Sean King
@seanking61.bsky.social
Non league boulevardier and flaneur
Yes, with a pigeon chest and the healthy glow of a white pudding supper.
January 23, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Yes, with a pigeon chest and the healthy glow of a white pudding supper.
He was the generously chinned guitarist who looked like he'd just wandered in from a bit part in a Bill Forsyth movie
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
He was the generously chinned guitarist who looked like he'd just wandered in from a bit part in a Bill Forsyth movie
I bet Woody couldn't believe his luck.
January 23, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I bet Woody couldn't believe his luck.
His diaries are great albeit an entirely different world to mine. Do people still 'give someone lunch'?
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
His diaries are great albeit an entirely different world to mine. Do people still 'give someone lunch'?
Work was different then. On my first day as a benefits visiting officer my supervisor went into a pub at 1130. I thought it might be some kind of roust but he ordered two pints of Courage Best.
January 21, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Work was different then. On my first day as a benefits visiting officer my supervisor went into a pub at 1130. I thought it might be some kind of roust but he ordered two pints of Courage Best.
Yes municipal life was in some respects better when I was growing up - cheap council run buses, a fantastic library, town centre swimming pools, good parks, good stock of council houses, council run film theatre. Not all grim.
January 18, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Yes municipal life was in some respects better when I was growing up - cheap council run buses, a fantastic library, town centre swimming pools, good parks, good stock of council houses, council run film theatre. Not all grim.
I used to go there lunchtimes about 30 years ago - decent pint and home cooked pie&chips. The Vine and Nags Head helped absorb some of the more colourful characters.
January 18, 2026 at 11:12 AM
I used to go there lunchtimes about 30 years ago - decent pint and home cooked pie&chips. The Vine and Nags Head helped absorb some of the more colourful characters.
Mine was summed up in last week's Who Do You Do with a child doing an impression of Malcolm Muggeridge introducing ( and then doing) Ken Dodd followed by Peter Goodwright as Fred Emney.
January 17, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Mine was summed up in last week's Who Do You Do with a child doing an impression of Malcolm Muggeridge introducing ( and then doing) Ken Dodd followed by Peter Goodwright as Fred Emney.
A late and much missed City supporting friend used to respond to the WWYWYWS stuff by saying ' wading through 6 inches of piss in the only bog in the away end at Bootham Crescent - since you ask'.
January 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A late and much missed City supporting friend used to respond to the WWYWYWS stuff by saying ' wading through 6 inches of piss in the only bog in the away end at Bootham Crescent - since you ask'.
Can he turn crimson on demand?
January 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Can he turn crimson on demand?
I was at a game at Gravesend years ago where the gents was like a WW2 bunker and you could continue watching the game through letter box sized holes while unburdening oneself.
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I was at a game at Gravesend years ago where the gents was like a WW2 bunker and you could continue watching the game through letter box sized holes while unburdening oneself.
I still offer people a cup of my famous Java.
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 PM
I still offer people a cup of my famous Java.
Grimsby v Barnet. Has more of a Play for Today feel about it than a day out at the seaside.
January 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Grimsby v Barnet. Has more of a Play for Today feel about it than a day out at the seaside.
I'm getting the Proustian background note of sixth form common room, damp French air force greatcoat and Embassy No6 so it's CTTE for me.
January 16, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I'm getting the Proustian background note of sixth form common room, damp French air force greatcoat and Embassy No6 so it's CTTE for me.
He'll be able to spend more time in his Boden hoody and gilet bothering people on camera.
January 15, 2026 at 2:25 PM
He'll be able to spend more time in his Boden hoody and gilet bothering people on camera.
I'm only on week two of my lipreading course but it looks like he's saying " I've shit myself".
January 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I'm only on week two of my lipreading course but it looks like he's saying " I've shit myself".
He was one of the more up to date impressions on Who Do You Do last week.
January 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
He was one of the more up to date impressions on Who Do You Do last week.
Same happened to me on holiday except the grunting and groaning was in loud German.
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Same happened to me on holiday except the grunting and groaning was in loud German.
Nothing suggests tough guy more than a cravat.
January 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Nothing suggests tough guy more than a cravat.
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"
January 10, 2026 at 9:19 PM
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"
" Johnny Ola? I never met him".
January 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
" Johnny Ola? I never met him".