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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️
@daveproudlove.bsky.social
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Writer - urbanism, place, football, buildings, music | Published by Pitch Publishing | Appears in Turnstiles, Football Heritage, Brum Dispatch, Tribune & others | Socialist | Dad to Dylan | #MDANT 'King of obscurity' - KFC
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · Nov 12
#WorkandPlay is out....

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 12h
"If play really is revolution, it would not be a surprise if grassroots clubs like these were to contribute to a revival of genuine progressive politics in former industrial towns and villages...."

Still available via Pitch Publishing

#WorkandPlay

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 12h
Now that is a pub.
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 13h
The Golden Cup #Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 12h
Indeed, brilliant work
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Jarl Graham Kirk. Photo of me taken by my Uncle Alan in 1960 @grawitmik.bsky.social · 12h
Beautiful building Dave. I remember it in 63/64 when my Nan & I would meet my Grandad and Uncle Alan, (he who took the photo I use as my avatar here), after work at the factory opposite. I had to sit outside with a hubbly bubbly and a bag of crisps.
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 12h
Can't beat a pint of Mother's Milk
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Big Danny Spencer @bigdannyspencer.bsky.social · 12h
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Not too shabby either. Once had an overnight lock in after huge snowfall. Slept in the bar. "Just keep a count on how many pints you have and settle up in the morning". Epic.
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Vault, tap room or snug? @snug9.bsky.social · 20h
Batham’s Bitter, The Vine / Bull & Bladder (Brierley Hill) #BskyBeer
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GlennA @glennairey.bsky.social · 13h
The Peveril of the Potts.
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 13h
Absolute stunner
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d
The Electric Picture Theatre #Congleton #Cheshire
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d
On the death of Prince, and why we grieve for musicians

#MyBackPages
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d
A.R. Wood established a reputation for high-quality residential design, a fine example being Parville in Alsager

Out soon, 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

Detailing the 150-year history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 13h
The Golden Cup #Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 13h
James Brindley and Josiah Wedgwood made the Potteries a place

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 14h
'Man & Industry'
Charcoal

Preparations for a new exhibition start tomorrow .. www.ianrpearsall.co.uk
Opening 22nd Oct
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 17h
A real slice of Potteries' history from the Wood Goldstraw Yorath archive....

The outcome of the tender process for Tunstall Town Hall from 1883

Out soon, 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

The history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d
Oh yes!
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 2d
Minton Door Surround #Leek #NorthStaffordshire
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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 1d
ICYMI.

#BookSky #GetKeshed 📚📚📚
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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 1d
KESHED LONDON LAUNCH IS CONFIRMED.

Thursday 12th March, Bard Books, @judecook.bsky.social in the host's chair, tix link as soon as i got one. News incoming on the official online launch, more as soon as i have it.

#BookSky #GetKeshed 📚📚📚
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Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 2d
This is the result of Farage and Jenrick’s far-right, divisive rhetoric. Hard working, responsible people feeling afraid for their future.
Disgraceful.
Doncaster chippy owner 'scared for his children' after vandalism - BBC News
Poseidon's Fish Bar had the word "England" painted on its front, says Iraqi-born owner Darin Ahmed.
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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 1d
Nothing says "functioning economy" like everyone turning up for work pissed
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Barry Glendenning @barryglendenning.bsky.social · 2d
Simon Jordan on TalkSport, unchallenged yet again.

As a Talksport employee, I am embarrassed by this rebuttal of what Neville said. This moron pontificates without question. It is bonkers.

And yeah, i'll probably be sacked. Fuck it.

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"APPALLING STANCE!" Simon Jordan rages at "COWARD" Gary Neville after Union Jack REMOVAL admission!
YouTube video by talkSPORT
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d
The Electric Picture Theatre #Congleton #Cheshire
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 2d
Nine years ago....and nothing has changed. Build public housing

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d
On the death of Prince, and why we grieve for musicians

#MyBackPages
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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 2d
Wood & Goldstraw's 1930s exercise in modernism delivered the much-loved lido at Trentham Gardens, sadly demolished in the 1980s

Out soon, 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

Detailing the 150-year history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice
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