John Baxter
@ouphollandlatic.bsky.social
Cricket, music, theatre. Little bit left and getting lefter. Granddad, Ostomate since May 2023.
A foul and repulsive man who will fool large numbers of people exactly as Trump has done.
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A foul and repulsive man who will fool large numbers of people exactly as Trump has done.
I had a boy from Portugal at school who got into cricket. I asked him to translate LBW and then put it back into English. It came out as, Foot in Front of Stick.
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I had a boy from Portugal at school who got into cricket. I asked him to translate LBW and then put it back into English. It came out as, Foot in Front of Stick.
The barren barley fields refuse to sway”
My favourite Tyrannosaurus Rex album. John Peel reading the Lionel Lark story is an added bonus.
My favourite Tyrannosaurus Rex album. John Peel reading the Lionel Lark story is an added bonus.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The barren barley fields refuse to sway”
My favourite Tyrannosaurus Rex album. John Peel reading the Lionel Lark story is an added bonus.
My favourite Tyrannosaurus Rex album. John Peel reading the Lionel Lark story is an added bonus.
I left school at 16 and in August 1969 began working in Lewis’s Dept store. On my way to work I would regularly buy a Mcr music magazine called Grass Eye. Full of details about local bands and gigs.
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I left school at 16 and in August 1969 began working in Lewis’s Dept store. On my way to work I would regularly buy a Mcr music magazine called Grass Eye. Full of details about local bands and gigs.
I know, I’m just as confused.
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I know, I’m just as confused.
Both teams are in change strip.
November 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Both teams are in change strip.
It’s astonishing how quickly every health minister becomes an enemy of the people they are supposed to champion. Ask anyone who has had time in hospital recently and they’ll all be with the doctors.
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It’s astonishing how quickly every health minister becomes an enemy of the people they are supposed to champion. Ask anyone who has had time in hospital recently and they’ll all be with the doctors.
If the likes of Farage get their way and the BBC is commercialised within weeks people will be harking back to the good old days when programmes weren’t interrupted for adverts.
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If the likes of Farage get their way and the BBC is commercialised within weeks people will be harking back to the good old days when programmes weren’t interrupted for adverts.
It’s criminal that there’s virtually nothing remaining of the Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price series. It was through them that I got into PG Woodhouse.
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It’s criminal that there’s virtually nothing remaining of the Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price series. It was through them that I got into PG Woodhouse.
There have only been a handful of people in my lifetime that I actively hated, Thatcher, Trump and Farage.
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There have only been a handful of people in my lifetime that I actively hated, Thatcher, Trump and Farage.
It’s not often I agree with something coming from Yorkshire but this is excellent.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s not often I agree with something coming from Yorkshire but this is excellent.
That’s very true. Abbey Rd studios hadn’t acquired the mythical status it came to have. It wasn’t even known as Abbey Rd. The album really was named after the street not the studio, which was simply EMI Studio.
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
That’s very true. Abbey Rd studios hadn’t acquired the mythical status it came to have. It wasn’t even known as Abbey Rd. The album really was named after the street not the studio, which was simply EMI Studio.
Thanks, Phil. Recovery was odd. Felt dreadful Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. Ok Thursday. Back to normal Friday but still testing positive. First negative test came on Monday.
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Thanks, Phil. Recovery was odd. Felt dreadful Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. Ok Thursday. Back to normal Friday but still testing positive. First negative test came on Monday.
Buying penny bangers from Norman Lyon’s hardware shop in Up Holland starting about the beginning of October. No age restrictions.
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Buying penny bangers from Norman Lyon’s hardware shop in Up Holland starting about the beginning of October. No age restrictions.
Saturday 1st November was the 40th anniversary of Phil Silvers’ death.
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Saturday 1st November was the 40th anniversary of Phil Silvers’ death.
And the bass playing is fantastic.
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
And the bass playing is fantastic.
I remember going cold when this happened.
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I remember going cold when this happened.
