Olthwaite
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Where does it go from here? Is it down to the lake I fear? Ay-yah-yah-yah. Dave Griffiths. Newspaper sub (print). Used to make Barmcake magazine.
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If you are in Leeds pop into @coloursmayvary.bsky.social and pick up one of our ‘zines
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If you are in Leeds pop into @coloursmayvary.bsky.social and pick up one of our ‘zines
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Right you lot, I have a few spaces for Xmas commissions. They make great, bespoke pressies at all price points. I can stitch up & frame any of my designs, or create something new- a portrait of the pets, or granny’s favourite serial killers. Your shout. DM or email at [email protected]
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Right you lot, I have a few spaces for Xmas commissions. They make great, bespoke pressies at all price points. I can stitch up & frame any of my designs, or create something new- a portrait of the pets, or granny’s favourite serial killers. Your shout. DM or email at [email protected]
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I’m not doing Black Friday this year.
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m not doing Black Friday this year.
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Watching A Very Yorkshire Christmas again. US opera singer stranded in Knaresborough, arrives on heritage railway (Puts on 'I think you'll find...' trousers) meets beefy fella in his B&B. Nice cameos from Steve Evets, Michele Dotrice, Adam Fogerty, and Paul Barber.
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Watching A Very Yorkshire Christmas again. US opera singer stranded in Knaresborough, arrives on heritage railway (Puts on 'I think you'll find...' trousers) meets beefy fella in his B&B. Nice cameos from Steve Evets, Michele Dotrice, Adam Fogerty, and Paul Barber.
Jeez The Guardian, after reading about ludicrous Trump and floundering Labour, I don't want to read about how awful adult advent calendars are. NO JOY IS ALLOWED! WALLOW IN MISERY AT ALL TIMES! HERE'S ANOTHER ARTICLE ABOUT GEN Z LIKING GIRAFFES OR SUMMAT!
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jeez The Guardian, after reading about ludicrous Trump and floundering Labour, I don't want to read about how awful adult advent calendars are. NO JOY IS ALLOWED! WALLOW IN MISERY AT ALL TIMES! HERE'S ANOTHER ARTICLE ABOUT GEN Z LIKING GIRAFFES OR SUMMAT!
Showaddywaddy singer looks like Roy North with more teeth #totp #onefortheteenagers
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Showaddywaddy singer looks like Roy North with more teeth #totp #onefortheteenagers
@kaakaapo.bsky.social Hi Dean, enjoyed your five district crawl article in the Tyke Tav. Great idea, engaging piece.
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
@kaakaapo.bsky.social Hi Dean, enjoyed your five district crawl article in the Tyke Tav. Great idea, engaging piece.
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Friday's YORKSHIRE POST: UK's policies on Covid cost lives, inquiry reports #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Friday's YORKSHIRE POST: UK's policies on Covid cost lives, inquiry reports #TomorrowsPapersToday
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I would just like to say that for fun I just raced ChatGPT to find 200 words of edits in a 1900 word piece and I have already done it and it's still going. So that's the last time I ask it for that.
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I would just like to say that for fun I just raced ChatGPT to find 200 words of edits in a 1900 word piece and I have already done it and it's still going. So that's the last time I ask it for that.
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20 years ago today Heth and I remortgaged our house and Incorporated Bluemoose Books as a publishing company.
Many thanks to the wonderful librarians, booksellers, reviewers and readers who've promoted and hand sold our books.
Magic!
@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
Many thanks to the wonderful librarians, booksellers, reviewers and readers who've promoted and hand sold our books.
Magic!
@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
20 years ago today Heth and I remortgaged our house and Incorporated Bluemoose Books as a publishing company.
Many thanks to the wonderful librarians, booksellers, reviewers and readers who've promoted and hand sold our books.
Magic!
@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
Many thanks to the wonderful librarians, booksellers, reviewers and readers who've promoted and hand sold our books.
Magic!
@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
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King's Road, London by Harold Chapman (1968)
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
King's Road, London by Harold Chapman (1968)
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My thing about being Lancastrian the same way Tony Soprano is Italian:
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The Old Country
I’m Northern like Tony Soprano was Italian. My Mum is from Lancashire but moved to Somerset when she was a child. She came with an accent (mostly intact 50 years on) and a fully formed Northern ide…
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November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My thing about being Lancastrian the same way Tony Soprano is Italian:
precastreinforced.co.uk/2017/10/16/t...
precastreinforced.co.uk/2017/10/16/t...
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A special night tonight: HOUSE Of ALL play Leeds for the first time. Bob Dylan plays Leeds for the first time. Here are the Route books represented on stage tonight in Leeds! 25% off all titles, use the voucher code GIFT25 at checkout: www.route-online.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A special night tonight: HOUSE Of ALL play Leeds for the first time. Bob Dylan plays Leeds for the first time. Here are the Route books represented on stage tonight in Leeds! 25% off all titles, use the voucher code GIFT25 at checkout: www.route-online.com
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I have lots of new books including Side-eye by ace poet @mattnicholson.bsky.social and Special Attraction by Richard Lusmore. My hours are 10.30 to 4, Tues to Sat and email anytime at [email protected] if you would like to place an order or if you have any queries xxx
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I have lots of new books including Side-eye by ace poet @mattnicholson.bsky.social and Special Attraction by Richard Lusmore. My hours are 10.30 to 4, Tues to Sat and email anytime at [email protected] if you would like to place an order or if you have any queries xxx
Chuckled at 'Lust for Life singer Iggy Pop, 78...' in some agency copy today. Classic journalese (see also 'Hey Jude hitmakers The Beatles'). 'Eeh, Mr Pop at number 3, he's 78 but he's still got a lust for life. He's an example to us all.'
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Chuckled at 'Lust for Life singer Iggy Pop, 78...' in some agency copy today. Classic journalese (see also 'Hey Jude hitmakers The Beatles'). 'Eeh, Mr Pop at number 3, he's 78 but he's still got a lust for life. He's an example to us all.'
Ooh Cuthbert, I already have a foot cushion and grapes. But I would really like some muffin tweezers for Christmas. I see you are perusing Sir Reginald Argos' latest booklet. He has an excellent selection of muffin tweezers. #girlsowncc
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Ooh Cuthbert, I already have a foot cushion and grapes. But I would really like some muffin tweezers for Christmas. I see you are perusing Sir Reginald Argos' latest booklet. He has an excellent selection of muffin tweezers. #girlsowncc
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Any leads or contacts to help us with this greatly appreciated 🙏
WANTED: COOL SHOPS
If you run (or have links to) a cool indie bookshop, gallery or cinema store with a taste for the weird and spooky, our General Witchfinders zine could fit right in.
Trade pricing for 10+ copies.
Get in touch at [email protected]
If you run (or have links to) a cool indie bookshop, gallery or cinema store with a taste for the weird and spooky, our General Witchfinders zine could fit right in.
Trade pricing for 10+ copies.
Get in touch at [email protected]
November 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Any leads or contacts to help us with this greatly appreciated 🙏
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salfordbeerfest.bsky.social forecast. Spare room for me.
salfordbeerfest.bsky.social forecast. Spare room for me.
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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salfordbeerfest.bsky.social forecast. Spare room for me.
salfordbeerfest.bsky.social forecast. Spare room for me.
Ooh, I thought Belle & Sebastian's Boy With The Arab Strap on Mike's Rebellious Jukebox @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social was Chicory Tip's Son of My Father. I'm sorry hipsters. I apologise groovers. I'm still hip 'n' happenin'.
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ooh, I thought Belle & Sebastian's Boy With The Arab Strap on Mike's Rebellious Jukebox @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social was Chicory Tip's Son of My Father. I'm sorry hipsters. I apologise groovers. I'm still hip 'n' happenin'.
Supping Parkin Ticket at the mighty @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social while Human League's Being Boiled is being played by Mike's Rebellious Jukebox. Cheers to beer fest organiser Jim. (Storing up Parkin Ticket for a headline, but parkin stories are rare these days).
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Supping Parkin Ticket at the mighty @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social while Human League's Being Boiled is being played by Mike's Rebellious Jukebox. Cheers to beer fest organiser Jim. (Storing up Parkin Ticket for a headline, but parkin stories are rare these days).
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Sent a hundred-page magazine off to the printers today. Checked each proof three times. Feel like I've been in a fight.
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sent a hundred-page magazine off to the printers today. Checked each proof three times. Feel like I've been in a fight.
Finished Viv Albertine's To Throw Away Unopened a few weeks ago, but still thinking about her parents' divorce diaries. Her folks were advised to write them by their solicitors and VA read them after they both died. Who else has their parents' diaries? Viv makes the most of them in an ace memoir.
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Finished Viv Albertine's To Throw Away Unopened a few weeks ago, but still thinking about her parents' divorce diaries. Her folks were advised to write them by their solicitors and VA read them after they both died. Who else has their parents' diaries? Viv makes the most of them in an ace memoir.
Fancy running a Sam Smith's pub? This is the Commercial, Huddersfield, a beautiful building with a soulless Smith's vibe and bog standard ales. I get the convo in pubs thing, but the place needs a jukey/bands to give it a bit of life. Terms seem generous though.
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Fancy running a Sam Smith's pub? This is the Commercial, Huddersfield, a beautiful building with a soulless Smith's vibe and bog standard ales. I get the convo in pubs thing, but the place needs a jukey/bands to give it a bit of life. Terms seem generous though.
This is a lovely book.
Looking for serious, interested publishers to help make a second edition happen!
My Valleys book, with @seanrees.bsky.social
500 supporters, £13,258 raised at 241% of the original target, 10 books sold in the Martin Parr Foundation in two weeks
My Valleys book, with @seanrees.bsky.social
500 supporters, £13,258 raised at 241% of the original target, 10 books sold in the Martin Parr Foundation in two weeks
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is a lovely book.