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Andy Aldridge
@grange85.co.uk
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I listen to music, I walk, I ride my pushbike, I watch films and telly. A Londoner in the North East. I also have a head full of wishes...
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I just watched "Free and Easy" (Edward Sedgwick, 1930) and rated it 4/10
Free and Easy (1930 film) - Wikipedia
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February 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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I just watched "From Here to Eternity" (Fred Zinnemann, 1953) and rated it 5/10 #FromHereToEternity #FredZinnemann #BurtLancaster #MontgomeryClift #DeborahKerr #DonnaReed #FrankSinatra
From Here to Eternity - Wikipedia
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February 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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I just watched "The Ghost Breakers" (George Marshall, 1940) and rated it 6/10 #TheGhostBreakers #GeorgeMarshall #BobHope #PauletteGoddard #WillieBest #PaulLukas #AnthonyQuinn
The Ghost Breakers - Wikipedia
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February 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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I just watched "The Princess and the Pirate" (David Butler, 1944) and rated it 4/10 #ThePrincessAndThePirate #BobHope #VirginiaMayo
The Princess and the Pirate - Wikipedia
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February 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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I just watched "Mean Girls" (Mark Waters, 2004) and rated it 7/10 #MeanGirls #LindsayLohan #RachelMcAdams #TinaFey
Mean Girls - Wikipedia
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January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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#Tynemouth metro station footbridge

#PhotoHour #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin
January 29, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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fullofwishes.co.uk
The Luna record sleeve art gallery (part one) Taking a closer look at the art used on the fronts (and backs) of Luna's first five LPs
The Luna record sleeve art gallery (part one)
Taking a closer look at the art used on the fronts (and backs) of Luna's first five LPs
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January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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#nowplaying Sunlight Echoes by @whitelands.bsky.social on @soniccathedral.bsky.social ~ it is very sweet and poppy and a bit tangy
January 28, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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This was a good listen this morning and learned of a Lush/Hanwell (and @whitelands.bsky.social/Brentford) connection ~ I hadn't realised that I had lived so long in a hotbed of indie/'gaze
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Listen again to yesterday’s Soho Radio show where I was joined by Etienne and Vanessa from @whitelands.bsky.social to celebrate the release of their second album ‘Sunlight Echoes’...
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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I just watched "Mortal Engines" (Christian Rivers, 2018) and rated it 3/10 #MortalEngines #ChristianRivers
Mortal Engines (film) - Wikipedia
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January 27, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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I just watched "To Walk Invisible" (Sally Wainwright, 2016) and rated it 5/10 #ToWalkInvisible #SallyWainwright
To Walk Invisible - Wikipedia
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January 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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I just watched "The Circus" (Charlie Chaplin, 1928) and rated it 7/10 #TheCircus #CharlieChaplin #MernaKennedy
The Circus (1928 film) - Wikipedia
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January 23, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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I just watched "Une femme est une femme" (Jean-Luc Godard, 1961) and rated it 5/10 #UneFemmeEstUneFemme #JeanLucGodard #AnnaKarina #JeanPaulBelmondo #JeanClaudeBrialy
A Woman Is a Woman - Wikipedia
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January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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#nowplaying Sans toi - Corinne Marchand et Michel Legrand
January 20, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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I just watched "Cléo de 5 à 7" (Agnès Varda, 1962) and rated it 10/10 #CleoDe5a7 #AgnesVarda #CorinneMarchand #AntoineBourseiller #MichelLegrand
Cléo from 5 to 7 - Wikipedia
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January 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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I just watched "The Merry Widow" (Ernst Lubitsch, 1934) and rated it 6/10 #TheMerryWidow #ErnstLubitsch #MauriceChevalier #JeanetteMacDonald #EdwardEverettHorton
The Merry Widow (1934 film) - Wikipedia
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January 20, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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I just watched "Le Mépris" (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) and rated it 3/10 #LeMepris #JeanLucGodard #BrigitteBardot #JackPalance #MichelPiccoli #GiorgiaMoll #FritzLang
Contempt (film) - Wikipedia
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January 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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I just watched "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (Michael Curtiz / William Keighley, 1938) and rated it 8/10 #TheAdventuresOfRobinHood #MichaelCurtiz #ErrolFlynn #OliviaDeHavilland #RobinHood
The Adventures of Robin Hood - Wikipedia
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January 18, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Hillheads Park / 17th January 2026 / Northern League 1

Whitley Bay 0
Guisborough Town 2
Attendance: 366

The Bay were pretty well beaten by the team likely to be champions

#whitleybayfc #guisboroughtown #northernleague
Taken from behind the goal. Players from both sides are lining up on the edge of the eighteen yard box waiting for a free kick to be taken. The floodlights are on and the stand behind proudly announces "Whitley Bay Football Club"
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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I just watched "The Green Man" (Basil Dearden, 1956) and rated it 7/10 #TheGreenMan #BasilDearden #AlastairSim #GeorgeCole #TerryThomas #JillAdams
The Green Man (film) - Wikipedia
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January 17, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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It seems the ghost of the long, long, gone Whitley Bay bandstand appeared in the frost this morning. Apparently demolished ~80 years ago!

#WhitleyBay #Bandstand #BandstandsOfBluesky
January 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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I just watched "The 39 Steps" (Alfred Hitchcock, 1935) and rated it 9/10 #The39Steps #AlfredHitchcock #RobertDonat #MadeleineCarroll
The 39 Steps (1935 film) - Wikipedia
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January 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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I just watched "Passenger to London" (Lawrence Huntington, 1937) and rated it 4/10 #PassengerToLondon #JohnWarwick #JennyLaird #NigelBarrie
Passenger to London - Wikipedia
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January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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I just watched "The Goose Steps Out" (Will Hay / Basil Dearden, 1942) and rated it 4/10 #TheGooseStepsOut #WillHay #BasilDearden #EalingStudios
The Goose Steps Out - Wikipedia
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January 14, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Reposted by Andy Aldridge
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Luna's most played live songs - a countdown See which songs Luna have played live most often over the years - also Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi and Dean & Britta
Luna's most played live songs - a countdown
See which songs Luna have played live most often over the years - also Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi and Dean & Britta
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January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM