Joe Harrison
@lancsjoe.bsky.social
🏵️🇻🇦 Dyed in the wool grouchy Lancastrian. Husband of one & dad of four. Old punk rocker 🧷🎸. Long suffering PNE fan ⚽ 💙🤍.
Lowe's post-match press conference:
Wigan win: "The players carried out my game plan".
Preston win: "The players failed to carry out my game plan".
Wigan win: "The players carried out my game plan".
Preston win: "The players failed to carry out my game plan".
🏆 FA Cup third round draw in full as Ryan Lowe returns to #pnefc with Wigan Athletic
FA Cup third round draw: Ryan Lowe returns to PNE with Wigan Athletic
The draw took place before Brackley Town vs Burton Albion on Monday evening
shorturl.at
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Lowe's post-match press conference:
Wigan win: "The players carried out my game plan".
Preston win: "The players failed to carry out my game plan".
Wigan win: "The players carried out my game plan".
Preston win: "The players failed to carry out my game plan".
Probably fair enough.
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Probably fair enough.
I don't think too many supporters of any club would disagree with this sentiment. Salah is on an extremely lucrative contract and is (or maybe was) adored by LFC's support. Poor way to engineer an exit. Alexander-Arnold is probably looking on with bemusement.
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I don't think too many supporters of any club would disagree with this sentiment. Salah is on an extremely lucrative contract and is (or maybe was) adored by LFC's support. Poor way to engineer an exit. Alexander-Arnold is probably looking on with bemusement.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Around 200 Santas on horseback are expected to trot through a Co Down town this weekend to spread festive cheer and raise money for children in Africa.
‘You need to see it to believe it’: (Two hundred) Santa Clauses are coming to town
Around 200 Santas on horseback are expected to trot through a Co Down town this weekend to spread festive cheer and raise money for children in Africa.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Around 200 Santas on horseback are expected to trot through a Co Down town this weekend to spread festive cheer and raise money for children in Africa.
Controversial stuff from @belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Wigan is not a valid word...... 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Controversial stuff from @belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Wigan is not a valid word...... 🧐
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WITCHCRAFT.
ICYMI: Real-time bin collection updates go live on council website
Real-time bin collection updates go live on council website
People can now track their rubbish and recycling collections in real time after Brighton and Hove City Council started using pioneering new technology in its bin lorries. The council said that it believed it was the first local authority in the country to provide this real-time service. It said: “The council’s environmental services department has […]
dlvr.it
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
WITCHCRAFT.
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“Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room. All those presents under it, all that anticipation. Just a way of saying there's always light and hope in the world.”
Author Nora Roberts.
Photographer Vivian Maier.
Untitled Christmas 1969.
Author Nora Roberts.
Photographer Vivian Maier.
Untitled Christmas 1969.
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room. All those presents under it, all that anticipation. Just a way of saying there's always light and hope in the world.”
Author Nora Roberts.
Photographer Vivian Maier.
Untitled Christmas 1969.
Author Nora Roberts.
Photographer Vivian Maier.
Untitled Christmas 1969.
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This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
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31 years ago today The 1994 British Comedy Awards took place and Spike Milligan, nervous and a bit bladdered, committed lèse-majesté to the delight of tabloid editors across the land.
We talked about the whole show HERE:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
We talked about the whole show HERE:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
The British Comedy Awards 1994
Podcast Episode · Goon Pod · 04/12/2024 · 1h 45m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
31 years ago today The 1994 British Comedy Awards took place and Spike Milligan, nervous and a bit bladdered, committed lèse-majesté to the delight of tabloid editors across the land.
We talked about the whole show HERE:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
We talked about the whole show HERE:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
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On Paul McGrath’s birthday, a reminder of one of the great defensive performances of all time.
Italy. Giants Stadium. 1994.
Unfit, but utterly unbeatable
Italy. Giants Stadium. 1994.
Unfit, but utterly unbeatable
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
On Paul McGrath’s birthday, a reminder of one of the great defensive performances of all time.
Italy. Giants Stadium. 1994.
Unfit, but utterly unbeatable
Italy. Giants Stadium. 1994.
Unfit, but utterly unbeatable
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Coronation Street - written by Peter Whalley (3rd December 1980). Stan returns home from the doctors with some disturbing news - for medical reasons, he needs to give up beer.
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Coronation Street - written by Peter Whalley (3rd December 1980). Stan returns home from the doctors with some disturbing news - for medical reasons, he needs to give up beer.
Women being allowed their own institutions without being compelled to admit blokes is a good thing right? I mean unless you're into coverture and all that old regressive stuff.
Women's Institute to ban transgender members after Supreme Court ruling
Women's Institute to ban transgender members after Supreme Court ruling
The National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) will no longer offer "formal" membership to transgender women from next April.
news.sky.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Women being allowed their own institutions without being compelled to admit blokes is a good thing right? I mean unless you're into coverture and all that old regressive stuff.
A lesson in turning out to vote in local elections. Apathy led to this shower of shite getting elected.
www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...
www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...
Claim Reform UK 'changed atmosphere' at Lancashire County Council amid social media storm
Lancashire County Council says a meeting between political leaders and the police about concerns over some councillors’ use of social media was “productive” – and designed to encourage “high standards...
www.lep.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A lesson in turning out to vote in local elections. Apathy led to this shower of shite getting elected.
www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...
www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...
KGH in #Blackburn is a superb concert venue. I'm delighted to see this. Probably the best medium-sized gig venue in the NW and a worthy rival to those in the cities.🎸🎶
£9m refurbished Blackburn King George's Hall to reopen Autumn 2026 - BBC News share.google/Jyt0E1VCSYEJ...
£9m refurbished Blackburn King George's Hall to reopen Autumn 2026 - BBC News share.google/Jyt0E1VCSYEJ...
£9m refurbished Blackburn King George's Hall to reopen Autumn 2026
The famous venue will reopen next Autumn after a £9m renovation, Blackburn with Darwen Council says.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
KGH in #Blackburn is a superb concert venue. I'm delighted to see this. Probably the best medium-sized gig venue in the NW and a worthy rival to those in the cities.🎸🎶
£9m refurbished Blackburn King George's Hall to reopen Autumn 2026 - BBC News share.google/Jyt0E1VCSYEJ...
£9m refurbished Blackburn King George's Hall to reopen Autumn 2026 - BBC News share.google/Jyt0E1VCSYEJ...
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"I said that Nigel Farage never abused anyone in a hurtful or insulting way. What did I say Roy?"
"You said he's a racist twat"
"You said he's a racist twat"
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"I said that Nigel Farage never abused anyone in a hurtful or insulting way. What did I say Roy?"
"You said he's a racist twat"
"You said he's a racist twat"
Don't panic, they've clarified it wasn't a cobra on the loose in Burnley, just a rattlesnake. Phew.
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Don't panic, they've clarified it wasn't a cobra on the loose in Burnley, just a rattlesnake. Phew.
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Ancient dry-stone walls and field barns are defining features of the Dales landscape - shaped over thousands of years by people and nature. This view is from the edge of Grass Woods (Grassington) looking in the direction of Conistone.
📸 Ken Readshaw | #YorkshireDales
📸 Ken Readshaw | #YorkshireDales
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Ancient dry-stone walls and field barns are defining features of the Dales landscape - shaped over thousands of years by people and nature. This view is from the edge of Grass Woods (Grassington) looking in the direction of Conistone.
📸 Ken Readshaw | #YorkshireDales
📸 Ken Readshaw | #YorkshireDales
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there's possibly more to this story than the patient has suggested to the newspaper 🤔
Upset and shock after patient 'struck' off from his GP surgery
Upset and shock after patient 'struck' off from his GP surgery
Bolton man removed from Kildonan House Surgery after urgent medical referral complaint. Patient claims GP struck him off for challenging delays in specialist care.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there's possibly more to this story than the patient has suggested to the newspaper 🤔
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Happy #LancashireDay. To be ecumenical, here's Yorkshire Street, Oldham, Lancashire, c.1935, painting by Harry Rutherford, 1903-85 (Gallery Oldham).
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Happy #LancashireDay. To be ecumenical, here's Yorkshire Street, Oldham, Lancashire, c.1935, painting by Harry Rutherford, 1903-85 (Gallery Oldham).
You don't even need to read the article to know how this ends. Next Week - Puma seen prowling Oswaldtwistle. Being chased by a cobra probably.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
You don't even need to read the article to know how this ends. Next Week - Puma seen prowling Oswaldtwistle. Being chased by a cobra probably.
Some folk seem very angry about younger people and lower earners having a reasonable standard of living.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Some folk seem very angry about younger people and lower earners having a reasonable standard of living.