Reposted by Peter CounsellMartin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I bought this in Dallas. Couch to JFK 3134
Reposted by Peter CounsellAntony Ingram @antonyingram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Anyone want a Bedford Bambi Bedford from Bedford Bedfordshire? 6453
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As the subtitles toward the end say “spirited upbeat music continues”. Such a tune. 010
Reposted by Peter CounsellOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...youtu.beMost TV is Just This NowYouTube video by Michael Spicer 55970307
Reposted by Peter CounsellMichael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Bernard "Buddy" Rich. Born OTD in 1917, Brooklyn, NYC. Died 2/4/1987, Los Angeles, CA www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJh9...youtube.comThe Muppet Show - Buddy Rich vs Animal Drum BattleYouTube video by Mike Alexander 0125
Reposted by Peter CounsellVelour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose 692144713
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Fabulous tune. Name the two, yes two, pies quoted. 200
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He had a man bag. Big enough for a phone, wallet and somebody else’s room key. 000
Reposted by Peter CounsellJack Counsell @jackcounsell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026jackcounsell.substack.com/p/the-role-o... My piece on changing crowds and influencers/content creators v real fan, as the US open and football set them against each other.jackcounsell.substack.comThe Role of CrowdTradition v Influence 112
Reposted by Peter CounsellTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My dad doing a "somersault" at his local swimming pool, filmed by his pal Malcolm. "THE POOL AND I HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT," my dad told me. "THEY OPEN UP THE STORAGE CUPBOARD AND LET ME GO IN THERE SO I CAN GET A GOOD RUN-UP" P.S. Read this. You won't regret it: www.tom-cox.com/31-notes-i-h... 1728041
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Sliding doors with Robyn -Dancing on my Own. 020
Reposted by Peter CounsellDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026We’re all Stephen Watkins. 315145
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Never come across this and am unclear on the sentiment and indeed the practicalities. 010
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Remember, in the view of James May, the best car in the world at the time. 000
Reposted by Peter CounsellJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 18/09/2026Carrie Fisher flirtily stealing Peter Weller's glasses was possibly the sexiest a woman has ever been 452123336
Reposted by Peter CounsellDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Great thread. Most racists are "genuinely concerned" because they are genuinely prejudiced. Their sincerity is not the issue 238284
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Same price per litre now as was per gallon then. 010
Reposted by Peter CounsellDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very few people know that Marvin Gaye also wrote a classic song here, Can I Get To Widnes? 9356
Reposted by Peter CounsellAlison @alisondennison.bsky.social · 10/05/2026If you read them from the beginning they're the words of a dog who desperately wants you to come over because they've seen a frisbee 10972217
Reposted by Peter CounsellNed Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026nedboulting.substack.com/p/a-forever-... 159310
Reposted by Peter CounsellAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There should be the equivalent of stag dos, but for funerals. 18803
Reposted by Peter CounsellSpooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Need to harness the power of Bluesky, so reposts are appreciated. If anyone here, or anyone you know attends Bangor University (the Welsh one) and needs a room for the upcoming year, get in touch. One of my son's housemates has dropped out at the last minute, so their house is one short. 3128306
Reposted by Peter CounsellJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Sometimes I worry about being kidnapped in a wartorn country and only being allowed one phonecall but I can’t call anyone because we don’t need to remember phone numbers anymore. 9231
Reposted by Peter CounsellJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine 18840218
Reposted by Peter CounsellMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"I wasn't allowed to stay up and watch the EU treaty negotiations in 1991" "Maastricht?" "She was a bit" 12633103
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Not heard that for easily 20 years. Could be 30. Wow. 110
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Capital Radio earworm. @capradland.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Peter Counsellchristhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Give it to Big Sam till the end of the courgette seasonhortweek.comVacancy at BBC Gardeners' World as Monty Don steps downVacancy at BBC Gardeners' World as Monty Don steps down - from HortWeek 4733
Reposted by Peter CounsellSarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The first rule of Norman Collier club is ou alk ut orm er club. 1843188
Reposted by Peter CounsellJohnny Daukes @daukes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I’m beyond excited (and slightly terrified) to announce that my one-man show, SQUID – A Victim Impact Statement, will premiere at the Arcola Theatre, London, 11–14 November. For 30 years, I documented a story I couldn’t remember. SQUID is what happened when I finally did. 146
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The marketing and positioning that moved Lucozade from a shelf in Boots to a mainstream soft drink is quite a thing though. 010
Reposted by Peter CounsellCharacter Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Flow Diagram (1966) #animationclips #sakuga #animation #2danimation 126588
Reposted by Peter Counsellwaltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"Video Killed The Radio Star" - number 1 in 1979. The year where *everything* that got to number 1 was tremendous, plus one for your nan (Lena Martell, but your nan can listen to anything she likes). List from www.number-ones.co.uk/1979-number-... 162
Reposted by Peter CounsellThe Car Factoids @thecarfactoids.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Factoid: Compared to some BL/Rover launch campaigns during the ‘80s the one for the R8 Rover 200 Series was one of the best & this particular ad is the feature-length version which was only shown once on Wed Oct 11th 1989. Yes, 1989, you are that old… Bye for now 👋 youtu.be/YOAh4cj0iCI?...youtu.beRover 200 (R8) launch "The Graduate" full 90sec TV advertYouTube video by Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club 2232
Reposted by Peter CounsellMike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026One for you Postcode nerds I know are out there. A 1969 Post Office advert detailing Hull's postcodes & how they worked. After trials in Norwich from 1959 a national system came in 1965; the advert was a bit previous stating 1971 as it was three years later the job was done. ↘️ flic.kr/p/2szdg5a 33011
Reposted by Peter CounsellJ Split Diopter Black @trashstratum.com · 28/08/2026What a fucking performance.youtube.comThe B-52's - Give Me Back My Man - 11/7/1980 - Capitol Theatre (Official)YouTube video by The B-52's 0153
Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Best tune of the 80s that was originally released in the 70s. So good. 130
Reposted by Peter CounsellJustin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is brilliant, especially as quite a lot of the artists involved are really good and show you, again, that the charts are often wrong. 2123
![By 1971 everyone will have letters after their name : advert for Postcodes : The Post Office : in : Telephones : brochure : Kingston upon Hull Telephone Department : Hull : [1969] : A brochure issued in 1969 by the then municipally owned telephone service of Kingston upon Hull Corporation. It gives details as to the history of the Department, famously the 'one' that was not acquired by the nationally controlled system of the GPO, its services, the exchanges and a technical section on how the telephone and exchange system operated.
The city was, and still is, famous for its cream telephone kiosks in contrast to the once standard red kiosks seen on British streets. Sadly the service was sold off by the City Council in 2007 and what had become Kingston Communications is now simply owned by an off-shore group.
This advert, slightly amusingly, was issued by the Post Office - the successor to the GPO whose national telephone monopoly did not include Hull. It shows the move towards the UK's national Postcode system by way of an explanation of how postcodes worked using an example in Hull; HU5 2HW and HU5 2HH being opposite side of Manvers Street. It shows the whole HU area, then the inner city followed by the street in diagrams.
The GPO had decided upon the requirement for UK postal codes in the late 1950s to assist in the mechanisation of sorting. The first trials were in Norwich in 1959 and in 1965 it was decided to extend the system to the whole of the UK. The first town to see the standardised system was Croydon in 1967 and by 1974 the whole of the UK had been postcoded; the last was Norwich where the original trial system was replaced by the standard system in that year.
Sine then postcodes have become valuable data tools in their own right and used not just for letter sorting but also for a wide range of other uses including statistical analysis.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqh2atawixxlb6ncx2fh73r6/bafkreibgf56qce4z5yut5bv7ikfcwpb4lrp34kcw54vljq2cbzvjdij4xa)
