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Kevin Mottram

@mott73.bsky.social

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Recently qualified archivist. Half decent club runner (when fit). Postwar history 1945-82. Old Minis. Music. Dogs. Footy/#StokeCity. Photography. I’ve got nothing to say but it’s OK.

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Kevin Mottram @mott73.bsky.social · Oct 29

Decided to join the ELO app as an insurance policy should the fascist porn app blow itself up. For new readers, welcome! For old chums, it’s the usual old bollocks…

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1h

The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3h

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

futurism.com/future-socie...

It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It

He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.

futurism.com

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Kevin Mottram @mott73.bsky.social · 22m

Mick is absolutely bang on (although it wasn’t just our lot they banned): news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england...

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Away fans banned by Millwall

news.bbc.co.uk

Kevin Mottram @mott73.bsky.social · 34m

Well let’s put it this way - I wasn’t exactly unhappy when they fell through the trapdoor to League One back in May. They really were getting on my nerves during the last few weeks of last season

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Kevin Mottram @mott73.bsky.social · 42m

Only one I can think of right off the top of me head is Luton in the stupid Full Members Cup in 1988, when they had their silly ID cards scheme in place, but that’s about it

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 19h

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 19h

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 19h

ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS RADIO RADIO

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Shroppiemon @shroppiemon.bsky.social · 1d

I found this in an owd paper a few years ago, alus nice to see it pop up on social media
#Shrewsbury
#shropshire
#rocknroll

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Kevin Mottram @mott73.bsky.social · 1d

With a bit of bonus Woodhead content in t’background

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ChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · 1d

Disney tried to take legal action over this sketch. Alexie and his producer nervously went to meet an austere senior legal lady at the BBC. She read the letter and then watched the sketch on tape. Her opinion:

'Fuck them, we're the BBC' and she sorted it all out.

Oh for balls that big in 2025.

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Alexei Sayle's Stuff (19th October 1989). A lot more work goes into the production of each episode of Stuff than you might expect.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Alexei Sayle's Stuff (19th October 1989). A lot more work goes into the production of each episode of Stuff than you might expect.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1d

Tetley Malthouse, Mill Street, Leeds, winter 1973, photo by Peter Mitchell.

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 1d

David Bowie released Pin Ups on this day in 1973. Here’s a playlist of the songs that he covered on the album. Photo of David and Twiggy taken by her manager Justin de Villeneuve
▶️ spotify.link/ETuxOPbTAXb

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 1d

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 1d

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

And since I’m on the subject of autumn, the cover of the latest New Yorker is just joyous.

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Kevin Mottram @mott73.bsky.social · 2d

And take your lousy Aviation Gin with you! The worst premium priced gin I’ve ever tasted

Kevin Mottram @mott73.bsky.social · 2d

The Mighty Potters 1 Welcome To Wrecsam 0! #UTMP

a man in a green shirt and hat is taking a selfie in a crowd of people .

ALT: a man in a green shirt and hat is taking a selfie in a crowd of people .

media.tenor.com

Kevin Mottram @mott73.bsky.social · 2d

The Mighty Potters 1 Welcome To Wrecsam 0! #UTMP

a man in a green shirt and hat is taking a selfie in a crowd of people .

ALT: a man in a green shirt and hat is taking a selfie in a crowd of people .

media.tenor.com

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 2d

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Kevin Mottram @mott73.bsky.social · 2d

Shocked, I tell yers. Absolutely shocked mate

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Ange Postecoglou sacked by Nottingham Forest after 40 days as head coach

* Defeat to Chelsea left him winless after eight games * His reign is the shortest in Premier League history Ange Postecoglou has been sacked by Nottingham Forest after 40 days in charge, following Saturday’s 3-0 defeat by Chelsea. Forest wrote on social media: “Nottingham Forest Football Club can confirm that after a series of disappointing results and performances, Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his duties as head coach with immediate effect. The Club will make no further comment at this time.” Continue reading...

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 2d

How the #Merseybeat groups revolutionised the #British pop scene in the 60s and beyond!

LOOK AT LIFE: SOUND OF A CITY (1964) at 4:40pm on #TPTV

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 2d

On this day in 1965, the first edition of The Magic Roundabout was broadcast on BBC1. Using the animation from the French show Le Manège Enchanté, completely new scripts (which bore no resemblance to the originals) were written and narrated by Eric Thompson.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 2d

A bleak dystopia where Sharia law predominates, while economic and cultural divisions mean that the different communities live parallel, segregated lives.

Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

Mind how you go...

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Mickeyundertone @mickeyundertone.bsky.social · 2d

The King Of Muswell Hill.
Ray wearing the polo neck sweater with aplomb.
His demo version piano playing sweet singing version of I Go To Sleep is a thing of beauty and wonder.
And it's now on the Late Show.
buff.ly/Q8ZwipT

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Mickeyundertone @mickeyundertone.bsky.social · 2d

That's Montgomery Clift , Honey!!!!
Born this day in 1920.
And this is, indeed, The Right Profile.
The song, one of the undersung nuggets of London Calling, is now on the LSwMB.
buff.ly/Q8ZwipT

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