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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Who's better, Half Man Half Biscuit or Menahan Street Band? I don't go in to Spotify much these days, but they do seem to know me quite well...

A screenshot from the Spotify app showing 'best of' playlists for Half Man Half Biscuit and Menahan Street Band

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Noticed today that it's 40 years since Lyon October des Arts, when comic images were put on the side of bin lorries and this book was produced to commemorate it. I picked up my copy in Forbidden Planet a couple of years later at a much marked down price #SergeClerc #YvesChaland #EverMeulin etc.

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They don't encourage bulk buying at Prestonpans Scotmid

Crisps for sale in Scotmid in Prestonpans. The price is £1.25 per packet or two for £3

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yorkshire Salad (lettuce, onion, vinegar, mint) as is traditional for #YorkshireDay

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I hardly ever buy new comics these day, but I did enjoy the new Concrete, just a shame it has a typo on the very first page and another a few pages later. I know Dark Horse isn't the company it used to be and this might be the result of editorial cuts, just jarring to see in a much loved book

The cover of the first issue of the new Concrete series, Stars Over Sand

A typo on the very first page, a misspelling of Monument Valley

And then two different spellings of Dolbear in the same panel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolbear%27s_law

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The dedication in the JK Galbraith

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Five book haul from Burns Yard today

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I love the pre Beatles glimpse of coffee house culture. My mum loved Cliff and my daughter loves Elvis ;-)

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

and inspired by the song If I Could Be With You by Julie London... There are more of these stories in the Rebellion book A Very British Affair

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Inspired by the song Maybe by Gene Vincent, the tale of Ginger who works in an expresso bar

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Yesterday's charity shop haul. Elvis vs Peaches vs Massive Attack. The Peaches record is a single that plays at 33. After the tune there is about 20 minutes of applause. The Valentine mag is from 1960, and as well as lots of pop pics, also has comic strip adaptations of two hit songs of the time

A 1960 Fleetway pop magazine called Valentine with Elvis on the cover
A 12" single by Ludwig Amadeus Horzon featuring Peaches
A Cd single of Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack with an HMV Import sticker
A DVD of the Brian De Palma film The Black Dahlia
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Vinyl group tonight. The theme is real people

A selection of records about real people

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The saddest and most extraordinary story in the paper is this court report of a man dangling a five year old boy over a motorway bridge because, he claimed, the boy had asked him for money to watch his car. The sheriff accepted the story and he was fined £10. All this late at night in a pub car park

A newspaper court report about a man fined £10 for dangling a five year old boy over a motorway bridge in Glasgow

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

20 year old Gordon Strachan (with moustache) signed for Aberdeen. He would stay there for seven seasons, winning the SPL twice, as well as the European Cup Winners Cup and Super Cup and the Scottish Cup three times. He retired from playing 20 years later

Newspaper report of Gordon Strachan signing for Aberdeen

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Lovely big houses for sale in Dalgety Bay and North Queensferry for sale for less than £30k

Ads for new properties in Dalgety Bay and North Queensferry

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Efforts were being made to preserve plaster work and mosaics from the Palace of Varieties in Glasgow's Gorbals before demolition. The Theatre Museum in Covent Garden closed in 2007 and any items they were gifted are now part of the V&A collection. cinematreasures.org/theaters/62295

A newspaper article about preservation of architectural artefacts from the Glasgow Gorbals Palace of Varieties

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A review of the movie Black Joy starring Trevor Thomas and Norman Beaton. I haven't seen this film but it is free to view on YouTube so I probably wil check it out. The review quoted in this Wikipedia article is a bit more positive and the soundtrack looks great. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_J...

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Power cuts were expected due to industrial action. In these electricity board adverts you could look up what times you would be affected. Prestonpans is in group Y1 so would have been most at risk during peak times on Tuesday and Friday with no service on Sunday afternoon

A full page advert explaining when different areas in the South of Scotland might be affected by power cuts due to industrial action

Highest risk for Y1 areas was peak times on Tuesday and Friday

A similar schedule of potential power cuts for the North of Scotland

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Plans were afoot to limit growth in Livingston in an effort to revitalise inner Edinburgh. Livingston is now about four times as big as it was in 1977. Not sure what effect this had on Edinburgh. I don't think the petro-chemical works at Cobbinshaw ever went ahead

Newspaper coverage of a plan to limit growth in Livingston to benefit inner Edinburgh. Also plans for a petro-chemical works at Cobbinshaw

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Aberdeen University bought a single Honeywell 66/80 computer in a deal worth up to £2.5 million. I found this picture of a similar Honeywell computer on Wikipedia.

A 1977 newspaper story about Aberdeen University buying a Honeywell 66/80 computer

A picture from Wikipedia of a similar Honeywell computer

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A report on possible CIA involvement in a plot to assassinate Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley. The Scotsman picked up the story from Penthouse magazine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael...

A newspaper article suggesting CIA involvement in the plot to assassinate Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A Friday/Sunday off season fare from Edinburgh to London was £28.45 return if booked before Tuesday on the week of travel. That fare includes two nights of hotel accommodation and continental breakfasts. No phone number so I guess you had to go to the station to purchase

A 1977 advert for weekend train journeys from Edinburgh to London

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I picked up this copy of the Scotsman from November 1977 in Burns Yard a couple of weeks ago. Labour's Scottish and Welsh Devolution Bill is the lead story and I think it's probably the first time Tam Dalyell asked the West Lothian question, much discussed over the next few decades

The cover of The Scotsman newspaper from November 4th 1977

An extract of the lead article where Tam Dalyell first asks the West Lothian question

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Made it to Musselburgh. Mentally and physically drained but glad I completed the adventure

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Teatime stop on the Loanhead Railway Path. Lang Loan was a mistake. Last time I followed the railway path under the bypass to the Straiton Pond Nature Reserve which was much more pleasant

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Suburbs give way to farmer's fields. Bypass on the right

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Lunch break at Swanston Muir. Bit of doubling back in Bonaly but otherwise all good...

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

First pitstop at Campbell Park. The bypass is behind the trees on the left

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

As a young boy, Flesh was my favourite story in the early issues of 2000AD. I bought that page of artwork from Orbital Comics in London 23 years later

Artwork hanging on the wall for the first page of the story Flesh from the comic 2000AD from 1977

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

(not a whole) packet of EBM (English Biscuit Manufactures) Party Pik biscuits #EatWhatYouWantDay

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Leftover vegetarian minestrone (super thick next day) and half a Co-op Charlie Chocolate Cake head #EatWhatYouWantDay

A piece of chocolate cake with half an iced face

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A bacon roll and a glass of raspberry kefir to start this year's #EatWhatYouWantDay

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Every copy of The Wire in WH Smith has the white cover and every copy in the @fruitmarket.bsky.social bookshop has the black cover. How did that happen?

The current issue of The Wire with white cover

The current issue of The Wire with black cover

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Five years and three days since The Rah's released their debut album, When Does It Become Real?

A utility cabinet in Prestonpans with a large blue sticker promoting the album When Does It Become Real? by local band The Rah's

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I believe it! from today's episode of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! available from @officialgocomics.bsky.social #PunkRockRuinedMyLife

A panel from today's episode of Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

A youth is listening to headphones. The text reads "Research shows that music listened to between the ages of 13 and 17 leaves a deep, lasting emotional impact."

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

No black ink on today's Ripley's Believe It Or Not? episode for @officialgocomics.bsky.social subscribers. Why do they keep having reproduction issues with this one?

Today's episode of Ripley's Believe It Or Not? as delivered to gocomics subscribers, but illegible because no black ink in the image

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Middle aged people trying to pass as hip, from last night's E4 episode of the Simpsons (Bart The Cool Kid)

A still from the Simpsons episode Bart The Cool Kid, shown on E4 last night. Homer and his drinking buddies have decided to wear fashionable sportswear.

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Ingliston needs to be the gorilla

King Kong statue by Nicholas Monro which used to be at Ingliston market

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Resisted buying this charity shop copy of Computer Love by Zapp. No sleeve, couldn't be sure it would play and the label on one side coloured red with felt tip pen, presumably by Alison

12" single of Computer Love by Zapp with the label coloured red with felt tip pen

The reverse of the same record, with Alison written on the label

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Today's Ripley's Believe It Or Not! I don't know if this is a re-run, but it's looking forward to an event that was due to take place in 2020. A quick Google search shows this cruise never happened, cancelled due to COVID or possibly common sense...

One of the three stories making up today's Ripley's Believe It Or Not! comic strip as provided by gocomics. It refers to a Flat Earth Cruise that was being organised for 2020.

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Leith charity shop haul from last week, £16 total spend

The Story Of Yorkshire Pop Music by Craig Ferguson and The Essential Guide To New Orleans three CD set

Two LP records: Get Out & Walk by The Farmer's Boys and Latin Dance Party volume 3

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