[GCW]

Is no one going to mention Olivia Newton-John?

Yeah, Grease is sh@t but she was great.

[Mike Highbury]

Is no one going to mention Olivia Newton-John?

Yeah, Grease is sh@t but she was great.

And what a family tree she had.

[shurt]

Back in the 80's my mum used to go to the Roaches regularly, running personal development courses for British Gas and Royal Mail apprentices. Sometimes the youngsters could be hard work and be a bit macho and cocky, which she would solve by asking Doug to do his axe routine, which would terrify the living daylights out of them and get them in order sharpish. She'll be gutted to hear he's gone, she had a real soft spot for him.

Could you please elaborate on exactly what the "axe routine" was?!!
 

[cheque]

Lamont Dozier, the middle part of the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting and production team that were arguably the most important part of Motown Records in the sixties. Have a quick look at this list if you think you’ve never heard of him.

[SA Chris]

Raymond Briggs.

Responsible for so much pleasure from my childhood, not only of the Snowman & Father Christmas, but also Fungus the Bogeyman and the grim reality of what could be have been in When the Wind Blows

[Oldmanmatt]

Raymond Briggs.

Responsible for so much pleasure from my childhood, not only of the Snowman & Father Christmas, but also Fungus the Bogeyman and the grim reality of what could be have been in When the Wind Blows

When the wind blows, was my introduction into Raymond Briggs, followed by Gentleman Jim. Quite character forming for a 10 year old and I can’t now understand how I ended up so conservative in my late teens/20s. Anyway, still an underlying influence on my worldview today. Now I’m struck by the juxtaposition of such gentle, pastel, art; portraying such brutal reality.

[danm]

Back in the 80's my mum used to go to the Roaches regularly, running personal development courses for British Gas and Royal Mail apprentices. Sometimes the youngsters could be hard work and be a bit macho and cocky, which she would solve by asking Doug to do his axe routine, which would terrify the living daylights out of them and get them in order sharpish. She'll be gutted to hear he's gone, she had a real soft spot for him.

Could you please elaborate on exactly what the "axe routine" was?!!

He'd come out of the cottage waving it and acting like a feral madman and scare the daylights out of the trainees, so I'm told.

[andy popp]

I've just seen, again on Facebook, that John Hartley, a very important figure in the surge of development in Lancashire in the early 80s, as well as in the early days of sport climbing in Yorkshire in the same period, died this morning. I don't know anything about the circumstances.

[sherlock]

Sorry to hear that.
John was a weeknight fixture in the quarries when I lived in Bolton.Voracious appetite for new lines.
Condolences to his family.

[mrjonathanr]

Shame. I remember John, used to be see him at Malham a fair bit years ago.

[andy popp]

The Guardian gave Doug an obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/26/doug-moller-obituary

[SamT]

 

Surely a post missing from here...  I'm no Monarchist by anymeans, but on a more human level, RIP Liz.

[SA Chris]

I said it in the politics thread, but agree.

Not sure if I was her I would ever forgive Boris, but I expect she did.

[Bradders]

Surely a post missing from here...  I'm no Monarchist by anymeans, but on a more human level, RIP Liz.

 

Either an intriguing insight into the political bend of this forum, or it's so ubiquitous across every inch of news coverage that no one felt it necessary to post... 

[spidermonkey09]

Was quite enjoying UKB as a point of escape from the madness to be honest...

[Wellsy]

Yeah it's going to be wall to wall for a while.

[Nails]

I was driving at the time and from the announcement at about 5pm to 10pm when I got back every BBC radio channel broadcast the same "nothing but Queen" coverage. This included all local channels, Asian Network, literally everything. Whilst I recognise her death is a pretty big deal, and I had plenty of respect for her, the BBC removing all choice from listeners struck me as very odd and somehow not quite right.

[shark]

Quite. I was hoping to get a report on the governments plans on dealing with energy costs. Gave up waiting - did they even report on this in the end?

[teestub]

The price freeze stuff? Was reported and will still go ahead apparently
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/08/liz-truss-to-freeze-energy-bills-price-at-2500-a-year-funded-by-borrowing

[shark]

I meant on the beeb

[Nails]

And now all football has been cancelled for the weekend, including for my 10 year old daughter. The last 3 stages of the Tour of Britain. It strikes me that everyone will cancel everything, but not because they feel they should. It's fear of being accused of being disrespectful. I liked the Queen, but I don't intend to spend the weekend doing fuck all.

[Oldmanmatt]

I’m in Dubai. Got here at 0800 yesterday morning, crashed in my hotel. Woke to multiple messages etc.
I have to say, it’s saturating the news here too. Any “monarch” or “royalty” related news usually does, globally. I suppose monarchs like to see themselves as one big global Corps.
Anyway, mixed feelings for me. On a personal/human, even “being British”  level, it’s a sad day and I feel it. I respect it.
On a more realistic level, I wish we could move on from the anachronism of Royalty(TM).

[spidermonkey09]

And now all football has been cancelled for the weekend, including for my 10 year old daughter. The last 3 stages of the Tour of Britain. It strikes me that everyone will cancel everything, but not because they feel they should. It's fear of being accused of being disrespectful. I liked the Queen, but I don't intend to spend the weekend doing fuck all.

Don't you realise enjoying yourself or having fun is disrespectful? Subjects are only permitted to watch the news and go to work during national mourning it seems...

[edshakey]

And now all football has been cancelled for the weekend, including for my 10 year old daughter. The last 3 stages of the Tour of Britain. It strikes me that everyone will cancel everything, but not because they feel they should. It's fear of being accused of being disrespectful. I liked the Queen, but I don't intend to spend the weekend doing fuck all.

We could have just had a nice self contained Friday of cancellations, and then go back it again on Saturday. Now everything is cancelled til Monday - where does it end? Liverpool at home in UCL in Tuesday, surely that can't be stopped too. This could become an incredibly boring 10 days if other sports and events follow suit.

I did notice the IFSC haven't cancelled Edinburgh. So that's something to keep us entertained!

Don't you realise enjoying yourself or having fun is disrespectful? Subjects are only permitted to watch the news and go to work during national mourning it seems...

Quite. If you want to mourn at home, go for it! No need to stop the fun for everyone else who's at best ambivalent.

[petejh]

No, you will mourn if it kills you (from boredom). This is how every Sunday used to feel, back when people respected non-existent powers.