of trepidation I feel - one for the "train crew" I hope - something for me to check ....
One final mention from today's game at Quorn - at half-time an old guy collapsed in the Social Club (heart attack) - Penfold (see above) has the St John training and together with the Quorn FC physio helped to keep the guy alive until the ambulance arrived - let's hope the guy pulls through ...
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Tuesday (pre game) was busy - up early, recycling to tip the train to Manchester with Mrs Smiffy and small boy to see the reptiles (amongst other things) at the Manchester University Museum .... lunch @ Tampopo then me home to get car go to vets bring our reptile (skink) home (abcess removed) before driving to game - problems - skink not ready so I couldn't take car .... time to improvise ... to Stalybridge to catch train and get some photos of the walls going up on the conservatory - then train to Buxton and catch bus from there - twas at Piccadilly where it all started to go wrong with signal failures on Platform 14 - hey ho - got to the game on time - see previous post - and got back to Mossley for 0950 today.... here's the bits and bobs...
The Buffet Bar Conservatory "Diary" - updated 29Oct08
A lizard thing from the morning ...
Two engineers helping to bring Platform 14 to a complete standstill (thus cocking up Platform 13 as well !!) ...
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One bridge too far for Belper I'm afraid - and if you add up the two games the better team did win over the 188 minutes - so that's two of the "Six Tame Sides" into the 1st Round Proper - this is the place to be watching non-league football - not Gigg Lane !!! A healthy little run for Belper mind - and some well-earned - and well-needed - money into the bank - I've "had a sniff" about where it might go - can't tell natch ...!!
Some pictures to be found at
written by Cornelius Ryan - film starring Sean Connery, Dirk Bogarde, Michael Caine
(you get the idea !)
I had fun getting there - and getting back was fun too - I'll say NO MORE !!!!
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