Tag Archives: Woking

Getting by in time – back in touch with Rick Buckler

Posted on February 15, 2018 by

To misquote A Town Called Malice, I’ll start by apologising for the things I’ve never done. On a family taxi duty the Sunday before last, I cut my eldest daughter short as she told me what she’d been up to … Continue reading →

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Remembering Rick and Status Quo – the John Coghlan interview

Posted on July 6, 2017 by

In the BBC documentary Hello Quo, there’s revealing footage of a jam session at Shepperton Studios featuring the original members of Status Quo, for the first time since drummer John Coghlan left 31 years earlier. That 2012 meeting led to … Continue reading →

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About the Young Idea – talking about The Jam with Nicky Weller

Posted on August 14, 2016 by

From the moment you turn right at the desk inside the Cunard Building’s The Jam – About the Young Idea exhibition and head down a mock London Underground tunnel lined with promo posters publicising the original records, you’re in for … Continue reading →

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Going back 25 years, ending up 10,000 miles from Kingfield

Posted on January 30, 2016 by

Woking’s National League defeat at Altrincham on Tuesday, January 26th, 2016, won’t stay in the memory bank for long for too many Cardinals fans, despite the latest party-piece goal from free-kick maestro Giuseppe Sole. For a moment there in the … Continue reading →

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Took a long time to come – the Colin Blunstone interview

Posted on January 14, 2016 by

Some songs provide the soundtrack for key moments of our lives, whenever they were written. And many of those on mine were penned before I was even born, including at least a couple from The Zombies. I’m not quite sure … Continue reading →

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Time for Truth – the Rick Buckler interview

Posted on April 2, 2015 by

There have been insider accounts of the story of The Jam from various angles since Paul Weller called time on the band in late 1982. The first to made an impression on me – and I was barely 15 when … Continue reading →

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What the Rambling Railwayman did next – the Geoff Burch story continues

Posted on February 5, 2015 by

Those who have been with me for a while on this blog know it involves a broad church of interests, from comedy and football (two subjects sometimes inter-linked, I admit) to music. There are other passions highlighted too, including nostalgia … Continue reading →

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Starting to believe again – my distant life with the Cardinals

Posted on November 1, 2014 by

Now we’re a third of the way through the season, there’s a real sense of belief in the ranks around and about Woking FC. And if nothing else, the fact that we now have 30 league points to our name … Continue reading →

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Where to now? Woking negotiating Conference Runaround

Posted on June 12, 2014 by

Remember children’s TV quiz Runaround, with gravel-voiced late great Mike Reid asking his young contestants to ‘runaround now!’ and decide which answer’s right, then form an orderly queue? Fast forward 35 years or so and I can see Woking FC … Continue reading →

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Suits you, Frank – in conversation with Frank Skinner

Posted on April 5, 2014 by

As West Midlands stand-up comic, actor, writer, DJ and TV presenter Frank Skinner set off on a major 35-date UK tour following a successful theatre run in London, writewyattuk managed an audience with him – and got to tackle everything … Continue reading →

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