Kevin Mottram
@mott73.bsky.social
Recently qualified archivist. Half decent club runner (when fit). Postwar history 1945-82. Old Minis. Music. Dogs. Footy/#StokeCity. Photography. I’ve got nothing to say but it’s OK.
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Kevin Mottram
@mott73.bsky.social
· Oct 29
Decided to join the ELO app as an insurance policy should the fascist porn app blow itself up. For new readers, welcome! For old chums, it’s the usual old bollocks…
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I had the biggest gammon steak I've ever seen.
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I had the biggest gammon steak I've ever seen.
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Happy 70th birthday to Billy Idol
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Your Generation - Generation X (Marc Bolan show - EQ'd)
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November 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Happy 70th birthday to Billy Idol
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Dave Allen at Large (29th November 1976). Dave Allen on public praise (or public criticism).
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Dave Allen at Large (29th November 1976). Dave Allen on public praise (or public criticism).
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NF Simpson fan, the first playwright I loved, Travesties, Arcadia, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lord Malquist and Mister Moon, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, Leopoldstadt... RIP Tom Stoppard, a genius of a writer.
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
NF Simpson fan, the first playwright I loved, Travesties, Arcadia, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lord Malquist and Mister Moon, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, Leopoldstadt... RIP Tom Stoppard, a genius of a writer.
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Fantastic thread, weaving the details leading up to Graham Hill's death and personal recollections of living near the airfield at Elstree at the time.
50 years ago I was a 5 year old boy living in Barnet, developing an obsession with aircraft of all types. We lived in an area often overflown by planes landing at or taking off from Elstree aerodrome, the closest general aviation airfield which was a few miles away to the north west.-
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Fantastic thread, weaving the details leading up to Graham Hill's death and personal recollections of living near the airfield at Elstree at the time.
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That great #F1 legend Graham Hill lost his life in a light aircraft crash #OnThisDay 50 years ago. Exactly half a century later, Richard Williams & I have devoted a brand-new #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast episode to Hill’s memory. Click below to listen.
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The Triple Crown champion - Remembering Graham Hill
Podcast Episode · And Colossally That's History! · 29/11/2025 · 1h 15m
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November 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
That great #F1 legend Graham Hill lost his life in a light aircraft crash #OnThisDay 50 years ago. Exactly half a century later, Richard Williams & I have devoted a brand-new #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast episode to Hill’s memory. Click below to listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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Today in 1949 Garry Shandling was born.
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today in 1949 Garry Shandling was born.
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Not So Mighty Potters 1 Hull City 2
a man in a batman shirt is sitting in a chair
ALT: a man in a batman shirt is sitting in a chair
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November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Not So Mighty Potters 1 Hull City 2
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“You’re in my seat”
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“You’re in my seat”
Don Goodman’s attempts at partiality at the bet365 not going too well
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Don Goodman’s attempts at partiality at the bet365 not going too well
Great to hear this one playing at the bet365 at H/T
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Great to hear this one playing at the bet365 at H/T
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Tenby, painting by Audrey Johns, Pembrokeshire-based artist. #WomensArt
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Tenby, painting by Audrey Johns, Pembrokeshire-based artist. #WomensArt
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George Harrison, known as the 'quiet Beatle', died of cancer, aged 58, on this day 2001. Photo by Jane Bown, backstage at East Ham, 1963.
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
George Harrison, known as the 'quiet Beatle', died of cancer, aged 58, on this day 2001. Photo by Jane Bown, backstage at East Ham, 1963.
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He may go out tomorrow if he can borrow a coat to wear ....
Randy Newman. It's his birthday today.
Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear is only 127 seconds long when Randy sings it. And it's the best version, too.
Now on the Late Show.
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Randy Newman. It's his birthday today.
Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear is only 127 seconds long when Randy sings it. And it's the best version, too.
Now on the Late Show.
buff.ly/TIokKLP
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
He may go out tomorrow if he can borrow a coat to wear ....
Randy Newman. It's his birthday today.
Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear is only 127 seconds long when Randy sings it. And it's the best version, too.
Now on the Late Show.
buff.ly/TIokKLP
Randy Newman. It's his birthday today.
Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear is only 127 seconds long when Randy sings it. And it's the best version, too.
Now on the Late Show.
buff.ly/TIokKLP
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I saw someone selling this on eBay.
How great it was when record companies paid for real, human visual artists to take their time and make great adverts that would be in a magazine for people to read and feel better about their favourite groups.
Gudybuy T'Jane now on the LSwMB.
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How great it was when record companies paid for real, human visual artists to take their time and make great adverts that would be in a magazine for people to read and feel better about their favourite groups.
Gudybuy T'Jane now on the LSwMB.
buff.ly/TIokKLP
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I saw someone selling this on eBay.
How great it was when record companies paid for real, human visual artists to take their time and make great adverts that would be in a magazine for people to read and feel better about their favourite groups.
Gudybuy T'Jane now on the LSwMB.
buff.ly/TIokKLP
How great it was when record companies paid for real, human visual artists to take their time and make great adverts that would be in a magazine for people to read and feel better about their favourite groups.
Gudybuy T'Jane now on the LSwMB.
buff.ly/TIokKLP
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Happy Birthday to Berry Gordy Jr.
96 candles on the Motown cake today.
Of course, he wrote some of the early hits.
The Contours, Do You Love Me?
Yes, he did that.
Now on the LSwMB
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96 candles on the Motown cake today.
Of course, he wrote some of the early hits.
The Contours, Do You Love Me?
Yes, he did that.
Now on the LSwMB
buff.ly/TIokKLP
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Happy Birthday to Berry Gordy Jr.
96 candles on the Motown cake today.
Of course, he wrote some of the early hits.
The Contours, Do You Love Me?
Yes, he did that.
Now on the LSwMB
buff.ly/TIokKLP
96 candles on the Motown cake today.
Of course, he wrote some of the early hits.
The Contours, Do You Love Me?
Yes, he did that.
Now on the LSwMB
buff.ly/TIokKLP
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Paul, George and John posing at Paul's house in Forthlin Road, Liverpool, October 1962
📷 Mike McCartney
📷 Mike McCartney
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Paul, George and John posing at Paul's house in Forthlin Road, Liverpool, October 1962
📷 Mike McCartney
📷 Mike McCartney
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Lindsay Anderson and Shelagh Delaney's 1967 short, The White Bus, is currently available for free on Prime. It's credited as being from 1979 but don't let that fool you. Devised as both allegory and satire, it's curious how much of it still feels relevant to the noise of the 21st Century.
New Backlisted! A Taste of Honey, and what Shelagh Delaney did next 🎈 with @davehaslam.bsky.social @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social and me. @backlisted.bsky.social
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/245...
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245. A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney — Backlisted
Dave Haslam and Melanie Williams join us to discuss A Taste of Honey (1958), Shelagh Delaney's first play, written and produced when the author was not yet 20 years old. To describe this as an ...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Lindsay Anderson and Shelagh Delaney's 1967 short, The White Bus, is currently available for free on Prime. It's credited as being from 1979 but don't let that fool you. Devised as both allegory and satire, it's curious how much of it still feels relevant to the noise of the 21st Century.
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The 1967 billboard for Love's Forever Changes album in West Hollywood. The original album art was by Bob Pepper.
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The 1967 billboard for Love's Forever Changes album in West Hollywood. The original album art was by Bob Pepper.