Kitchen Sink Realism
@realismfan55.bsky.social
Blogging on British Social Realism / Kitchen Sink Realism in books & film. Fan for 40+ yrs. Former fertility scientist & lecturer.
Website : https://tinyurl.com/bdhmj9ca
Facebook : https://tinyurl.com/54ay8asj
Website : https://tinyurl.com/bdhmj9ca
Facebook : https://tinyurl.com/54ay8asj
Pinned
Kes & A Kestrel For A Knave
Kes directed by Ken Loach from the novel A Kestrel For A Knave by Barry Hines. David Bradley plays Billy Casper. Produced by Tony Garnet.
soulandmod.com
It is 56 years today since the premier of Kes directed by Ken Loach took place, based on the book A Kestrel For A Knave by Barry Hines. This article is dedicated to both the book & film.
#booksky
#filmsky
#MovieSky
🎬
📽️
#BarryHines
#AKestrelForAKnave
#KenLoach
#TonyGarnett
#SocialRealism
#booksky
#filmsky
#MovieSky
🎬
📽️
#BarryHines
#AKestrelForAKnave
#KenLoach
#TonyGarnett
#SocialRealism
A glass of red, looking through our jobs to do list for Crimbo. Realising how we can't be bothered. A palaver out of nowt in our case (Yorkshire dialect slipping in as per 😂)Another glass of Sauvignon & good music .. I'll procrastinate tomorrow. Cheers all, enjoy the rest of your evening .. J 😊🎵 🥂
Hip Teens Don't Wear Blue Jeans (Original Version)
YouTube video by The Frank Popp Ensemble - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A glass of red, looking through our jobs to do list for Crimbo. Realising how we can't be bothered. A palaver out of nowt in our case (Yorkshire dialect slipping in as per 😂)Another glass of Sauvignon & good music .. I'll procrastinate tomorrow. Cheers all, enjoy the rest of your evening .. J 😊🎵 🥂
58 years ago today, Poor Cow was released in the UK, based on the screenplay by Nell Dunn. This article is dedicated to both the book & film & the first film my parents went to see on their first date in December 1967 ❤️
#booksky
#filmsky
#MovieSky
🎬
📽️
#NellDunn
#PoorCow
#KenLoach
#SocialRealism
#booksky
#filmsky
#MovieSky
🎬
📽️
#NellDunn
#PoorCow
#KenLoach
#SocialRealism
Poor Cow by Nell Dunn & Directed by Ken Loach
Poor Cow by Nell Dunn (1967) novel & film adaptation of Poor Cow directed by Ken Loach (1967). Synopsis & review.
soulandmod.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Cafe Bleu anniversary edition out Jan 26! Blimey.
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Cafe Bleu anniversary edition out Jan 26! Blimey.
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
the devil's cauldron, Halifax, 1946
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
the devil's cauldron, Halifax, 1946
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Morning all.
Photographer Don Tonge, Bolton 1970s.
Photographer Don Tonge, Bolton 1970s.
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Morning all.
Photographer Don Tonge, Bolton 1970s.
Photographer Don Tonge, Bolton 1970s.
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
The last known picture of IAN CURTIS.
Taken at his local Woolworths photobooth in Macclesfield - May 1980 - for his visa application to the USA and the Joy Division tour that never happened.
Taken at his local Woolworths photobooth in Macclesfield - May 1980 - for his visa application to the USA and the Joy Division tour that never happened.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The last known picture of IAN CURTIS.
Taken at his local Woolworths photobooth in Macclesfield - May 1980 - for his visa application to the USA and the Joy Division tour that never happened.
Taken at his local Woolworths photobooth in Macclesfield - May 1980 - for his visa application to the USA and the Joy Division tour that never happened.
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Early doors pizza and beers lads!
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Early doors pizza and beers lads!
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' is still number eight English history bestseller at Waterstones. Perfect Christmas gift.
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' is still number eight English history bestseller at Waterstones. Perfect Christmas gift.
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
‘They rose out of the ground!’: Scotland’s brutalist beauties – in pictures. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘They rose out of the ground!’: Scotland’s brutalist beauties – in pictures
The imposing concrete buildings that defined British postwar architecture held a vision of the future – but many fell into disrepair. A new book finds the finest examples
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
‘They rose out of the ground!’: Scotland’s brutalist beauties – in pictures. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Morning all.
Photographer John Bulmer, Liverpool 1965.
Photographer John Bulmer, Liverpool 1965.
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Morning all.
Photographer John Bulmer, Liverpool 1965.
Photographer John Bulmer, Liverpool 1965.
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Broadway Inn, Ordsall, Salford, 1977, photo by John Bulmer.
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Broadway Inn, Ordsall, Salford, 1977, photo by John Bulmer.
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Woman and cat, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 1964, photo by John Bulmer.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Woman and cat, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 1964, photo by John Bulmer.
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Children queuing for soup at Manchester's Wood Street Mission, c.1900. Created 1869 off Deansgate, still in existence.
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Children queuing for soup at Manchester's Wood Street Mission, c.1900. Created 1869 off Deansgate, still in existence.
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
A brilliant listen from Zyd. A huge lucky bag of wonderful treats. Also subscribe to his channel if you give this a listen. Zyd has a passion & great knowledge of the music. Uplifted me no end 🎵 Especially hearing Sandie Shaw. That track takes me back to April 1991. Fabulous❤️
@zydhockey.bsky.social
@zydhockey.bsky.social
youtu.be/jHc83VOhSqA?...
New show out there …. Vol. 18
If 60s music is your thing give it a go !
Made for like minded people who dig that 60s vibe !
New show out there …. Vol. 18
If 60s music is your thing give it a go !
Made for like minded people who dig that 60s vibe !
December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A brilliant listen from Zyd. A huge lucky bag of wonderful treats. Also subscribe to his channel if you give this a listen. Zyd has a passion & great knowledge of the music. Uplifted me no end 🎵 Especially hearing Sandie Shaw. That track takes me back to April 1991. Fabulous❤️
@zydhockey.bsky.social
@zydhockey.bsky.social
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
I very much enjoy watching footage from the BBC Archive and I do like social history. Nostalgia is wonderful in my book ❤️ This archival footage of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop from 1959 is lovely, for those who have not seen & would like 😊
1959: JOAN LITTLEWOOD's THEATRE WORKSHOP | Monitor | Classic Interviews | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I very much enjoy watching footage from the BBC Archive and I do like social history. Nostalgia is wonderful in my book ❤️ This archival footage of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop from 1959 is lovely, for those who have not seen & would like 😊
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
On the 7th December it will be 58 years since the film Poor Cow was released in the UK. It coincidently was the first film my parents went to see at the Barnsley Odeon on their first date. It's also my Dad's 82nd birthday next week ...
#PoorCow
#KitchenSinkRealism
#NellDunn
#KenLoach
#PoorCow
#KitchenSinkRealism
#NellDunn
#KenLoach
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
On the 7th December it will be 58 years since the film Poor Cow was released in the UK. It coincidently was the first film my parents went to see at the Barnsley Odeon on their first date. It's also my Dad's 82nd birthday next week ...
#PoorCow
#KitchenSinkRealism
#NellDunn
#KenLoach
#PoorCow
#KitchenSinkRealism
#NellDunn
#KenLoach
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
So because of my admiration of Nell Dunn's writing, also for Ken Loach's films, the getting together of my Mam & Dad & of course my Dad's birthday, I will be publishing an article next Friday that I wrote a few months ago, in celebration of both the book & film.
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
So because of my admiration of Nell Dunn's writing, also for Ken Loach's films, the getting together of my Mam & Dad & of course my Dad's birthday, I will be publishing an article next Friday that I wrote a few months ago, in celebration of both the book & film.
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
And additionally raising a glass to not only my Dad's birthday, but to the longevity of my Mam & Dad's marriage that has stood the test of time of nearly 58 years ❤️🥂🥳
Here they are way back in the early 1990s at my second graduation 🤗
Here they are way back in the early 1990s at my second graduation 🤗
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
And additionally raising a glass to not only my Dad's birthday, but to the longevity of my Mam & Dad's marriage that has stood the test of time of nearly 58 years ❤️🥂🥳
Here they are way back in the early 1990s at my second graduation 🤗
Here they are way back in the early 1990s at my second graduation 🤗
I very much enjoy watching footage from the BBC Archive and I do like social history. Nostalgia is wonderful in my book ❤️ This archival footage of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop from 1959 is lovely, for those who have not seen & would like 😊
1959: JOAN LITTLEWOOD's THEATRE WORKSHOP | Monitor | Classic Interviews | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I very much enjoy watching footage from the BBC Archive and I do like social history. Nostalgia is wonderful in my book ❤️ This archival footage of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop from 1959 is lovely, for those who have not seen & would like 😊
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
This is your December reminder that it's absolutely acceptable to try and get to a set annual book goal by cramming in as many novellas and cookbooks as you can find before Christmas swallows you up! #booksky 💙📚
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is your December reminder that it's absolutely acceptable to try and get to a set annual book goal by cramming in as many novellas and cookbooks as you can find before Christmas swallows you up! #booksky 💙📚
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Hear more about the 1962 production of Billy Liar in Streatham in this amazing interview with Sir Tom Courtenay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWqjJuEEXpk&t=3s
February 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hear more about the 1962 production of Billy Liar in Streatham in this amazing interview with Sir Tom Courtenay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWqjJuEEXpk&t=3s
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Keith Waterhouse, Billy Liar (1959). For the cover. I’ve a 60s Penguin edition of this novel, here a US version. Not in the same class, but this was before US publishers realized that paperbacks are where it is at (they remain resistant, but the business has changed and the pb is not what it was.)
November 21, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Keith Waterhouse, Billy Liar (1959). For the cover. I’ve a 60s Penguin edition of this novel, here a US version. Not in the same class, but this was before US publishers realized that paperbacks are where it is at (they remain resistant, but the business has changed and the pb is not what it was.)
Reposted by Kitchen Sink Realism
Hayley Mills with her mother - Mary Hayley Bell, who wrote the novel from which the film was adapted - during location filming for "Whistle Down the Wind" in February 1961
September 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Hayley Mills with her mother - Mary Hayley Bell, who wrote the novel from which the film was adapted - during location filming for "Whistle Down the Wind" in February 1961