| Tigers at Layer Road 21:11 - Sep 23 with 45403 views | SparkfilmsTV |
In a strange twist of events l found myself in conversation with a young lady who had attended Layer Road for a match against Hull City in our first season in The Championship. The 5-1 encounter.
We were attending a promo evening for a band called The Datsuns in North London in 2008.
During the evening she explained that she had been present at a party that made the national news due to the tragic death of someone by the name of Mark Blanco.
The incident occurred in December 2006.
This incident will be shown on Channel 4 on Monday night at 22.00 in an hour long documentary and several people known to me have made contributions.
It may be of interest to some.
I am very much hoping that the police will reinvestigate the death of Mark Blanco as a result of what will be included in the content.
I know that what l was told by this young lady 15 years ago has been instrumental in the making of this documentary.
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 21:40 - Jul 28 with 2109 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Back to the indie music scene circa 2003. I was playing some Primal Scream early this morning and l can usually identify who is singing what on particular tracks....but when l checked to see who the female vocalist was on 'Some Velvet Morning' it wasn't who l expected ...but possibly influenced by Dot Allison - it was in fact none other than Kate Moss and she does a pretty good job....there were the familiar names on the production that l would expect to find, and it was always interesting to catch up with these guys and discuss recording techniques.
The single only charted at No.44 and l wonder if Kate even registered this for royalties.....not that it would have significantly increased her already very high income stream.
Just to confirm that the lyrics are by Lee Hazlewood, so this was an interesting reworking of the original that Bobby Gillespie covered.....and I wonder if Kate Moss was available to perform this live at any time on tour.
I have just listened to the original recording from the Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood album released in 1967 and it is sublime. [Post edited 28 Jul 22:05]
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 17:34 - Aug 9 with 1969 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Quite a few late nights here, in fact some all nighters working on the new book.
The entire production has been made by hand using collages as media for the word / image process.
Some of the new pieces in the book are included on this thread and were written virtually live onto 'The U'sual' during the past few months.
I did an 18 hour shift on Monday with musical backdrop from Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Diamond Head, White Lies, Wolf Alice, The Amazon's etc to get me through - and toast and coffee to keep me going.
Sending best wishes to all from Colchester Central.
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 22:13 - Aug 16 with 1882 views | SparkfilmsTV |
'TAXI RIDE IN BLACK TIGHTS'
Taken from 'Assessing Street Value'
Kelly travels light
Takes a back seat taxi ride
Got a tooth brush
Got a hair brush
She don't need much
And she don't say much
Kelly travels light
Takes in all the sights
A Mosque
The vape shops
But the road ahead is taped off
And they have to take a right
Kelly travels light
Carrier bag
Pair of tights
She's just away for the night
She's off to the other side of town
Head full of music
Sun going down
Kelly travels light
Takes a back seat taxi ride
Got a tooth brush
Got a hair brush
She don't need much
And she don't say much
But she's taking it all in
Most goes over
Visual white noise
She's the observer
And she travels light
No requirement
For faith or religion
By the time she was eight
She'd made that decision
Kelly doesn't say much
She doesn't mix much
She's not looking for love
Kelly doesn't want to get close
She travels light
Carrier bag
Pair of tights
Note to above - had to give the latest writing project a new title as 'Lesbian Espionage' was causing a bit of friction with an artist's agent over the pond. I am contemplating changing a word too on 'The Ballad of Lily Allen' as l want to protect that young lady from any negative comment on her past life that may be connected to substances ( although there was a degree of poetic licence ). The actual piece about Lily is complimentary although it is unlikely she will have any recall of our communication in '05.
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 11:21 - Sep 8 with 1733 views | SparkfilmsTV |
A quick hello from the Essex port of Harwich and a thank you to those of you still following this thread that l have not had time to add to recently.
Hopefully a little more to come that may include some interesting information relating to Jack Kerouac who died in 1969.
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 18:06 - Sep 8 with 1674 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Jack Kerouac. It must have been during the summer of 2005 that l discovered that Kerouac, Peter Doherty and myself shared the same birthday - March 12.
I mentioned this to a Beat Generation lecturer based in Cambodia a few weeks ago and we discussed the letter that Kerouac had received from Neal Cassady in 1950 that only resurfaced in 2012 having been considered lost by Kerouac who had loaned it to Allen Ginsberg.
Jack Kerouac died 19 years after first receiving the letter but had always acknowledged that the writing style of Cassady contained in the 16,000 word epic was the style blueprint for On the Road.
As it happens, Ginsberg had acted in good faith - as he did throughout his entire life and had passed the letter on to a publisher in the hope of getting a deal for Cassady.
As l am now finding out, the Kerouac estate has some interesting dynamics and it has been quite some journey seeing how things unravelled.
Jack Kerouac had a daughter - Jan, and her far too short life was likely affected by her father's Will that she was not included in. In her final years she believed that Jack's signature on the Will had been forged.
Cassady's letter to Kerouac eventually sold for under £200,000 at auction with a three way split after a series of legal challenges to ownership.
Just to confirm - On the Road was typed on a one hundred and twenty foot roll of tracing paper that was exhibited in the UK a few years ago.
Cassady's letter to Kerouac was on nine pages which were double sided and include some colourful cameos of life.
As for Allen Ginsberg, l am hoping the signed copy of Howl that l used to read at The Sloman Library at Essex University is still in safe keeping. | | | |
| Tigers at Layer Road on 18:33 - Sep 10 with 1598 views | SparkfilmsTV |
I found an A5 orange note book that appears to belong to a cleaner who is working at a hotel in the North Station Road area of Colchester.
The notes list details on the state of the rooms and the state of the individuals who occupy those rooms.
Here is an extract.
'When l went to Room xx the door was ajar. I still knocked. It was quiet so l entered with my appliances. There was a woman laying on the bed. I said 'Good morning, sorry to disturb you'. She didn't answer. I took a look at her and panicked as she did not appear to be breathing. I shook her and nothing happened so l ran to reception and there was no one there. Then l saw xxxxx and we ran back inside the room. This must have been around 30 seconds, no more. The woman had gone. We looked all round the room, the bathroom....along the corridors and out into the car park. The occupant of the room was supposed to be a white male and we couldn't locate him.
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 20:06 - Sep 10 with 1588 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Having studied the content further the note book appears to be a record for the hotel establishment as there is different handwriting and instructions that suggest hangovers on shifts. As these refer to July 2024 l doubt they are of much use to anyone now.
Here are further extracts.
July 25
Room XX - New client coming today, single lady with 5 year old.
See sign in sheet etc. Place folder in register if not arrived.
Check Room XX. Had unknown lady go upstairs with him last night. Please notify him outside guests not allowed.
Tell him 'No noisy gatherings'.
Young child coming into X today.
Man who police arrested said only came back to room to get something.
No door handle on Room XX.
Room XX. Occupant won't let anyone in. Keeps shouting xxxx off. Police called again as he is considered a risk to himself.
Television missing. Curtains ripped down. Bathroom mirror broken in Room X.
Bannister broken. Pulled from wall.
Room XX. Two women in bed at midday. Don't know if they came in during the night. Occupant of room in police custody still.
Man in Room X hasn't spoken a word for three days. Keeps staring at the wall and rocking backwards and forwards. Don't enter this room alone.
Room XX. Hovered and sprayed twice again. Had to destroy all bed linen. Blood on wall.
Council having to see Room XX. Sent pics.
Carpet in Room X has been slashed with sharpe blade. Entire length of room. Inform council.
Room XX. Television thrown from window. Damage to taxi. Remote in wash basin which was left on and flooded room and seeped into Room XX and down into Room X. Water stains on reception ceiling. Rubber plants thrown into road.
Table destroyed. Burn marks up wall. [Post edited 10 Sep 20:23]
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 18:51 - Sep 11 with 1524 views | SparkfilmsTV |
LETTER TO THE DEAD
Dear Sharon
I learned of your passing this morning.
I don't think l ever thanked you for introducing me to the works of Charles Bukowski in 1975.
You were ahead of your time.
And even further ahead of mine.
You were always intellectually stimulating.
Something that l didn't fully appreciate at the time.
I was too busy being involved in sport at the weekends and all these year's on, l cannot believe that l subjected you to 'Match of the Day' on a Saturday night.
You would be reading your books and took no interest in most mainstream television.
You were right.
I was wrong, and l only weened myself off of that xxxx around the nineties.
You got your dream job at the BBC.
The commute from your house share in Lexden Road was short lived.
Your small flat in Maida Vale was a miniature library.
I wish now that l had borrowed some of your books.
But rest assured, it being almost fifty years further on, l am trying to make up for lost time.
I always wondered if you had children.
You would have been a good mother.
Sending a kiss and a hug to your resting place in heaven.
Thanking you for teaching me about the important things in life.
Ray. | | | |
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 16:37 - Sep 15 with 1439 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Some football content for my never ending thread is long overdue.
I visited Deia Sakal, daughter of Peter Sakal who died recently and was the owner of GFM who are located in Hawkins Road, Colchester.
Deia is currently running Peter's 12 companies and the purpose of my visit was to explain how 'UK Holiday's in The Sun' came into being and the work we did before this in a hectic 10 year period.
During the conversation the odd football snippet surfaced.
Here is one such example.
Peter set off from his home in Pebmarsh early on a Saturday morning on route to a butchers in Halstead ( l think ). He had his son Ben with him in the child seat. I think Ben must have been about two years old at the time.
As l recall, Peter collected the large beef joint for the Sunday lunch but rather than returning home, and purely on a whim, decided to drive all the way up to Carlisle where Colchester United were playing with a 15.00 hours kick off.
So the beef and Ben had a massive round trip.
Deia liked this story. This was several years before she was born.
On other occasions Peter and l would often take turns in driving to the likes of Hartlepool, Darlington and Wrexham.
At Hartlepool we came across Martin Battle who used to play football for Colne Lodge. He had moved up North from Colchester. We lost 2 - 1.
The Darlington trip was the 2 - 1 victory with Robert Scott wheeling away arm raised as the Colchester fans who occupied an entire side of Feethams raised the roof in celebration.
At Wrexham we led 2 - 1 with minutes to go but lost 2 - 3. Ben Sakal came to this match too.
I remember Deia when she was a week old being held in Debbie Sakal's arms in the kitchen over at Barn House in Pebmarsh.
As l was best man at Peter's wedding there will always be a powerful connection to the family. | | | |
| Tigers at Layer Road on 17:10 - Sep 26 with 1304 views | SparkfilmsTV |
There is a massive British Art Sale coming up at Sworders Auctions next week.
It includes the infamous reproduction of the £10 note that featured Princess Diana in the position previously occupied by The Queen. As far as l know the negs, plates, colour separations etc were produced here in Colchester.
Sworders have attributed the date of production to 2004 - which may well be accurate, but l was given to understand that Banksy and another individual were on site in Barrack Street, Colchester several years later when the project was being discussed with The Royal Mint and The Bank of England who would not have given permission for a print run of 100,000 ( 1 million pounds of counterfeit currency ).
If 100,000 counterfeit £10 notes were distributed at venues such as The Reading Festival and Liverpool Street Station circa 2004 l wonder where they all ended up?
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There is a massive British Art Sale coming up at Sworders Auctions next week.
It includes the infamous reproduction of the £10 note that featured Princess Diana in the position previously occupied by The Queen. As far as l know the negs, plates, colour separations etc were produced here in Colchester.
Sworders have attributed the date of production to 2004 - which may well be accurate, but l was given to understand that Banksy and another individual were on site in Barrack Street, Colchester several years later when the project was being discussed with The Royal Mint and The Bank of England who would not have given permission for a print run of 100,000 ( 1 million pounds of counterfeit currency ).
If 100,000 counterfeit £10 notes were distributed at venues such as The Reading Festival and Liverpool Street Station circa 2004 l wonder where they all ended up?
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Bit of an update on this ....it is my assumption that the litho plates for the print run ( that was given a red light by The Bank of England ) would have been collected for safe keeping by Banksy. Or possibly destroyed with him present.
The negs / CMYT separations would have needed to be destroyed as well!
The information at Pest Control Office ( run by Team Banksy ) that relates to the number of signed proof sheets looks correct.
A few samples were cut to size from the proof sheets. Maybe less than twenty?
I searched for one in a friend's loft in Colchester recently - but to no avail.
Just to give an idea of the value of the proof sheets ( signed ), one sold for £94,000 at auction in the UK.
Another for around £60,000.
Banksy and his former business partner had a serious fall out and l always wondered in the issues surrounding the £10 notes had a bearing on that.
There was a Colchester printer re-producing £10 and £20 notes in a large garden shed some years ago - got caught - went to prison.
Some followers on this Forum will be aware - he was involved in local football.
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 12:09 - Sep 27 with 1220 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Met up with a friend yesterday who has just been released from prison ( six years ).
We went into Fenwicks for coffee.
I ordered two cappuccinos and spotted a couple of speckled sausages rolls in the display unit.
I said 'Do you want one of those?'
He went over to a student at a table and asked to borrow her plastic 12 inch ruler.
He then proceeded to measure the sausage roll through the glass and established it to be two and a half inches long which he estimated to be two bites.
It was £4.70.
He said 'We'll leave that, I've got a better idea'
To be continued. | | | |
| Tigers at Layer Road on 18:58 - Sep 27 with 1166 views | SparkfilmsTV |
| Tigers at Layer Road on 12:09 - Sep 27 by SparkfilmsTV |
Met up with a friend yesterday who has just been released from prison ( six years ).
We went into Fenwicks for coffee.
I ordered two cappuccinos and spotted a couple of speckled sausages rolls in the display unit.
I said 'Do you want one of those?'
He went over to a student at a table and asked to borrow her plastic 12 inch ruler.
He then proceeded to measure the sausage roll through the glass and established it to be two and a half inches long which he estimated to be two bites.
It was £4.70.
He said 'We'll leave that, I've got a better idea'
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Anyway, so after coffee in Fenwick's it was time for some lunch.
My friend said 'l know a good place in the High Street where we can have the full monty for free'.
That sounded like the deal of the day so we took a left a few hundred yards down the road and sure enough enjoyed a special serving ( and special service! ) at absolutely no cost.
Around 3pm we parted ways - l trotted off to Riverside Estate and my associate headed to a location not far from where Colchester United will be playing tomorrow.
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 08:18 - Sep 28 with 1132 views | SparkfilmsTV |
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GHOSTS OF BERLIN
Out on the autobahn
In the kilometric rush
Through the Audi windscreen
Merkel's fields lay lush
Wir sind
Schatten in einer Tur
Wir sind
Echos in der U - Bahn
Skyscape hangs above
Enticing and inviting
Out on the horizon
Streaks of tracer lightening
Wir sind
Bremslichter auf der autobahn
Wir sind
Rucklichter auf der startbahn
We were just two girls
Driving in the night
Looking for excitement
With Berlin in our sights
Wir sind
Ein duft im windschatten
Strahlend und schimmernd
In kristallinen kadenz
All fur and red stilettoes
Drenched fragrant rainbows
As we approached
An AK forty seven cracked
Then another
People ran for cover
Shadows in a doorway
Then a flash
And our lives were over
Wir sind
Warmer atem in den luftwellen
In dieser kristallinen kadenz
Then our instant
Reincarnation
As we floated up
Above the buildings
Suddenly gifted
With supernatural powers
Radiant and shimmering
In this crystal cadence
Looking down
Through the clouds
At the blood and chaos
We saw them rising
In white cloaks
Smiling as they passed us
Holding flowers
Wir sind
Schatten in einer tur
Wir sind
Echos in der u-bahn
So now we are unworldly
Yet all powerful
GHOSTS
In our own lifetime
Influencers maybe
Our very existence
Somehow reinvented
In our very own sphere
Snug in a cotton wool bubble
Just floating about
We wave to Bowie
And he waves back
Wir sind
Schatten in einer tur
Wir sind
Echos in der U - Bahn
Wir sind
Bremslichter auf der autobahn
Wir sind
Rucklichter auf der startbahn
Wir sind
Ein duft im windschatten
Strahlend und schimmered
In dieser kristallinen kadenz
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Taken from LESBIAN ESPIONAGE
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GHOSTS OF BERLIN
This piece referenced David Bowie.
David's different coloured eye appearance was due to a blow he received from his close friend George Underwood over a dispute involving a girl.
This occured when they were about 16 years old.
David was treated at Moorfield's Eye Hospital in London and the different colouring is actually an illusion.
George was a close collaborator with David throughout his life and in his capacity as an artist worked on the sleeves for Hunky Dory and Ziggy. The reason for David being in a phone box on the reverse sleeve of Ziggy is that it started to pelt down with rain and Bowie ran into it for shelter.
So many things occur by accident.
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 19:03 - Sep 28 with 1106 views | SparkfilmsTV |
KC
'Look at this picture of a local eatery that just came up on my phone'
Sparkfilms
'I wonder if they realise what they have photographed?'
KC
'That's the door the police raided the other night'
Sparkfilms
'Yeah'
KC
'And they arrested everyone'
Sparkfilms
'Yeah'
KC
'Was XX on day release from Belmarsh on Thursday?'
Sparkfilms
'No'
KC
'Did he get out?'
Sparkfilms
'They let him out'
KC
'Let him out?!!!!'
Sparkfilms
'Yeah, they called him in to an office Tuesday morning and told him to get his stuff together for release in 24 hours.'
KC
'xxxxxxx hell - where is he now?'
Sparkfilms
'About 33,000 feet above the Atlantic'
KC
'How the xxxx has he managed that?'
Sparkfilms
'He has been reinvented'
KC
'Oh, so do you think he will visit again?'
Sparkfilms
'No, we may have to visit him'
KC
'And take him some peanut biscuits'
Sparkfilms
'Maybe' [Post edited 28 Sep 19:07]
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 21:20 - Sep 30 with 1031 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Something from a few years ago.
I had purchased some art at auction by Peter Collins.
His speciality was female nudes and there were around 26,000 drawings in about 120 lots.
I bought about 8 lots which was around 1,800 drawings.
Mark Stacey ( Flog It etc ) who was living in Brightlingsea at the time purchased a good selection of oil paintings and there were about 20 of us buying.
Anyway, a few years after the sale l had a visitor up from Bristol who was possibly the first person ever to buy anything by Banksy. He bought doors and shutters that Banksy had stenciled and tagged in Bristol.
This was around the early to mid nineties.
Out of respect to him l can't divulge who he sold them to but there are political connections at the highest level.
Anyway, he bought a selection of the drawings l had and then we entered into a wider conversation.
He was selling a bit of dope around London while he was between jobs and was supplying one particular female who always fascinated me.
He became quite involved with her over a long period of time and even to this day is loyal and discreet.
The female was Christine Keeler.
I asked him quite a few questions about their relationship, some he answered freely, but discretion prevailed on certain issues ( non sexual ).
I wanted to write about some of what he told me but he rightly wanted to protect Miss Keeler's son.
One thing l can share though is that Christine Keeler had kept all the newspapers relating to the Profumo Affair in a box or suitcase under her bed.
She also had a tattered copy of the image of her on the chair.
I am working on a piece which is set in the time of the Profumo case but l have centred it around Doctor Stephen Ward and another female who was part of the scene back in 1962.
This has been prompted by contact l have had over the past few days with Sworders Auctions who have work by Banksy and Doctor Stephen Ward in their sale that starts tomorrow morning.
The piece l am writing is in draft form and I'll put it up in the next day or so.
Stephen Ward was made a scapegoat by the British establishment and took his own life as a result of it.
He was a talented artist and Keeler was loyal to his memory right up until her final moments. [Post edited 30 Sep 21:24]
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 18:36 - Oct 2 with 932 views | SparkfilmsTV |
I have a rare single sheet football 'programme' here from Tuesday, 20th December, 1966.
It is Ipswich Town v Colchester United in The Mercia Youth League played at Portman Road.
I'm not sure if this match took place on the main pitch or the practice pitch ( which Ipswich used to train on ).
Ipswich line up
1. Bugg
2. Leggett
3. Barber
4. Honeywood
5. Jefferson
6. Smith ( Peter )
7. Clark
8. Dodds
9. Crissell
10. Butcher
11. Aslett
There was a sub - Miller
Colchester United
1. Winterflood
2. Joslyn
3. Drury
4. Lamont
5. Freeman ( R )
6. Cocksedge
7. Freeman ( M )
8. Duffett
9. Crisp
10. Barlow
11. Springett
Colchester sub was Allen ( possibly Ray of St Helena School ).
Hopefully l can add some more content from other programmes from a similar period. | | | |
| Tigers at Layer Road on 10:46 - Oct 3 with 901 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Football programme.
Single sheet printed on both sides in blue.
Saturday, October 6th, 1962
Layer Road Ground, Colchester
FOOTBALL COMBINATION
Colchester United Reserves
Versus
Northampton Town Reserves
Colchester United -
1. Ramage
2. Waylen
3. Miller
4. Harris
5. Abrey
6. Brown
7. Baines
8. Loughton
9. Coleman
10. Wright
11. Mildenhall
This match in 1962 kicked off at 3.15pm along with all the other first team and reserve fixtures back then.
Thousands of people used to work on Saturday mornings in Colchester at the time in factories and hospitals and this would have been replicated across the country.
There was only 10 minutes allocated for the half time interval. | | | |
| Tigers at Layer Road on 15:29 - Oct 3 with 882 views | SparkfilmsTV |
I would be interested to know if the following football programme is the only survivor from Saturday, 13th August, 1960.
It was left in the Referee's changing room at Layer Road and is stamped 'COMPLIMENTARY'.
Maybe there are a few others floating around.
This is for a TRIAL MATCH and is The Blue and Whites versus The Reds.
Blue and Whites
1. Ames
2. Laidlaw
3. Fowler
4. Parker
5. Milligan
6. Hammond
7. Williams
8. Hill
9. Langman
10. King
11. Wright ( P ).
Reds
1. Wright ( J )
2. Marshall
3. Rumney
4. Millar
5. Woods
6. Hunt ( RM )
7. Blake
8. McLeod
9. Hunt ( RR )
19. Miller
11. Howe
I had quite a few connections to those named above..
Four of the Blue and Whites appeared in 'Made in Colchester', ( Derek Parker, Cyril Hammond, Peter Wright and Martyn King ).
Percy Ames lived near by.
Ronnie Hunt was my physio for several seasons.
Edgar Rumney was a formidable cricket opponent.
Sammy McLeod was a good friend to my Dad.
Bobby Hunt is a good friend to me and also appeared in 'Made in Colchester'. Bobby and l played cricket together and he made me cry laughing during play on several occasions!
I have spent a few hours in the loft so possibly more to follow. | | | |
| Tigers at Layer Road on 13:05 - Oct 6 with 833 views | SparkfilmsTV |
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It's a long long road
But it's a small small world
She was a cute cute girl
Wandering
Lost and lonely
Destined
That their paths would cross
On a deserted railway platform
Classic scene
B Movie
Nineteen Sixty Two
Steam trains
Soft rain
Her face is framed
And the past ...
Just drifts away
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 14:22 - Oct 6 with 825 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Continuing....
The Doctor
He welcomes her
With open arms
With promises
Of better days
And fun filled hazy nights
And all she has to do
Is dance baby dance
Trading glances
In the first and second row
These will be
Her finest moments
Captured
In two way mirrors
While the tapes revolve
And the camera clicks
A year
Of living dangerously
With unlimited perks
And visits to places
She could only dream about
Until now
'Call me Stephen
I'll call you Charlotte
You will be reinvented
With a new circle of friends
Miss Christine
Miss Mandy
Lords and Ladies
Agents from MI5
And Whitehall's finest
You will love it
Sit down
Keep still
Let me style your hair a little
I will capture
Those soft features
Your face will adorn the wall
Above the fireplace
Tomorrow
We have a visitor
From the Russian Embassy
And you need to be
Sparkling my dear
In the morning
We will go shopping
And in the evening
You will shower him
In phoney love
It works wonders
For all of us' [Post edited 7 Oct 20:02]
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 17:58 - Oct 7 with 766 views | SparkfilmsTV |
BISHOPSGATE TAXI RIDE
Monochrome sky
Flight paths and fly by's
Caught up
In this city matrix fabric
Glass
Reflections
Solar gain
Define your look
Design a life
Cut a special niche for yourself
It is yours if you want it
Bishopsgate
It's four thirty in the afternoon
Stenciled art
Reverb and underpass
Glass
Reflections
Dash seven self image glutton
LVL
Glow up baby
Go HOLOGRAPHIC
With your Jade Roller
And Kabuki brush
Just lush
Dipped in sodium laurel sulfate
We clean our transport
network regularly
with antiviral disinfectant
Diagonal grains in city lustre
Geometric plains
And form transitions
ZING
POP
BOOM
Cycle hubs and roof gardens
Connectivity
Wind mitigation canopies
Parallel facade texture tainted
And there she sways
Rhythm of day
Cross Atlantic selfies
Aspects
Colours
Decibels
Shed loads of cutting edge data
On PAY as YOU GO
And we're under
This monochrome sky
Trading
Fixing
Injecting behind a wheelie bin
Here come the Parallelograms
Will they attack?
TKE
Respect to thee
Some may never know
How you suffered in the glow [Post edited 7 Oct 20:23]
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Continuing....
The Doctor
He welcomes her
With open arms
With promises
Of better days
And fun filled hazy nights
And all she has to do
Is dance baby dance
Trading glances
In the first and second row
These will be
Her finest moments
Captured
In two way mirrors
While the tapes revolve
And the camera clicks
A year
Of living dangerously
With unlimited perks
And visits to places
She could only dream about
Until now
'Call me Stephen
I'll call you Charlotte
You will be reinvented
With a new circle of friends
Miss Christine
Miss Mandy
Lords and Ladies
Agents from MI5
And Whitehall's finest
You will love it
Sit down
Keep still
Let me style your hair a little
I will capture
Those soft features
Your face will adorn the wall
Above the fireplace
Tomorrow
We have a visitor
From the Russian Embassy
And you need to be
Sparkling my dear
In the morning
We will go shopping
And in the evening
You will shower him
In phoney love
It works wonders
For all of us' [Post edited 7 Oct 20:02]
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Note to this.
Miss Mandy is of course Mandy Rice - Davies.
Although she appeared as something of a side show during the Profumo case she went on to have an extraordinary career and was an associate of Margaret Thatcher. She was also recruited to assist Andrew Lloyd Webber on the production of the Stephen Ward musical.
Christine Keeler's later life was relatively subdued by comparison. | | | |
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SHORN
. . .
. . . .
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_ . _ .
_ _ _
_ _
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. . .
To
Me
In
A
Dream
Thy
Hair
Is
Shorn
And
Face
Looks
Mean
She
Is
Dangling
From
A
Cloud
Renaissance
Painting
Clad
In
Shrouds
The
Thunder
Heavy
And
Loud
Awoken
I
Turn
Around
. . .
. . . .
.
Is
Sleeping
Her
Arm
Outstretched
Breathing
Softly
Image
Etched | | | |
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 21:00 - Oct 7 by SparkfilmsTV |
Note to this.
Miss Mandy is of course Mandy Rice - Davies.
Although she appeared as something of a side show during the Profumo case she went on to have an extraordinary career and was an associate of Margaret Thatcher. She was also recruited to assist Andrew Lloyd Webber on the production of the Stephen Ward musical.
Christine Keeler's later life was relatively subdued by comparison. |
A little more information on this.
The Christine Keeler photoshoot that was undertaken by Lewis Morley in June 1963.
It was not Lewis Morley or Christine Keeler who introduced the naked shot on the chair. It was the film producers who were present at the shoot and 'insisted' Keeler be naked.
That film was never made.
The first two contact sheets have Keeler partially clothed on and around the chair.
The iconic image which became symbolic of the sixties was actually the final shot in the session ( roll of film ).
Morley took a few steps back from his camera position on that shot.
So it was virtually accidental that this image evolved and it was not art directed.
Keeler was the artistic director as such.
Lewis Morley wasn't even paid for the shoot but it elevated his status and reputation and was virtually a single image portfolio.
Christine Keeler always stated that she was not fully naked for that shot and Morley had insisted that all present ( including his assistant ) were required to vacate the studio.
Either way, some 61 years later, the shot has immense visual power. | | | |
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