Shaun "Crabby" Higgs
@crabbyvaliant.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Grandad, Port Vale.
Proudly Economically Inactive.
Proudly Economically Inactive.
As a local, I'm pretty sure these bridges are known as "Snail Bridges" not "Snake". Designed so the horse didn't need to be untethered from the narrow boat when crossing the canal.
Stone-built Snake Bridge on the Macclesfield Canal, England
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
As a local, I'm pretty sure these bridges are known as "Snail Bridges" not "Snake". Designed so the horse didn't need to be untethered from the narrow boat when crossing the canal.
Once, our band wrote a Xmas song, recorded it & made a few quid for our local hospice. Sold a bunch of CDs, online donations, made the local rag & radio & were then asked to play in front of 3K at Dougie Mac Xmas concert at Stoke City's ground! #punk #xmas #crazy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YuD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YuD...
Destination Venus I Just Can't Wait For Christmas
YouTube video by Destination Venus
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Once, our band wrote a Xmas song, recorded it & made a few quid for our local hospice. Sold a bunch of CDs, online donations, made the local rag & radio & were then asked to play in front of 3K at Dougie Mac Xmas concert at Stoke City's ground! #punk #xmas #crazy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YuD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YuD...
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Keir Starmer gives Reform some 'festive advice'
'If mysterious men from the East appear bearing gifts... this time report it to the police,' he jokes
#PMQs
'If mysterious men from the East appear bearing gifts... this time report it to the police,' he jokes
#PMQs
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Keir Starmer gives Reform some 'festive advice'
'If mysterious men from the East appear bearing gifts... this time report it to the police,' he jokes
#PMQs
'If mysterious men from the East appear bearing gifts... this time report it to the police,' he jokes
#PMQs
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So this where FIFA got the idea!
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
So this where FIFA got the idea!
Got back from little holiday yesterday, timed for today's cup game. Arranged pregame pub meet up & post game boozy analysis session. Day sorted 😀🍺
Vale have announced a pitch inspection at 10:45!
Bloody weather!
#pvfc #FACup #FingersCrossed
Vale have announced a pitch inspection at 10:45!
Bloody weather!
#pvfc #FACup #FingersCrossed
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Got back from little holiday yesterday, timed for today's cup game. Arranged pregame pub meet up & post game boozy analysis session. Day sorted 😀🍺
Vale have announced a pitch inspection at 10:45!
Bloody weather!
#pvfc #FACup #FingersCrossed
Vale have announced a pitch inspection at 10:45!
Bloody weather!
#pvfc #FACup #FingersCrossed
The Bride said we could do with a few days away to give her a break from some family stress.
Mission Accomplished 😀
Mission Accomplished 😀
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Bride said we could do with a few days away to give her a break from some family stress.
Mission Accomplished 😀
Mission Accomplished 😀
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David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
The Davis Downside Dossier
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
I had had an enjoyable night out catching up with old mates and seeing some live punk rock. Just the job to lift the football blues.
#punk
#punk
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I had had an enjoyable night out catching up with old mates and seeing some live punk rock. Just the job to lift the football blues.
#punk
#punk
We've lost one of the nicest people I've ever known. If you were in the Stoke music scene at all he will have made your life better in one way or another.
Gigs, equipment, rehearsal space, advice, friendship, humour and positivity.
The world is a darker place today.
RIP Keith, a true diamond.
Gigs, equipment, rehearsal space, advice, friendship, humour and positivity.
The world is a darker place today.
RIP Keith, a true diamond.
November 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We've lost one of the nicest people I've ever known. If you were in the Stoke music scene at all he will have made your life better in one way or another.
Gigs, equipment, rehearsal space, advice, friendship, humour and positivity.
The world is a darker place today.
RIP Keith, a true diamond.
Gigs, equipment, rehearsal space, advice, friendship, humour and positivity.
The world is a darker place today.
RIP Keith, a true diamond.
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I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
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If you go back and look at Donald Trump‘s public statements from the 1980s—during the Cold War—criticizing NATO, his business interests and travels to the then-Soviet Union, his marriage to a woman from behind the iron curtain, and his actions today as president, things make a lot more sense
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you go back and look at Donald Trump‘s public statements from the 1980s—during the Cold War—criticizing NATO, his business interests and travels to the then-Soviet Union, his marriage to a woman from behind the iron curtain, and his actions today as president, things make a lot more sense
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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One of the worst things about early kick offs is having to watch tomorrow's game without the usual 1/2 gallon of strong continental lager to "take the edge off".
#pvfc #SixPointer
#pvfc #SixPointer
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media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
One of the worst things about early kick offs is having to watch tomorrow's game without the usual 1/2 gallon of strong continental lager to "take the edge off".
#pvfc #SixPointer
#pvfc #SixPointer
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.