Jamie K
@crumpsalljamie.bsky.social
forty pounds of human eyeballs
homeless in Crumpsall Park. There yesterday, gone today
October 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
homeless in Crumpsall Park. There yesterday, gone today
one of my favourite pictures from when Stoke were good. Marco Arnautovic, a Serb from Krajina whose family fled to Austria and Xherdan Shaqiri, an Albanian Kosovar whose family fled to Switzerland. Together, in the Potteries.
October 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
one of my favourite pictures from when Stoke were good. Marco Arnautovic, a Serb from Krajina whose family fled to Austria and Xherdan Shaqiri, an Albanian Kosovar whose family fled to Switzerland. Together, in the Potteries.
Today, Patrick and I ambled past the Public Transport Museum, attached to the Queen's Road bus depot, where we met this bad boy
October 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Today, Patrick and I ambled past the Public Transport Museum, attached to the Queen's Road bus depot, where we met this bad boy
the flag array at the Ukranian church on Bury Old Road would make Ian Paisley roll in his grave
October 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
the flag array at the Ukranian church on Bury Old Road would make Ian Paisley roll in his grave
at the derelict old Crumpsall library building on Cheetham Hill Road: when you want to introduce the public to the joys of Shakespeare but don't have the room.
October 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
at the derelict old Crumpsall library building on Cheetham Hill Road: when you want to introduce the public to the joys of Shakespeare but don't have the room.
impromptu memorial for a good girl, Crumpsall Park
September 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
impromptu memorial for a good girl, Crumpsall Park
I believe that Two-gun Cohen, Sun Yat sen's bodyguard who later retired to Crumpsall, is buried in the Jewish graveyard you can see between the houses.
September 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I believe that Two-gun Cohen, Sun Yat sen's bodyguard who later retired to Crumpsall, is buried in the Jewish graveyard you can see between the houses.
the derelict 'Constitutional' (ie Conservative) club on Crumpsall Green, built at the turn of the last century when hereabouts was prime Primrose League territory. Them times ain't no more.
September 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
the derelict 'Constitutional' (ie Conservative) club on Crumpsall Green, built at the turn of the last century when hereabouts was prime Primrose League territory. Them times ain't no more.
this unprepossessing building is the funfair ride maintenance depot on Hazelbottom Road. In case anyone out there wants to run away and join the circus.
September 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
this unprepossessing building is the funfair ride maintenance depot on Hazelbottom Road. In case anyone out there wants to run away and join the circus.
tonight brings this to mind, for some reason
September 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
tonight brings this to mind, for some reason
the Conservative Revolution eats itself
September 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
the Conservative Revolution eats itself
Mandelson's successor should have been whoever was ambassador to Turkmenistan while Saparmurat Niyazov was in power. The man who erected this would have been great training for Trump.
September 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Mandelson's successor should have been whoever was ambassador to Turkmenistan while Saparmurat Niyazov was in power. The man who erected this would have been great training for Trump.
I'm such a pillar of the local community people have started naming things after me
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I'm such a pillar of the local community people have started naming things after me
not very bloody blood moon over Crumpsall.
September 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
not very bloody blood moon over Crumpsall.
ghosts of the pandemic
September 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
ghosts of the pandemic
the Hexagon has some shiny new cladding: a little piece of Crumpsall that is forever a mid seventies JG Ballard paperback cover.
September 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
the Hexagon has some shiny new cladding: a little piece of Crumpsall that is forever a mid seventies JG Ballard paperback cover.
not many Faragists round here, but we do our best to make them welcome
September 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
not many Faragists round here, but we do our best to make them welcome
fake delivery firm on Shirley Road. I say fake because this is used as a film location. Prior to that it was a rural French boulangerie.
August 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
fake delivery firm on Shirley Road. I say fake because this is used as a film location. Prior to that it was a rural French boulangerie.
no-one here gets out alive
August 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
no-one here gets out alive
makes your heart swell, don't it
August 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
makes your heart swell, don't it
one dog walk, three flags
August 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
one dog walk, three flags
this is the nearest thing the government has to a court intellectual
August 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
this is the nearest thing the government has to a court intellectual
the employees of the city centre NatWest branch got through WW2 unscathed. Apart from this poor chap.
August 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
the employees of the city centre NatWest branch got through WW2 unscathed. Apart from this poor chap.
Biryani shack on Cheetham Hill Road. Me, i think i'll stick with the chicken
August 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Biryani shack on Cheetham Hill Road. Me, i think i'll stick with the chicken