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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jamie is in Wakefield this coming Friday. www.wakefieldjazz.org/events/6a5f5...

MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Jamie is playing at The Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds tonight. The NPCs are a great band, playing music from well known Japanese video games, always good fun and really talented musicians.

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Jamie doing his thing at the Swan & Chequers in Sandbach, last night. Live music is the best!! #Jazz

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Good to see Jamie's upcoming gig on Monday is now sold out!!!

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

At the beach, ten years ago today, what a beach. Time passes so quickly...

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ten years ago today. Callanish, Lewis, The Western Isles.

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Always good to see what my Jamie is up to. This was last night in the Hope Valley, Peak District. Looking smart as usual, he's on the right. I think he has just done three gigs this week, Huddersfield, Manchester, and this one, but there may have been more, he likes to keep busy.

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Jamie's regular monthly gig with The Northern Swing Orchestra, today. #bigband #jazz

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My Consultant is unhappy I made a complaint to the hospital after going in for a new hip, acquiring a spiral fracture to my femur, untreated for two days, another 6 hrs in surgery to have a thigh length plate screwed in, a scar with 86 staples, and an expected recovery of 12 mths 🤷 and no physio yet

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

18 weeks since my hip replacement, that ended with a spiral fracture of my femur, I have finally heard from Physio Dept, who are 'assessing my referral'. Saw my Consultant last week who gave me the news that my recovery would likely take another 8 months. I am so desperately fed up. 😢

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Absolutely made up this morning. Just had a call from Jamie as he’s setting up for day two of his week at Sheffield University graduation ceremonies. Four sets yesterday, same today, 18 this week, then 2 gigs on Saturday. Proud of him 🎷

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Jazz music is very much alive and well in Leeds! Nice photo of The Conrad Clenton Nonet +1, and a big smile off my Jamie.

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Younger... Time has gone past so bloody quickly, memories that seem so far away, but still clear as day. I feel so sad today.

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Coos in the back field today, always nice to see.

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Not happy with this ground cover, I'll try tamping it down, and adding grass around the edges, hopefully I don't have to remove it!!!

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Tomorrow I am going to do something, about bloody time! The plan is to 'landscape' the area at the back of the houses, a grassy, muddy path maybe, some weeds, rubbish, a broken bike perhaps. I'll have a look at what I've got and go from there. Any ideas? #modeltrains #n-gauge

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Jamie’s on home ground tonight, the Sela Bar, Leed.

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I think some things in n-gauge are really to small to bother with, then again... Found on Facebook. #modelrailways #modeltrains

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

More of Conrad’s Nonet…

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Jamie with the “CC Nonet”, I do like their style. Another tune written by Conrad. They have recorded an album which should be out around September.

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A brief clip of “Conrad Clenton’s Nonet“. A band Jamie loves playing in. What do you think?

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

31c, 🥵🥵🔥 14 weeks since my op, and I’m sick to death of struggling every single day with pain and lack of mobility. I’m bored, stuck in the house on my own, and totally fed up. Totally unmotivated to do anything. No noticeable signs of improvement for weeks now. It’s hard.

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Jamie is doing his 5th gig of this week, today in Leeds. This is the band he’s playing with. “The Conrad Clenton Nonet” Please have a listen XXX #Jazz #Livemusic drive.google.com/file/d/1p7Y2...

drive.google.com

The Fight's Gone – Conrad Clenton Nonet, HPBC Jan 20th 2025.mp4

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It is very satisfying, and rather calming, to watch the trains go by. Unless there is a derailment, or one stops for no obvious reason! #modeltrains #modelrailroad

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This is the Church, probably my favourite part of the layout. #modeltrains #modelrailroad #n-gauge

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The night is beginning to draw in, the farmer's wife has put some lights on, and it's time for those kids to get off the water tank!!! #modeltrains #modelrailroad

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Time to dust off the Diesel's 😁 #modeltrains

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Jamie has another busy week ahead, two days in the studio recording an album, then a wedding at Knebworth Hall, the following night a gig with Ray Quinn in Ramsgate, and then up to Sheffield for a function gig the next evening. Have Sax, will travel!

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Today, Thursday, is the 12 week anniversary of the repair to the shaft of my femur, that was fractured two days earlier in an everyday Hip replacement operation. It is likely that it will take 12 months to properly recover. Hey ho 😧

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

After sitting unused for 20 years, and now rotting, it is time to chuck my old gear into the bin. A lot of memories with those cams and the tiny brass RP nuts. The memories from a lifetime. Definitely a bit sad, but these are junk now. #climbing

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

After his two days performing at Epsom races Jamie is back on home ground with the Northern Swing Orchestra. Today in Swillington, Leeds.

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Jamie tells me he is off to Epsom Racecourse to play a series of eight sets over Friday and Saturday. It is the Epsom Derby weekend, so I guess it’ll be busy! He will be on Baritone Sax for this event, and it’s another new band for him. Good luck Jamie 🎷

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The 'Posh' one. The Firth of Clyde, Brittania Class 7MT 4-6-2 Built in Crewe. One of the signalmen is looking on, and a Morris Traveller outside the school. Loco by Dapol. #modelrailway

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The detail on this model is fantastic, just look at those rivets😉 It is a Class 5101 Large Prairie 2-6-2, and the model is by "Sonic Models". #modeltrains #n-gauge

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A few shots of the farm end of the layout, still a work in progress obviously, and those pesky kids are still messing about on the water tank roof! #modeltrains

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Not sure what's going on between the window cleaner and Mrs Jay, a dispute over money, or something a little more 'racy'? #modeltrains

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

A welcome visitor this morning. Greater Spotted Woodpecker #birds

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

10 weeks since my femur was rebuilt after it was broken in the hip replacement procedure two days previously. The damage to the muscles and tendons caused when getting to the femur was extensive. Still in pain, still needing at least one crutch to get about. A long way to go.😢 The hip is fine!

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Steve Houston @kingbeastie.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

And then there were none. RIP Sonny Rollins.

The famous black and white A Good Day in Harlem photo. #jazz

Same picture but with details of the musicians in the photo. #jazz #SonnyRollins

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The smell ☺️ A sure sign of a few good days of warm and dry weather!

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I hate this! At first glance it looks like an interesting photo, you click on it and it immediately becomes clear that it is another example of AI slop. There are millions of excellent and real photos of steam engines, so why would anybody feel the need to produce this nonsense?

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

8 weeks post op, so with an estimated recovery time of 4-6 months that means another 2-4 months to go. I’m impatient and expecting too much, recovery seems to have stalled but I’ve got to go with the fact there’s still a long road ahead. It’s a boring and lonely journey!

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

As Health Secretary, Wes Streeting deepened the privatisation of our NHS and handed over our data to Palantir, a company involved in genocide. I am sure his friend Peter Mandelson is very proud. Time to reinstate our NHS as a fully public service — and kick Palantir out!

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MikeG @memike1.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Jamie has a gig with ‘The Tom Sharp Jazz Orchestra‘ at Matt & Phreds, Manchester, this Sunday 13:00-15:00

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