The Face At The Window

Posted by Kingsley Road Kid on April 30, 2009 12:14 PM

In the seventies I worked at a well-known men's wear shop in the Old Town. A friend I worked with was always playing jokes on customers when the boss wasn't around.
We once got caught playing an improvised game of cricket with a ball of paper covered in cello tape. The game ended abruptly with me scoring a six, by the hitting the paper ball passed the boss's right ear as he arrived back from lunch.

One of the favorite tricks was to take the wig off one of the window dummies and wear it, sometimes standing in the window like part of the display, we'd stand still for ages, until someone came to look in the window, then we would suddenly move and frighten the life out of the passer-by.

During windy conditions one-day the top of a Bellsh'a beacon fell off its post on the zebra crossing it rolled into our shop doorway. We phoned the local council who came out to put a new one on but they didn't bother to take the old beacon away, we ended up with it in the shop.
So we carried it upstairs into the top room, three floors up a narrow staircase with very creaky boards. A few days later a huge crowd was gathered outside the shop all craning their necks upwards to the top window, I wondered what was going on, I looked up and in the window was the old Bellsh'a beacon top staring out of window with a big red face in red marker pen drawn on it, smiling away happily.
The crowd was in uproar at my friend's latest joke and they fell about laughing at our schoolboy prank.
The boss told us off when he found out later and we had to take it down.

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Adrenaline - Jill Clewes Performing Arts

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on April 28, 2009 9:25 AM

Adrenaline is being performed by Jill Clewes Performing Arts School at the Regent Theatre (Wednesday 29 April - Saturday 2 May) She is bringing some of theatre's finest performers to work with some of the most talented young performers in the area. This is an all round musical theatre experience - you are guaranteed to find something to give you the 'rush' you are looking for! Fast paced - high action.

Michaleen Hilton - who is working on the show says 'It is a great opportunity for local youngsters to work with some of Broadway and West end's finest performers. They have assisted with over 400 young people appearing on stage at The Regent next week. Also some will also be performing alongside the kids which will be great. Having seen most of the rehearsals, its amazing to see how young people progress and I would recommend any parent who's son or daughter want to perform to come along and see what this school has to offer a child of any age, who really wants to go into theatre. I would call it a 'one stop shop' for performing arts. '

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tea bottles and Advert Breaks

Posted by Kingsley Road Kid on April 27, 2009 12:04 PM

When my little brother was about four and a half years old.
He was so amusing to me, his older brother. The way he held on to his tea bottle and guarded it like his most precious possession, having only recently lost his dummy eighteen months before.
We were very poor and Ray's bottle had to be improvised, the teat was made from a finger from a rubber glove, and the bottle was an old medicine bottle washed out, he carried it everywhere with him.
Although we tried to hide it from him to wean him off it, he always had the knack of finding it again. He would hide it himself if any of our neighbours came to visit.

Ray didn't watch much television, but when the new commercial channel came out and began showing adverts, Ray would be attracted by the music from the adverts, so would come out from hiding for the adverts break, then go back behind the chair, that's after kicking me in the shins for laughing at him.

As he grew older, he began to collect car numbers, but soon got bored standing there for hours, because cars were few then.
His next project was to write down the adverts that came on the television but you had to be quick because they were only short. Soon this got a bit repetitive for my brother, as the same adverts came on over and over, in the early days adverts were rare and only a few companies could afford to put them on the television.

The time came for the school photo; my brother wore one of my dad's shirts to school, along with a red bow tie on elastic, which I delighted in twanging at every opportunity.
In later years my little brother did get his revenge however by drawing a mustache complete with beard and glasses on my prize possession a Kate Bush poster, little did he know I had already drawn a ginger beard on his Abba poster the blond girl in the band seem to suit it somehow.

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Ettiley Heath Playing Field Association

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on April 15, 2009 8:58 AM

We are a voluntary organisation who, as a committee, are custodians of a playing field that was left to the people of Ettiley Heath some years ago in trust. We are endeavouring to build on the success of several previous committees to ensure that the field is a safe environment that is utilised for recreation, leisure and sport.

During the past year the committee, in liaison with Cheshire Highways and through the generosity of local residents have accomplished quite a lot. The lane that runs parallel to the field, Sandy lane, is now a safe traffic free walk/cycle way and we have created a new entrance and a turning area for vehicles.

We are now turning our attention to the facilities that will be available on the field which range from sporting activities to creating new footpaths and a safe secure play area for little people and their mums and dads.

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Gone But Not Forgotten

Posted by Kingsley Road Kid on April 10, 2009 12:11 PM

'Gone But Not forgotten, Memories of Canal Street' By Chris Darlington

The book tells the history of Runcorn F.C. and Canal Street from 1918 to 2001. There are many rare photographs in the book and some humorous stories looking through eyes and the memories of fans, ex players and managers.
The author has tried to bring to life the wonderful atmosphere and character of Canal Street. This is the first book written about Runcorn F.C. and Canal Street. This life long Runcornian covers lots of stories that have now become folklore. This book has been a real labour of love and is a very enjoyable read.
The book can be sourced from the Curiosity Book Shop, High Street, Runcorn.
Or from the Runcorn Linnets Fc Website

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Entertainment for Crewe

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on April 2, 2009 8:20 AM

We are an Entertainment Agency based in Crewe who cover the UK in all aspects of providing any form of entertainment for all manner of events. We are looking at running entertainment nights in the local area to help promote new bands from both outside the local area and within it. We are also looking at developing schemes for young local bands to take their first steps into entering the entertainment industry and perhaps being able to make a living from it.

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