World War 1
November 11th, 2018
I cannot begin to comprehend the First World War. I have never understood war at all, beyond the occasional need for two angry men to knock seven bells out of each other to settle a misunderstanding in a pub. I have never ever understood why these differences of opinion have to be extended to encompass entire nations and destroy civilisations. So today when I read this Tweet from Tom Cordell I thought yes, I agree with you and that’s why I’m posting it here.
Fixed Odds Betting Terminals
November 4th, 2018
New Labour, you started this.
Bookmakers taking huge profits and football clubs taking sponsorship from gambling and leaving the NHS to pick up the bill and families to face grief is privatising profit and nationalising consequences.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/04/end-scourge-of-fixed-odds-betting-terminals
Austerity isn’t over
November 1st, 2018
Right to buy – Richard Blyth
October 31st, 2018
Sutton Estate dual aspect
October 26th, 2018
BBC News discovers dual aspect flats shocker
July 27th, 2018
David Shukman BBC One news 10pm July 26th 2018
“This new assisted living centre in East London is designed to protect elderly people from the heat. I went to see one of the flats inside, they’re designed to be cool. Jill and Morris Matthews explained that they have windows on both sides of the building so a breeze can flow through”.
Perhaps the BBC can be persuaded to take an interest in Woods House Pimlico for the benefit of its residents.
On Grenfell Tower
December 3rd, 2017
#ukhousing #towerblocks After #Grenfell circulate only hot water in tower blocks not gas. For cooking replace gas with induction hobs.
— Otaniemi (@Otaneimi) December 3, 2017
This is not expensive.
Byker & Lower Ouseburn – a Twitter flyby
November 23rd, 2017
Near the Stags Head I met a man who had moved to London in the early 1970s, having worked as a domestic appliance service engineer in and around the old Byker and got to know it all intimately.
Then he returned to find only the Stags Head and the church down the road standing, he was on his way to the pub with a friend when I ran into him.
Heaton Newcastle – a Twitter flyby
November 21st, 2017
This is not an article, I don’t have time to write one. I enjoyed my walk around Heaton and above is the planning map of C19th housing, much of which I saw.
Elswick Newcastle – research notes
November 13th, 2017
I was planning to write this up and perhaps one day I will. But the closer I look the more the subject grows and the less I actually know about the district. You can see my walk above and I met some interesting people but life is taking over and this will have to wait. Likewise Byker. So I’ll leave these notes here for anybody else planning to go.