Bibliophile, member of the Ghost Club. Member of the Georgian Society for East Yorkshire. Last of the steam powered trains. Vintage Star Wars stuff.
Hull, UK
Joined September 2010
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Just in time for Halloween, my new book, The Night Shift, is out today! 👻📖
Featuring over 50 accounts of hauntings from Scotland’s hospitals and care homes, with a foreword by the wonderful Nat from @WeirdInTheWade.
Available now on Amazon! amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HNRHB8YH
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In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund
alzresearch.org/giving/
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources
alzfdn.org/donate/
Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
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A small peak at the Halloween episode of the podcast- Gloucestershire's Ghost House 👻😱 The true account of a very haunted house in the Forest of Dean. Did the local Spiritualist church have something to do with this haunting?
Full episode out on 30/10/26
Also bought at visit to my framer's studio yesterday, couldn't resist. Also an excellent artist in his own right (Mark Hebblewhite)! #thecramps
Good Morning! My Halloween night is sorted with a gig at the Hull Adelphi by Roman Jugg who played the keyboards with the Damned at the time of this classic album! #thedamned – at Hull, England
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“What number is this, Chip?”
“7-A!”
This weekend marks the anniversary of “Daydream Believer,” released on October 25, 1967.
Written by John Stewart of the Kingston Trio, and produced by Chip Douglas, it became one of those records that seemed to be an instant hit. Davy sang the lead, I sang harmony, Mike played guitar, Peter played piano, and Chip was there on bass and percussion. Shorty Rogers supplied the orchestral arrangement.
The single became our third No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, holding the top spot for four weeks. It also reached No. 1 in Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa, No. 2 in Australia and Norway, No. 4 in Germany and Japan, and No. 5 in the U.K.
Peter came up with that instantly recognizable piano introduction, and the B-side was “Goin’ Down.” It had actually been recorded during the sessions for PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN & JONES LTD., but wound up appearing on THE BIRDS, THE BEES & THE MONKEES instead.
Let's hear it for "Daydream Believer!"
#TheMonkees
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October 23, 1959: Twilight Zone's "The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine" airs. A movie queen who pines for the old days finds a unique and supernatural way to rejoin her former co-stars.
Stars Ida Lupino, who later directed "The Masks" — the only star to helm a TZ *and* the only woman.
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@MarkYarksHopper
I saw that 18th century naval discharge certificate you posted & thought you might be interested in this letter
It's dated 20 September 1804, from a Lieutenant French of Hull, chasing unpaid Prize Money.
AI has done a reasonable job of the transcript.
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I found it. I moved a small collection of old documents to a fancy tin, on my bookshelves, last New Year.
This is it (and the offending tin):-
New addition to my Georgian library- this rebound pamphlet from 1782. First printing of the resignation speech of Foreign Secretary Charles James Fox due to distrust of new PM Lord Shelburn appointed by George III and failure to end American War. A shocking moment! – at Hull, England
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🌹 50 YEARS OF ‘NEW ROSE’ 🌹
On this day in 1976, we released our very first single, ‘New Rose’, and the rest, as they say, is history.
50 years later, we’re still here, thank you for your support, loyalty and beautiful damnation.
Here’s to the next chapter. 🖤🦇
