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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 23h

"First single you bought with your own money. No lying!" May 1990, Barkingside Woolworths, and it was between this and englandneworder World In Motion and only enough money for one… and Betty Boo won! (The video was definitely my first ‘awakening’ 😂 !) youtu.be/tfdaETpbGjc?...

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Betty Boo - Doin' The Do 1990 (Official Music Video) Remastered

YouTube video by 80's 90's Music Video's Remastered @Videos80s

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

No work for 2 weeks, a coconut stout and Autoamerican by Blondie (not their best album, but THE greatest album cover ever!)…Happy Friday boozing all 🍻 #bskybeer

A stout with its can, and Blondie’s Autoamerican album in the background

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Mike Critchley @mike-critchley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

When I wrote Happy Hours: A Great British Pub Diary I didn’t want to give the impression it was a guide book, so I left out the index of the 175 pubs featured. It was perhaps a mistake. So here are the pubs featured:

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Train drink! A very gentlemanly 3.4% Bass accompanied with some Talking Heads. Cheers all 🍻 #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

If you haven’t already done so, the Wham! in China documentary on iplayer is a must see. Incredible stuff. Absolutely fascinating.

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Happy Sunday boozing! Enjoying a very hazy New Zealand IPA in a recently ‘acquired’ glass, accompanied by the new Now 1971 Yearbook. Cheers all 🍻 #bskybeer

A very hazy IPA beer in a dimpled pint glass alongside its can

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Found this IPA beauty in a small Parisian supermarket. 5.6% and incredible. Enjoying it with some Leisure Process (they should have been huge) before Palace ruin my mood later. Cheers all 🍻 #bskybeer

A 750ml bottle of French IPA next to a dimpled pint glass

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Checkmate, Nige.

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Indulging in a bit of solo boozing… London in the sunshine is unbeatable #bskybeer

A pint of St Peter’s Old Style Porter on a table in the sunshine at the Holy Tavern in Farringdon.

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Gavin Miller @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If you have a physical music collection, just go fishing through it once in a while. Have a big ol' rummage, get all your CDs, tapes, vinyl, whatever, out on the floor and just look through em. Bang a few on, read some liner notes, it's just magic, honestly.

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Finally! Cooler weather means stout weather again. Cheers all #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Must have liked a post slagging off that frogface or something, as all I’m seeing now is his hideous face on here. I just want photos of booze and links to banging pop songs goddammit! 🍻 🎶

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

En route to Hyde Park to see Duran and had been looking forward to trying the newish Thornbridge pub near Chancery Lane…only to find it closed! Quick pint of APA in The George on Fleet Street instead #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Could watch this all day! Marvellous.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

There's probably never been a better time to remind you that when David Hockney first took his Mum to California she remarked 'all this lovely weather and nobody puts their washing out'.

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Welcome back sunshine boozing - accompanied by a-ha’s magnificent 2022 album True North. Happy Friday boozing all 🍻 #bskybeer

A can of Arbor beer in a semi- sunny garden

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Somehow this is 26 (twenty six!) years old! My absolute favourite a-ha song. What a band. youtu.be/oVl4qvHuY8g?...

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a-ha - Summer Moved On (Official Video)

YouTube video by a-ha

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Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Who the sweet juddering fuck would listen to this cunt soup of a show?

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

In a hotel in Marrakech and found a random Palace fan to watch the game with. Only words we exchanged at the end: “Only downhill from now.” 😂

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

An unadulterated, 100%, grade-A juggernaut of a song.

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Growing up as a Palace fan in the late 80s and 90s on the north-northeast London / Essex border means that 12-year-old me is going to thoroughly enjoy seeing either Spurs or West Ham fans crying this afternoon!

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Team Called Palace @teamcalledpalace.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

17.05.2025 🗓️ 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝟭-𝟬 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 🏆 It’s one year since Palace won the FA Cup. 🙌 Wembley shook and it was beautiful! 😍 #EmiratesFACup #CPFC

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Possibly a tad too early for a train drink…but we always lose to Everton, so might as well #bskybeer #cpfc

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Share a song from the year you turned 18. 1998 R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful youtu.be/UIXs66BPooY?...

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R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful (Official HD Music Video)

YouTube video by remhq

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A spot of garden boozing accompanied with some Gordon Lightfoot. Cheers all 🍻 #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Don’t want to see that face on the telly, so will listen to this absolute banger and put my Friday beers in the fridge for later instead. youtu.be/cMOKamtpUA8?...

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Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Pretenders

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

They’re a good side and we’re obviously thinking about Thursday, but losing 3-0 to Bournemouth like this is still dogshit. #cpfc

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Imagine being in a disco in 1982, two pints down, and this banger coming on… Leisure Process should have been huge. youtu.be/ocBJOSAeLPo?...

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Leisure Process - Love Cascade

YouTube video by electrozaps

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🚨Bottles of Bass for £1 in Tesco (with a Clubcard) if you’re that way inclined 🍻

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Strangely, Sunday afternoon is fast becoming one of my favourite beer times. Doing a roast, kitchen boozing and some excellent tunes. Cheers all 🍻 #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Train drink! Accompanied with some Bob Seger. Happy Friday boozing 🍻 #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Read this to the tune of I Don’t Wanna Dance by Eddy Grant (which I cannot recommend enough).

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

My two beers to accompany an inevitable Palace defeat. For a supermarket beer (literally), the double IPA is sensational; the stout a bit too (predictably) sweet. Whatever you’re drinking, enjoy! Cheers all 🍻 #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

A proper Friday evening banger, best accompanied with some good booze (and was a proper barn stormimg version at the RAH on Wednesday) youtu.be/CQwcqwHvrus?...

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Belle and Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue

YouTube video by Rough Trade Records

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

En route to the Royal Albert Hall to see Belle and Sebastian and the only thing I could find in the fridge that wasn’t pushing double abv% was this sour. I’m afraid to say that it’s as minging as it smells and sounds #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Spent 2 minutes cutting a few twigs back, so a deserved beer now. (Despite the branded glass, a PerfectDraft Bass.) Happy sunshine boozing, all #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

youtu.be/5wRM-t7wvF0?... Struggling to think of a better middle 8 / bridge in pop music

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The Bee Gees - Nights on Broadway (1975)

YouTube video by MrFotakias

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Here you go, have a Friday afternoon banger. Still baffling how it only reached No.22. youtu.be/oNU61nS0TTY?...

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Duran Duran - Skin Trade (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by DuranDuranVEVO

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

En route to Palace, despite the Greater Anglia bus replacement service. And I waited until 11am before starting on the booze - I’m not a complete animal.

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

A lovely Verdant pale ale to start some Saturday boozing. Cheers all 🍻 #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

My wife’s Christmas present to me: the gift of sole boozing! Currently in Edinburgh (well, Leith at the moment) enjoying various boozy stops 🍻 #bskybeer

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Fran Elphick @franz-elphick.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Nearly worst result of the season (then I remembered Macclesfield). Dreadful. Again. #cpfc

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Shar A @sharal.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The British public once voted Angels as the best song of all time and this is why we don't deserve nice things.

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