Mike
@mikethegerm.bsky.social
#pvfc, real ale, world championship whittling
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"Legendary names filled the Place long before I crossed the threshold"
'Clubbing (Part I)' #TheHighClearing
#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent
@ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social
📸 the Sentinel
'Clubbing (Part I)' #TheHighClearing
#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent
@ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social
📸 the Sentinel
December 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Legendary names filled the Place long before I crossed the threshold"
'Clubbing (Part I)' #TheHighClearing
#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent
@ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social
📸 the Sentinel
'Clubbing (Part I)' #TheHighClearing
#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent
@ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social
📸 the Sentinel
Must admit I thought Villa would give Arsenal a game tonight
December 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Must admit I thought Villa would give Arsenal a game tonight
Forgot to show you all this terrifying decoration on my mum’s tree. Yes that is tin foil
December 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Forgot to show you all this terrifying decoration on my mum’s tree. Yes that is tin foil
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Howard Devoto's cheque in Sounds 30th, December 1978 to Dave McCullough for his review of Howard's single 'Give Me Everything' in Sounds 16th, December 1978.
@boldrex.bsky.social
@boldrex.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Howard Devoto's cheque in Sounds 30th, December 1978 to Dave McCullough for his review of Howard's single 'Give Me Everything' in Sounds 16th, December 1978.
@boldrex.bsky.social
@boldrex.bsky.social
Lent Vernon Kay my mobile phone battery on a train (late 90s/early 00s)
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Lent Vernon Kay my mobile phone battery on a train (late 90s/early 00s)
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Once sat with Barney Sumner from New Order for half-an-hour and talked him through how neighbourhood planning works
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Once sat with Barney Sumner from New Order for half-an-hour and talked him through how neighbourhood planning works
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It runs to 102,982 words, and now my manuscript for 'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game' is now in the hands of Pitch Publishing
I'm tired, but looking forward to bringing it into the world!
A big thank you to all who have backed me
#StreetFootball
I'm tired, but looking forward to bringing it into the world!
A big thank you to all who have backed me
#StreetFootball
December 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It runs to 102,982 words, and now my manuscript for 'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game' is now in the hands of Pitch Publishing
I'm tired, but looking forward to bringing it into the world!
A big thank you to all who have backed me
#StreetFootball
I'm tired, but looking forward to bringing it into the world!
A big thank you to all who have backed me
#StreetFootball
Toasting the new dawn of Port Vale FC/watching another gubbing in West Yorkshire with this
December 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Toasting the new dawn of Port Vale FC/watching another gubbing in West Yorkshire with this
Did anyone ever take up Craig David’s offer to fill him in?
December 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Did anyone ever take up Craig David’s offer to fill him in?
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The bollard hasn’t moved a single inch. Total domination.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
December 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The bollard hasn’t moved a single inch. Total domination.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Marred by violence and widely seen as the symbolic end of the optimistic counterculture of the 1960s, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a rock concert held on December 6, 1969
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Marred by violence and widely seen as the symbolic end of the optimistic counterculture of the 1960s, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a rock concert held on December 6, 1969
Given what’s happened in this series I’d like one bowler when interviewed to say “the batters are all tits, when do I get a rest?”
December 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Given what’s happened in this series I’d like one bowler when interviewed to say “the batters are all tits, when do I get a rest?”
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“And then they made me The Dean of Salisbury Cathedral, which was nice.”
December 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“And then they made me The Dean of Salisbury Cathedral, which was nice.”
It’s emerged that bins go out Boxing Night. We’ll finally discover whether or not I have achieved my goal of being street captain.
December 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It’s emerged that bins go out Boxing Night. We’ll finally discover whether or not I have achieved my goal of being street captain.
Here are my Christmas ales
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Here are my Christmas ales
Decided to return after seeing this
At some point (post 2016 when all the celebs died off in about 3 months of each other I’d wager) Paddington seems to have morphed into Asian in this country
Fucking HELL
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Decided to return after seeing this
You lads love the Pope updates!
May 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You lads love the Pope updates!
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Conclave
It’s a conclave
With a rich and varied history
Once ruled by the Borgias
What goes on inside’s a mystery
It’s a conclave
With a rich and varied history
Once ruled by the Borgias
What goes on inside’s a mystery
That *almost* works to the Flintstones theme too
May 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Conclave
It’s a conclave
With a rich and varied history
Once ruled by the Borgias
What goes on inside’s a mystery
It’s a conclave
With a rich and varied history
Once ruled by the Borgias
What goes on inside’s a mystery
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PORT VALE
After some gentle badgering we have drawn Port Vale’s promotion-winners. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
🛒 noscoredraws.com/collections/...
After some gentle badgering we have drawn Port Vale’s promotion-winners. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
🛒 noscoredraws.com/collections/...
May 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
PORT VALE
After some gentle badgering we have drawn Port Vale’s promotion-winners. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
🛒 noscoredraws.com/collections/...
After some gentle badgering we have drawn Port Vale’s promotion-winners. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
🛒 noscoredraws.com/collections/...