John Pitchford
@johnnypapa.bsky.social
I’m a retired railway signaller & RAF veteran who is left leaning, loves classic films both horror & comedy, I’m happily married with two great sons and try to look on the light side of life….i also support Derby County.
For Remembrance Sunday
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
For Remembrance Sunday
This young actor went on to play Stan Ogden in Coronation Street. Bernard Youens (1914-1984) suffered a shrapnel wound to the leg during the battle of Anzio in 1944.
September 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This young actor went on to play Stan Ogden in Coronation Street. Bernard Youens (1914-1984) suffered a shrapnel wound to the leg during the battle of Anzio in 1944.
“The way to control people is to frighten them, and to divide them. Divide them by race, by religion, by nationality, by class. And if you can set them against one another, you can control them.”
Tony Benn.
Tony Benn.
May 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“The way to control people is to frighten them, and to divide them. Divide them by race, by religion, by nationality, by class. And if you can set them against one another, you can control them.”
Tony Benn.
Tony Benn.
“I am not prepared to stand aside and see this country engulfed by the racial conflict which calculating orators or ignorant prejudice can create.
(Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s response to Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers Of Blood’ speech 1966)
(Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s response to Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers Of Blood’ speech 1966)
May 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“I am not prepared to stand aside and see this country engulfed by the racial conflict which calculating orators or ignorant prejudice can create.
(Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s response to Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers Of Blood’ speech 1966)
(Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s response to Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers Of Blood’ speech 1966)
On this day in 1945
May 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
On this day in 1945
On this day on TV & Radio in 1972
April 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
On this day on TV & Radio in 1972
“Beethoven was so deaf he thought he was a painter”
March 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
“Beethoven was so deaf he thought he was a painter”
This is from Revenge Of The Pink Panther made in 1978
March 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is from Revenge Of The Pink Panther made in 1978
TV & Radio listings on this day in 1969
March 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
TV & Radio listings on this day in 1969
Tv,Radio & Theatre listings on this day in 1975
March 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Tv,Radio & Theatre listings on this day in 1975