Mark Barnes
@markbarnesn16.bsky.social
Retired Fleet Street foot soldier (1975-2024). Ink in my veins. Arsenal fan. Indifferent runner. Life on the Essex Riviera, photography, cars, military history, model making, armour, aviation, other nonsense.
Myself and a colleague at the photo archive where we worked tried to drum up interest in a daft book - The Colourful World of Football in the Seventies. It was to be all black and white photos with no action pix - just gems like this and much more besides. We got no takers.
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Myself and a colleague at the photo archive where we worked tried to drum up interest in a daft book - The Colourful World of Football in the Seventies. It was to be all black and white photos with no action pix - just gems like this and much more besides. We got no takers.
This looks very neat, Paul.
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This looks very neat, Paul.
The Alt text is succinct
November 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Alt text is succinct
As a lad I used to spend time with my aunt and cousins who had moved from London to a village just outside Bristol (118miles). I was something of an exotic visitor. My aunt's neighbours asked me if we had trees in London. I've often wondered if any of them ever went to see for themselves.
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
As a lad I used to spend time with my aunt and cousins who had moved from London to a village just outside Bristol (118miles). I was something of an exotic visitor. My aunt's neighbours asked me if we had trees in London. I've often wondered if any of them ever went to see for themselves.
Lovely work, Stef. The Shack looks gorgeous.
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Lovely work, Stef. The Shack looks gorgeous.
Series one of Blackadder vibe, there, tbh...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Series one of Blackadder vibe, there, tbh...
Not sure who'd be paying for all the beer if mine reappeared.
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Not sure who'd be paying for all the beer if mine reappeared.
As seen last month.
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
As seen last month.
Getting a bit of a Loftus Jones at Jutland vibe from this...
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Getting a bit of a Loftus Jones at Jutland vibe from this...
Are you not entertained?
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Are you not entertained?
He's forever Bud White in my universe; but I will obviously admit that Jack Aubrey is in there, somewhere, too.
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
He's forever Bud White in my universe; but I will obviously admit that Jack Aubrey is in there, somewhere, too.
I just got the new Tamiya version with link and length tracks yesterday. I doubt it will offer anything like the issues prevailing with your Bronco kit.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I just got the new Tamiya version with link and length tracks yesterday. I doubt it will offer anything like the issues prevailing with your Bronco kit.
Time will tell. Its also a bit sad.
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Time will tell. Its also a bit sad.
Some people are just odd.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Some people are just odd.
I was 11 in 1970, so the decade is a hugely important time in my life. Its easy to be selective recalling the power cuts, the bins strike, IRA bombs or renting colour TVs, the Silver Jubilee and Arsenal in 5 Cup Finals etc; but the important thing is to be honest. It was rubbish compared to today.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I was 11 in 1970, so the decade is a hugely important time in my life. Its easy to be selective recalling the power cuts, the bins strike, IRA bombs or renting colour TVs, the Silver Jubilee and Arsenal in 5 Cup Finals etc; but the important thing is to be honest. It was rubbish compared to today.
Effing hell. The woman is bonkers.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Effing hell. The woman is bonkers.
Top man. No shame in it.
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Top man. No shame in it.