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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Saving our Spitfire is the least we can do
There can’t be many blokes my age who didn’t have an Airfix model aeroplane hanging from their bedroom ceiling at some point during their childhood. My guess is that, of those who did, most will have chosen a Spitfire over … Continue reading
Port Vale’s directors are about to reap what they have sown
I have a feeling tonight’s game is going to be something of an emotional affair because we all know just how bleak the prognosis now is for our club. After further damaging financial revelations at the weekend, the news in … Continue reading
Posted in Port Vale
Tagged BBC Radio Stoke, Blue Sky, Crewe Alexandra, Glenn Oliver, Mike Lloyd, Perry Deakin, Peter Miller, Port Vale, The Sentinel
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The day Live Aid rocked our world
Thirteen was a pretty good age to be when the biggest concert in the history of the world was staged. I had discovered music two years before when I was given my first record player for Christmas and got my … Continue reading
Posted in 80s Nostalgia
Tagged 1985, 80s Nostalgia, ABC, Adam Ant, Africa, Alison Moyet, BBC, Billy Ocean, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats, Bryan Adams, Bryan Ferry, Coldstream Guards band, Crosby, David Bowie, Dire Straits, Duran Duran, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ethiopia, famine, Freddie Mercury, Hanley, John F. Kennedy Stadium, Judas Priest, July 13, Led Zeppellin, Lionel Richie, Live 8, Live Aid, Lotus Records, Madonna, Michael Buerk, Mick Jagger, Midge Ure, MTV, Nik Kershaw, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Queen, Reo Speedwagon, Run D.M.C., Sade, Simple Minds, Spandau Ballet, Status Quo, Stills & Nash, Sting, The Beach Boys, The Four Tops, The Pretenders, The Style Council, The Thompson Twins, The Who, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Top Of The Pops, Ultravox, Wembley Stadium
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It’s you or us, Mr Lloyd. Go, or Port Vale is finished
Recent results have placed Vale firmly back in the running for a play-off position. Whether or not our threadbare squad can cope with the pressure of the run-in remains to be seen. It goes without saying that I would love … Continue reading
Posted in Port Vale
Tagged administration, AGM, EGM, Hamil Road, March 13, Mike Lloyd, Port Vale, Supporters' Club
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Vale fans: Give me your messages and I’ll hand them all to Mike Lloyd on March 13
On February 21 more than 250 people packed out Smallthorne Victory WMC as Port Vale Supporters’ Club presented its interim board candidates to the fans – as it had promised to do. The gloves are now off as we head … Continue reading
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Tagged EGM, Glenn Oliver, Jonathan Wilkes, March 13, Mike Lloyd, Perry Deakin, Peter Miller, Port Vale
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Titanic’s captain was just a bloke from Stoke in the wrong place at the wrong time
I was lucky enough to be enjoying a tour of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery as staff were putting the finishing touches to its new Titanic exhibition. As the centenary of the disaster approaches, bosses at the city centre … Continue reading
How TV and pop music changed our attitudes…
When people speak of major events of the Eighties, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War often spring to mind. But I would argue that one of the most significant steps forward during my … Continue reading
Shace Shuttle’s iconic design reignited our interest in the stars
Some may think that the great days of interest in space flight were the Sixties. After all, people were genuinely agog when in 1961 Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in Vostok 1. Then there were the numerous Apollo … Continue reading
Posted in 80s Nostalgia
Tagged 80s Nostalgia, Apollo, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Buzz Aldrin, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour, George Lucas, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Personally Speaking, Sixties, Sneyd Green, Space Shuttle, Vipers, Vostok1, X-Wing fighter, Yuri Gagarin
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The more Mike Lloyd talks about Port Vale the bigger hole he digs for himself
I dare say you will struggle to find a more breathtaking abdication of responsibility. Mike Lloyd’s 55-minute interview with BBC Radio Stoke was remarkable for a number of reasons – not least the fact that he never once admitted he … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Radio Stoke, Bill Bratt, Blue Sky, Gibraltar, Glenn Oliver, Hank Julicher, Mike Lloyd, Perry Deakin, Peter Miller, Port Vale
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Why we should appreciate winter and the occasional snow fall
Who would drive a gritting lorry, eh? What a thankless, anti-social task. Other than bankers and traffic wardens, these poor souls must be the most unpopular people in the country. Well, for about two days a year that is. The … Continue reading
