Hand in Glove : Frank J. Wilson
Today 6 Music celebrates its annual ‘Wear Your Old Band T-Shirt To Work Day’. Now in its sixth year, the station asks listeners to participate in the day by simply wearing one of their favourite band t-shirts to work.
In recent years, t-shirts have been worn under lab coats, in classrooms and by whole offices. Those getting involved are asked to send in pictures of themselves in their t-shirts to the 6 Music website and via Twitter and Facebook.
Many football supporters believe that West Bromwich Albion had an unbelievably successful season last year, finishing 8th in the Premier League, our best ever positon.
What many fail to observe is that this success was due to achieving good results, albeit with our fair share of lady luck, in the first half of the season. The Baggies have only gained 25 points from their last 29 matches (if my maths is correct).
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The Pum Pum Wreckers return with their version of ‘Pleasure’, a song written to help promote the ‘socks n’ chocs’ initiative to provide the homeless of Birmingham. Wolverhampton and Coventry with a few personal comforts at Christmas time.
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You may have recently seen on YouTube a video of a busking policeman belting out the Oasis anthem “Wonderwall” on a borrowed guitar on the streets of Birmingham city centre.
Well the man behind the uniform is PC Ian Northcott, a member of the the West Midlands Police Retail Crime Team and also the man behind the ‘Socks and Chocs for the Homeless’ initiative…
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Back in the early seventies, there seemed to be a bizarre unspoken media conspiracy to change the name of ‘football’ to the perceived sexier name of ‘soccer’. One of the main protagonists of this scheme was the Sun newspaper, who also jumped on the bandwagon for the new passion for collecting football stickers.
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Faithful supporters in a painful scene at the graveside
This cartoon belonged to my father and originated from way back in 1959.
It commemorates a day at the Hawthorns, on 29th April 1959, that West Bromwich Albion held Aston Villa to a 1-1 draw, and in doing so, condemned the Villa to relegation to the old 2nd division.
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A BIG THANK YOU to everybody who supported this years Socks and Chocs for the Homeless appeal.
‘Socks and Chocs for the Homeless‘ is an initiative started by Ian Northcott, and supported by his work colleagues, to provide homeless people in Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton with a few basic home comforts at Christmas.
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It’s 1971/1972 and here we present the latest batch of football stickers. This picture album was named “The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars Picture Stamp Album 1970/1971 First Division”. The publishers had done away with the additional stickers for the star players from the 2nd division, and the European Cup finalists, and reverted back to just the main division.
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Again searching through the trivia of a previous existence, I stumbled across several ‘lifestyle’ Magazines from the early 80’s up to the present day.
This collection is a cornucopia of the music, fashion, sport and life styles of the times.
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This is the closest that I come to participating in Christmas festivities – a one question Christmas quiz.
Can you name these 2 Christmas Pop Stars from 1969?
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