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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 1d

It's October'86 ,The Bangles' "Walk like an Egyptian" is in the Top 10 & #TheManInTheStand is watching a #RugbyLeague miracle unfold for #LeedsOtherPaper! #Castleford winning the Yorkshire Cup for the first time ever!

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 1d

All the meta-cultural references in the report titles got Sampled from contemporary records/TV series/ movies! Hence "Robin's Honour". November'85, #TheManInTheStand was at the Flicks eyeballing "Prizzi's Honor" & reporting Nicotine Mucous Trophy #RugbyLeague for #LeedsOtherPaper

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 3d

The Glory Boys was a thriller miniseries made for Yorkshire TV aired between 1 & 3 October 1984, starring Rod Steiger & Anthony Perkins. Meanwhile Widnes went on a #RugbyLeague rampage as seen by #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 3d

#LeedsOtherPaper with added #TheManInTheStand #RugbyLeague 38:00 to 1:03:00
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The People's Papers @peoplespapers.bsky.social · 5d

Did you miss our online webinar earlier this week? You can now watch the recording of the event via @wcmlibrary.bsky.social's Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2UT...

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 3d

Just caught up on YouTube. Many thanks for the mention!!

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 6d

October '84 - Prince "Purple Rain" was in the charts &Yorkshire was well into the Miners'Strike - reporting #RugbyLeague for #LeedsOtherPaper wasn't just Internationals & Challenge Cup Finals, it also meant #TheManInTheStand watching games that were almost but not quite a facsimile of 13-a-side.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 9d

November '88 & Robin Williams in "Good Morning Vietnam " is smashing the cinema box office & meanwhile at Post Office Road,Fev,as reported by intrepid guerilla #RugbyLeague correspondent #TheManInTheStand for #LeedsOtherPaper Bodies are getting smashed amid the verdant domain.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 9d

As Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) reiterated in The Long Good Friday (1980) - it's all about having ambition; know what I mean?

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 12d

FROM THE #RugbyLeague FANZINE ARCHIVES . (Check out the full set on my fb page)

#TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper presents a long lost chapter of @ctrlfc.bsky.social #Castleford history @therfl.bsky.social @forty20live.bsky.social

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 13d

Ever the aide to #TheManInTheStand & guerilla #RugbyLeague reportage for #LeedsOtherPaper Went to Aldi
for some Vino ,this looked interesting- shipped over from Ireland - strange way to promote connoisseurs of Wine,style,flavour etc.Style:Hysteria. Flavour:Panic with hints of doom mongering.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 13d

Remarkable, to have actually seen Gutenberg cranking away at the printing press,hiding out from the Imperial Inquisition.Yes,heady times indeed in Leeds.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 15d

February '90 ITV's new comedy drama "El C.I.D." aired on the 7th.
( British cops, Bromley & Blake, uproot their lives and move into luxury yacht 'El CID' on the sunny Costa del Sol.) Meanwhile #TheManInTheStand reports on the Wakefield/Sheffield #RugbyLeague contretemps for #LeedsOtherPaper

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 15d

Milei the gimps' gimp in the decades old basket case of all Latin American basket cases Argentina, acting the grovelling lickspittle to grift a few more Yankee dollars from the most economically illiterate & in numerate POTUS in history Trumpety-trump.

a woman in a white dress is standing in front of a microphone .

ALT: a woman in a white dress is standing in front of a microphone .

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 15d

Tylenol AKA Paracetamol in the UK - where post-Enlightennent Science & belief in the intrinsic roundness of the Wheel still hold sway - we gaze across The Pond & are simply amazed by the Voodoo witch doctor approach to illness & disease of Papa Doc Trump his GOP Ton Ton Macoute

a black and white photo of a woman wearing headphones and a sweater .

ALT: a black and white photo of a woman wearing headphones and a sweater .

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 15d

Apropos of nothing;1980s SILVER SCREEN REMINISCENCES. (It's where I got my #RugbyLeague report titles from) #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 17d

November '88 - "Piece of Cake" ITV's 6 part blockbusting drama mini-series about an RAF squadron in 1939 France had just aired & darn T'Lane Cas were strafing Sernt Ellunz.- as reported by #RugbyLeague aficionado #TheManInTheStand for #LeedsOtherPaper

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 17d

#TheManInTheStand #RugbyLeague #LeedsOtherPaper
What is Amber?

Fossilized: It is not a mineral but a fossilized form of tree resin.
Amber contains preserved insects, plants, giving scientific insights into prehistoric life.
Now includes redundant species of rugby-league players. #Castleford

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 18d

#TheManInTheStand guerilla reporter on #RugbyLeague for the now legendary #LeedsOtherPaper says.The rebranding hyperbole will do nothing whatsoever for the uninspired trash the Public has been subjected in an open air torture camp by those who're supposed to be professional players of Castleford.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 19d

September '86 ,"Aliens" is ripping (Sigourney Weaver aka Ripley, geddit?) UK cinema box offices apart - speaking of things ripped apart - #TheManInTheStand reports the Hallowed Turf at #Castleford getting the same treatment as he reports #RugbyLeague for #LeedsOtherPaper

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 21d

#TheManInTheStand guerilla #RugbyLeague reporter for #LeedsOtherPaper was there..on the eastern terraces.

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 21d

#TheManInTheStand guerilla #RugbyLeague reporter for #LeedsOtherPaper was there....

Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 22d

What precisely did the Tigers,the mighty Fords "achieve"? 11th.out of 12 in Mickey Mouse Super League.If you're going to represent Castleford ,try a little effort & sacrifice & stop embarrassing the rest of us. #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague #Castleford

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 25d

A Slope is a compromise between this modern safety first flat playing surface & the more ancient perpendicular where forwards had to carry mountaineering gear.

Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 25d

#TheManInTheStand at #LeedsOtherPaper always reported #RugbyLeague & his beloved #Castleford a little differently to how the MSM lackeys & illiterates did. My match report for this would be
" Six ?am surprised that any of them could count up to that.."

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Louis Kasatkin @louiskasatkin.bsky.social · 28d

September '89 - The 15 rated Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor comedy"See No Evil,Hear No Evil" is on at the Flicks - loved it! the title inspired #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague report.Which is shorter & pithier than the Wakefield Express autopsy.

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