Nige ⚽🏏🍺
@baldsaint.bsky.social
Retired. #SaintsFC fan, Hampshire cricket fan and CAMRA member.
Ex Vosper Thornycroft (Woolston, Pipeshop).
Ex Vosper Thornycroft (Woolston, Pipeshop).
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Nige ⚽🏏🍺
@baldsaint.bsky.social
· Nov 15
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YouTube video by Nigel Watts
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Over 40 years ago this was broadcast on BBC South Today, I had hair in those days! And side burns it seems 😄
Anybody else remember Oche's Darts Club in Brunswick Square, sadly it didn't last long?
youtu.be/1eADYdQOUv8?...
Anybody else remember Oche's Darts Club in Brunswick Square, sadly it didn't last long?
youtu.be/1eADYdQOUv8?...
Having to watch Sky Sport News because that way I can see the goals, can see sweet FA on Sports +, what a waste of money
#SaintsFC
#SaintsFC
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Having to watch Sky Sport News because that way I can see the goals, can see sweet FA on Sports +, what a waste of money
#SaintsFC
#SaintsFC
December 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I haven't blogged for ages, so I wrote far too many words about something that happened 40 years ago, and which nobody outside of America cares about.
New Coke: A Warning from History
If, like me, you’re British then your knowledge of New Coke is likely to be (a) it was a massive failure, (b) everyone hated it, (c) it was a terrible business decision, and, if your go-to re…
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December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I haven't blogged for ages, so I wrote far too many words about something that happened 40 years ago, and which nobody outside of America cares about.
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Good news for people who like to hemorrhage money in a place that looks like a cross between a motorway service station and a leisure centre.
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Good news for people who like to hemorrhage money in a place that looks like a cross between a motorway service station and a leisure centre.
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Day 1 of my #AdventCalendar
[sound up]
[sound up]
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Day 1 of my #AdventCalendar
[sound up]
[sound up]
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Not many expected England to win in Brisbane but given that the last 2 years has been solely about winning in Oz to the detriment of the CC (Kookaburra ball, concentrating on fast bowlers, ridding us of county stalwarts, not letting Eng players play many county games) then we should be punching..
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Not many expected England to win in Brisbane but given that the last 2 years has been solely about winning in Oz to the detriment of the CC (Kookaburra ball, concentrating on fast bowlers, ridding us of county stalwarts, not letting Eng players play many county games) then we should be punching..
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There's a new free bus & real ale guide, Welwyn Garden City to Hitchin, written by local @camraofficial.bsky.social members. The route takes in villages, cask ale country pubs & coaching inns, with information on the area. Leave the car at home. #SupportPubs & buses. Also online.
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There's a new free bus & real ale guide, Welwyn Garden City to Hitchin, written by local @camraofficial.bsky.social members. The route takes in villages, cask ale country pubs & coaching inns, with information on the area. Leave the car at home. #SupportPubs & buses. Also online.
Great stat from Alfie House, #SaintsFC have scored two or more goals in all 6 of Eckert's games, not since Adkins in league 1 have they done that.
December 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Great stat from Alfie House, #SaintsFC have scored two or more goals in all 6 of Eckert's games, not since Adkins in league 1 have they done that.
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Breaking. Liz Truss wins this year's FIFA Prize for Economics.
December 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Breaking. Liz Truss wins this year's FIFA Prize for Economics.
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I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
The two trials I sat on a jury for were a complete waste of time and money, two fairly minor crimes (not minor to the victims obviously), should never have gone to a jury in the first place.
By eroding trial by jury, the government is cementing its legacy as a bulldozer of our human rights.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The two trials I sat on a jury for were a complete waste of time and money, two fairly minor crimes (not minor to the victims obviously), should never have gone to a jury in the first place.
Oh no, absolute legend, gone way too soon.
Former England batter Robin Smith dies aged 62 - www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
Former England batter Robin Smith dies aged 62 - www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
Robin Smith: Former England batter dies aged 62
Robin Smith was a key figure in the England side in the late 1980s and 1990s.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Oh no, absolute legend, gone way too soon.
Former England batter Robin Smith dies aged 62 - www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
Former England batter Robin Smith dies aged 62 - www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
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On this day in 1944, Curt Hodges from Chicago, Illinois carved his name into a Southampton brick wall along with a number of his American comrades as they waited to be shipped to France.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
On this day in 1944, Curt Hodges from Chicago, Illinois carved his name into a Southampton brick wall along with a number of his American comrades as they waited to be shipped to France.
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Keep seeing people upset about the “Mansion Tax” potentially ruining their retirement, there’s actually a very simple solution for you: you need to stop getting lattes from Starbucks, cancel your Netflix subscription and gym membership, oh and stop having avocados.
Hope this helps x
Hope this helps x
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Keep seeing people upset about the “Mansion Tax” potentially ruining their retirement, there’s actually a very simple solution for you: you need to stop getting lattes from Starbucks, cancel your Netflix subscription and gym membership, oh and stop having avocados.
Hope this helps x
Hope this helps x
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November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM