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Tigers at Layer Road 21:11 - Sep 23 with 137953 viewsSparkfilmsTV

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 10:42 - Jun 30 with 1402 viewsSparkfilmsTV

Continuing with 'This OBSESSION'

Word was
You were back in town
I summoned up
All my courage and called round
We sat in your garden
You smoked
While we watched
The tracks of shooting stars
As they darted around
In the night skies
Surely this was a sign
And it occured to me once more
That all the most beautiful wonders
I always seemed to share them
With you
Rainbows
Waterfalls
Moonlight
And birdsong
So a new phase developed
And just like it's predecessor
Fraught with tension
Seeped in drama
At any given moment
You were prone to
Vitriolic outbursts
Was it the drink talking?
That knew no bounds

( TBC ).
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Tigers at Layer Road on 20:08 - Jun 30 with 1338 viewsSparkfilmsTV

'GAZE'

This is a first rough draft with many flaws.

Gaze out of the windscreen
At all your favourite movie scenes
And things you see in cherished dreams
Scan the horizon
With your crazy sense of timing
Once captured forever binding
See a hilltop begin climbing
Reach the apex start sliding
Look out across the ocean
See the world from afar in motion
All the things to which you aspire
Live the dream fly higher and higher
Yet everything will come at a price
Swept up in the heat
Then cold as ice
Step down from the stage
And turn another page
For each giant leap
You delve into the deep

( Apologies, wrote this straight off just now - it's about wanting then achieving stardom ).
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Tigers at Layer Road on 12:53 - Jul 1 with 1265 viewsSparkfilmsTV

Tigers at Layer Road on 20:08 - Jun 30 by SparkfilmsTV

'GAZE'

This is a first rough draft with many flaws.

Gaze out of the windscreen
At all your favourite movie scenes
And things you see in cherished dreams
Scan the horizon
With your crazy sense of timing
Once captured forever binding
See a hilltop begin climbing
Reach the apex start sliding
Look out across the ocean
See the world from afar in motion
All the things to which you aspire
Live the dream fly higher and higher
Yet everything will come at a price
Swept up in the heat
Then cold as ice
Step down from the stage
And turn another page
For each giant leap
You delve into the deep

( Apologies, wrote this straight off just now - it's about wanting then achieving stardom ).


Continuing with 'GAZE' in breakneck key strokes...

Bond Street window shopping
Scanning your reflection
You're the glossy digital print
From the latest collection
Leaving absolutely nothing
To chance
A style guro
Could not have made you
More enhanced
Jump out of the liquid crystal
And dance baby dance
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Tigers at Layer Road on 11:39 - Jul 4 with 1076 viewsSparkfilmsTV

'GAZE'

( Updated version ) -

Gaze out of the windscreen

At all your favourite movie scenes

Things you see in cherished dreams

Scan the horizon

With your crazy sense of timing

Once captured forever binding

See a mountain top begin climbing

Reach the apex then start sliding

Look out across the ocean

See the world from afar in motion

All the things to which you aspire

Live the dream fly higher and higher

Yet everything will come at a price

Swept up in the heat then cold as ice

Step down from this backlit stage

Then ruefully turn another page

For each and every giant leap

You delve further and further into the deep

Bond Street window shopping

Scanning a skeletal reflection

You're the glossy digital print

In another fashion collection

Leaving absolutely nothing to chance

A style guru could not have made you more enhanced

Jump on to this restaurant table

And dance baby dance

( It took seven or eight minutes to write the initial draft and then another half an hour changing odd words here and there - still quite raw though ).
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Tigers at Layer Road on 17:27 - Jul 6 with 957 viewsSparkfilmsTV

I have a recurring dream.

I'm in bare feet walking around London.

Feeling vulnerable and out of kilter with my surroundings.

This has been going on for the past 50 years now.

I used to have a friend who had a budgerigar.

Sometimes l could overhear conversations he was having with the thing.

He would speak to the budgie about his Ex wife and how he planned to kill her.

The budgie seemed to chuckle at the thought.

Some time later l heard that the Ex wife had been found dead in her bath.

I wondered if there was any malice or even if the budgie may have been involved in some way.

And if so, would that be conspiracy to murder?

Shortly after that the budgie died.

My friend was so distraught he took his own life a few days later.

I had a flash back about this while watching the tennis at Wimbledon this afternoon.
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Tigers at Layer Road on 20:14 - Jul 6 with 918 viewsSparkfilmsTV

I woke up around 4am this morning -.something must have startled me because l was some way through an absorbing and confused dream sequence.

Part of this dream is set in a 1920's ish building over several floors.

There are about five floors and a basement in the structure.

I am somewhere between the second and third floors on a concrete stairwell.

As l am walking up a blonde female, maybe around 28 with green eyes momentarily stops and our fingers touch on the handrail as she makes her way down the stairwell.

She has shoulder length hair and is sending some kind of telepathic message to me.

It's just gone 8pm and this sprung up again.

I have vivid dreams....quite often they are even more impactful when going back to sleep after around 4am.

I tried to locate the building in the next dream but was unable.

Perhaps the green eyed blonde will reappear in the twilight hours.
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Tigers at Layer Road on 12:27 - Jul 9 with 712 viewsSparkfilmsTV

I stopped off on a dog walk this morning to look at the former National Tyres garage at 16 Middleborough in Colchester central.

It's sitting there in silence. Must have closed quite recently but l have likely gone past it and not even noticed.

I was buying buildings in the late eighties and early nineties - this trait virtually bankrupted me when the market crashed around '93.

If it was 1989 right now and l saw this building was available l would likely have purchased it.

It's got extended work shops and storage and a decent sized car park at the rear.

It would have made the perfect location for my business back then.

I particularly like the dynamic of height in the area where the tyres were fitted.

This property has so much going for it but l suppose there is the possibility of it being demolished and a block of flats replacing it.

Bars and nightclubs are closing in Colchester but this building would have ( or may still make? ) a fantastic music venue and recording studio facility.

🙃🦮
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Tigers at Layer Road on 20:42 - Jul 9 with 656 viewsSparkfilmsTV

Tigers at Layer Road on 12:27 - Jul 9 by SparkfilmsTV

I stopped off on a dog walk this morning to look at the former National Tyres garage at 16 Middleborough in Colchester central.

It's sitting there in silence. Must have closed quite recently but l have likely gone past it and not even noticed.

I was buying buildings in the late eighties and early nineties - this trait virtually bankrupted me when the market crashed around '93.

If it was 1989 right now and l saw this building was available l would likely have purchased it.

It's got extended work shops and storage and a decent sized car park at the rear.

It would have made the perfect location for my business back then.

I particularly like the dynamic of height in the area where the tyres were fitted.

This property has so much going for it but l suppose there is the possibility of it being demolished and a block of flats replacing it.

Bars and nightclubs are closing in Colchester but this building would have ( or may still make? ) a fantastic music venue and recording studio facility.

🙃🦮
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This building is initially being marketed as a garage / auto establishment at £43,000 per annum - in excess of 5,000 square feet.

The short selection of images online ( just seven ) do not do it justice.

A few hundred yards away is the former 14th century building that was later known as The Stockwell Arms public house.

It's had an amazing refurb into a residential property with a guide price of £800,000 - seems like a great buy for someone.
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Tigers at Layer Road on 20:42 - Jul 9 by SparkfilmsTV

This building is initially being marketed as a garage / auto establishment at £43,000 per annum - in excess of 5,000 square feet.

The short selection of images online ( just seven ) do not do it justice.

A few hundred yards away is the former 14th century building that was later known as The Stockwell Arms public house.

It's had an amazing refurb into a residential property with a guide price of £800,000 - seems like a great buy for someone.


National Tyres seemed to close overnight with no announcement.

I find it strange it is being marketed for rent as doubt there will be many takers. I suspect it is being advertised for rent in readiness for owner to confirm to council there is no interest in property as a business concern and then planning application to be submitted for flats.

Wasn't the Stockwell Arms property previously being advertised at £1 million? I may be wrong on that figure but sure £900K has been bandied about.

The renovation/ refurb has been tastefully done but I think vendors have misjudged market conditions and think £800K is even optimistic in that area for now
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Tigers at Layer Road on 18:23 - Jul 12 with 413 viewsSparkfilmsTV

When l was in my first year of secondary school...in fact possibly the very first lesson a blonde curly haired kid let out this strange sound from the back of the classroom.

This would be a regular occurrence throughout his time at the school ( St Helena in Sheepen Road, Colchester ) he may have had some condition that no one had worked out back then.

Or perhaps not.

It is now my belief that he was imitating the sound of Dinosaurs.

63 million years between the extinction of dinosaurs and the beginning of humans?

That is proving impossible for me to get to grips with.

We are just a tiny spec in the passage of time.









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Tigers at Layer Road on 19:06 - Jul 12 with 391 viewsSparkfilmsTV

1997. Kings Road, Chelsea.

I was working for an advertising agency in the area. We were always busy and took a quick lunch most days and Bob Geldof would be sitting outside his favourite cafe ( The Picasso? ) drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

We used to say hello to him and he would reply.

I have 'Live Aid' on TV - BBC 2.

It's 40 years since.

I wish now l had hugged him and said 'Thank You'.
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Tigers at Layer Road on 18:26 - Jul 14 with 234 viewsSparkfilmsTV

I was in the lower Castle Park last night around 7.30.

There was a country music festival and a very nice vibe around the place.

We have a boating lake with no water in it.

Something to do with the work on the bridge at Middle Mill.

Anyway, l was watching the flight of seagulls who were circling above.

They were weaving patterns, circular and curvature manoeuvres, swooping down, then elevating themselves back upwards and l wondered if they were flying as their interpretation of the music?

The more l watched them the more their movement seemed in sinc with the sound waves.

Once you start watching something like this you notice how they just glide and hang in the air.

Seems like a form of ballet.
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Tigers at Layer Road on 18:44 - Jul 14 with 222 viewsSparkfilmsTV

Here is a tip for anyone buying a watering can.

The nozzle may well be loose in the bottom of the thing and it's tempting to get it out to inspect.

I tried this but got my hand caught in the watering can and was unable to get it out again.

Perhaps this is all recorded on CCTV.

I managed to pay for it with one hand and wore it on the walk back home.

It took 10 minutes to get it off.

It's a green plastic one.
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Tigers at Layer Road on 11:31 - Jul 16 with 118 viewsSparkfilmsTV

First draft for 'Hotel'

Hotel

Hotel food

Hotel mirror

Hotel bed

Hotel bathroom

He takes the elevator to reception

Meets his connection

Could be a man

Maybe trans?

A lady boy?

He is handed a suitcase

Laden with explosives

Bids him farewell

With a cursory

'Let this be the language of the land'

The timer is set for 11.08

And all he has to do is

Contemplate

Born July 21, 2005

Died July 21, 2028

Hotel

Shattered glass

Acrid smoke
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Tigers at Layer Road on 18:41 - Jul 16 with 74 viewsSparkfilmsTV

BREAKING NEWS

WARNING - FLASHING LIGHTS


I'm working in the office.

( Bedroom 3 ).

I heard raised voices across the square.

Looked out.

A woman has either a saucepan or frying pan and she has whacked the male across the head with the thing.

It made quite a clunk.

Children playing nearby stopped their activities momentarily.

He staggered across the road.

Got in his white van.

Drove off.

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