And as the sun finally starts to shine on the season here in the old country, the pod also returns from behind the clouds. Chapeau to you and Pete. Great to see it back
Hi Gideon. I read this and followed the link to the article about Paul Melville as the name rang a bell. Then it came back to me that I saw him play in the Lancashire League at Bacup for Rishton in the late 1970s. I had no idea of his tragic early death.
My grandparents lived next to Bacup Cricket Club and that’s where I watched my earliest cricket matches and got to see some world stars playing as professionals for various Lancashire League clubs. This has all changed now with the advent of T20 leagues etc. It got me thinking that there might be an interesting book to be written about Australians playing in the Lancashire leagues. I remember Bacup signing a very young Mark O’Neill, son of Norm, who ended up coaching internationally I think.
Pedantic maybe but surely it was fifty years and two months since the Chappell double twin tons Test? As a single-figure-aged English kid obsessed with Australian cricket in the seventies I knew those numbers well. On a similar note I saw footage of the Thompson / Turner collision from Adelaide in 1976 for the first time last night. All these years I’d imagined the camera being at Thommo’s end 😊
1. Why are you ever so concerned about who wins the Indian elections? The people will decide themselves, what causes this great hatred in your heart for Modi? If it still seems like a Nuremberg rally then you might need medical help for mental illness
2. How many enemies has USA assasinated on foreign lands? Osama for one, was that legal?
3. A fascist authoritarian like Modi does not allow free and fair elections, there has been absolutely no suppression of free speech as hundreds of critics like you and many others on social media go on about their rants while exercising their free speech.
4. Indias intelligence ops in Australia pertained to Pakistani funding of Khalistani separatist groups. Australia has absolutely no enmity with India neither are they any security threat or weapons maestro that India is concerned about. The WaPo report was released in agreement with US govt who wants Modi to not be in power as he does not tread their lines.
Foreign election inteference in India is nothing new. Has been happening since day 1 in 1947.
I like The Dandy Warhols. Although I've boiled my Dandy's listening down to one album, specifically 3 songs. The one two of Be-In and Boys Better, and Every Day Should Be A Holiday.
This is actually Ten Things #8. Apologies to email recipients that had it sent as #7; mia culpa.
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Thanks for the link to Anwen’s piece Gideon. Lovely stuff 👍
It's fantastic, isn't it? What a talent.
And as the sun finally starts to shine on the season here in the old country, the pod also returns from behind the clouds. Chapeau to you and Pete. Great to see it back
Absolutely. Uplifting to read a smart new voice in long form on the game 🙂
Hi Gideon. I read this and followed the link to the article about Paul Melville as the name rang a bell. Then it came back to me that I saw him play in the Lancashire League at Bacup for Rishton in the late 1970s. I had no idea of his tragic early death.
My grandparents lived next to Bacup Cricket Club and that’s where I watched my earliest cricket matches and got to see some world stars playing as professionals for various Lancashire League clubs. This has all changed now with the advent of T20 leagues etc. It got me thinking that there might be an interesting book to be written about Australians playing in the Lancashire leagues. I remember Bacup signing a very young Mark O’Neill, son of Norm, who ended up coaching internationally I think.
Pedantic maybe but surely it was fifty years and two months since the Chappell double twin tons Test? As a single-figure-aged English kid obsessed with Australian cricket in the seventies I knew those numbers well. On a similar note I saw footage of the Thompson / Turner collision from Adelaide in 1976 for the first time last night. All these years I’d imagined the camera being at Thommo’s end 😊
Thanks again, Gideon. Like yourself, Anwen's great on a variety of topics and she's especially excellent on music. A cornucopia.
1. Why are you ever so concerned about who wins the Indian elections? The people will decide themselves, what causes this great hatred in your heart for Modi? If it still seems like a Nuremberg rally then you might need medical help for mental illness
2. How many enemies has USA assasinated on foreign lands? Osama for one, was that legal?
3. A fascist authoritarian like Modi does not allow free and fair elections, there has been absolutely no suppression of free speech as hundreds of critics like you and many others on social media go on about their rants while exercising their free speech.
4. Indias intelligence ops in Australia pertained to Pakistani funding of Khalistani separatist groups. Australia has absolutely no enmity with India neither are they any security threat or weapons maestro that India is concerned about. The WaPo report was released in agreement with US govt who wants Modi to not be in power as he does not tread their lines.
Foreign election inteference in India is nothing new. Has been happening since day 1 in 1947.
Slow day in the troll farm, Adarsh?
try refuting the points Gideon, else just say that you have no clue what you're talking about.
Lets not get personal because I too have a lot of things to say in that direction :)
Thanks for popping by. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
I like The Dandy Warhols. Although I've boiled my Dandy's listening down to one album, specifically 3 songs. The one two of Be-In and Boys Better, and Every Day Should Be A Holiday.
They're pretty formulaic, but it's not a bad formula.