Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Well 40 years ago I started going to gigs and tonight I managed a new venue The Electric Ballroom in Camden and a new band for me in The Long Ryders. 000 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026A season or two before we become the Washington Generals to the big clubs Harlem Globetrotters again. 100 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Nah, the Premiership is still the greed is good league. A plague on both their houses. 110 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Oh for the days when goal keepers were called “the cat”. 010 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Is your football top made in a sweatshop in Cambodia? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...bbc.co.ukPremier League football shirts made by workers on £1 an hourA BBC Sport investigation traces official football shirt production to factories in Cambodia where workers are paid less than £1 an hour. 010 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Thank god real football is back tonight after the international break. #COYI #whuqpr 010 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is horrific. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comNearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana MahmoodHome secretary warns people traffickers will exploit asylum seekers because they decide who comes to the UK 100 0
Reposted by Mick HitchinContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Debuted on ABC 66yrs ago today. THE FLINTSONES (1960-66) 1092031319 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hornchurch 1 Aldershot Town 1 at half time in a very even game. 000 0
Reposted by Mick HitchinHornchurch FC @hornchurchfc.bsky.social · 29/09/202610 years later 👏 📈 Three Promotions 🏆 FA Trophy win at Wembley This week marks ten years since Alex joined the club. Thank you Mr Chairman! 001 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Maybe McDonald should have a word with Sharon Graham? 011 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham has been brave where Starmer probably would have been timid. Of course those that voted for Corbyn will never be happy. #Labourconference 110 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Political activists of any party are by definition not “normal people “ And yes I’ve been to four Labour conferences (youth and adult). 010 0
Reposted by Mick HitchinJohn Ferrett @johnferrett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I don't know why I do it but I listened to callers on #bbcaq defending why they should retain the triple lock on their pensions - the usual procession of selfish, entitled, mean spirited boomers. 342 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Labour members voted for Corbyn rather than Burnham in 2015. That’s how politically unsophisticated they are. 110 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026He’s right. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 yearsAndy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chances 000 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Friday night is the best night for gigs or football at my age. Two days to recover. 110 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026London or Brighton, depending on which of my two gig buddies blinks first! 110 0
Reposted by Mick HitchinRichard @ricrus77.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This will be a nice way to start a new year of gigs… Only have three gigs booked so far next year - all in May (wonder what’s happening then… 😂) 5362 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Earlier today Millwall v West Ham and now Strictly Come Dancing. Does TV get any better than this?! #COYI #Strictly2026 011 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026You know modern football fans. From triumph to disaster in one match. 010 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Some people have to follow the herd. I’ve never worried about it making me look like a failure and not a high flyer because I’m not that. Mortgage paid off and early retirement planned. Life is working out at last! 130 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I’m 59 and considering retirement. But I’ve always taken a packed lunch. My mindset has always been every little bit helps and get that bloody mortgage paid off. 140 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Abolish the monarchy. Get rid of this Ruritanian nonsense. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comCharles’s rebuttal of Earl Spencer’s claim about Diana offers rare glimpse into palace thinkingFrom ‘there were three of us in this marriage’ to ‘recollections may vary’, a lot can be conveyed with a carefully worded phrase 021 0
Reposted by Mick HitchinAndy Nash @fplnashtribe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026RIP Luděk Mikloško 🇨🇿⚒️ 161 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026@kenferrett.bsky.social Portsmouth had an allocation of 9k for the EFL Cup at West Ham. Fulham have a 3.5k allocation for the next round. 100 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026About time we stuck a dead royal or military type on it. That what it was intended for. 000 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026You have got to do your own research John. That’s what the Professional Yorkshireman in the queue said… 021 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Come on, they live for the prospect of a hung parliament. It’s there main reason to exist. 010 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Don’t pay it. I’m thinking about retiring but I still make a packed lunch. 000 0
Reposted by Mick HitchinJohn Ferrett @johnferrett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Caller on BBC Any Questions angry about possibility of triple lock going then complains about minimum wage being too high, illegal immigrants in five star hotels and end of the two child benefit cap. Boomers are without a doubt the most selfish and entitled generation this country has ever known. 141 0
Mick Hitchin @mickhitchin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The cheap clothes were useful when the kids were little. 110 0
Reposted by Mick HitchinWhitby Gothic @whitbygothic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026+++ On this day, 39 years ago, the 31st of august 1987, The Jesus and Mary Chain, released their second studio album 'Darklands'. +++ Reached number five on the UK Albums Chart, the band's highest-peaking album on the chart to date. #OTD #jesusAndMaryChain #alt #altrock #postpunk #noisepop #indie 0425 0