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The Who – Langtree Park, St Helens

The Heinemann English Dictionary put my way on reaching secondary school in September 1980 (soon covered in wallpaper, like every other recommended text) lists serendipity as ‘the faculty of making unexpected but desirable discoveries.’ Slipping into the English language via … Continue reading

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Talking ’bout that Who generation – back in conversation with Richard Houghton

Did you happen to catch a band called The High Numbers in Greenford, West London, in 1963? They were regulars at the Oldfield Hotel around then, still playing there the following year, by which time they’d changed name to The … Continue reading

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From Weller to the Moon – in conversation with music writer Ian Snowball

Ian Snowball was writing the foreword for a book on a Merseyside football casual turned Para when I called, having also recently co-authored Beatles-related novel A Hard Day’s Month with his friend Mark Baxter. There are many more publications out there … Continue reading

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