Yes, it’s the Sex Pistols for the Festival next year, if you’ve ever seen the DVD of the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival and the response by some uptight Freshwater knobs, imagine what they would have made of Johnny Rotten & Co gracing our diamond isle!
Mind you, if there is any backlash, we only need [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Saturday night bang
Posted in Isle of Wight Festival, tagged Sex Pistols, Isle of Wight Festival on November 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Festival wish list
Posted in Isle of Wight Festival on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
After the relative anti-climax of The Police and a denial by John Giddings that Led Zeppelin would grace the stage, I’ve been musing on possible lineups:
How about Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Neil Young and Joe Walsh? Local band, The Bees would also be a popular choice. A guest appearance by Lou Reed [...]
Festival Fuzz
Posted in Isle of Wight Festival, tagged Isle of Wight Festival, The Police on November 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hello, hello, hello………….yes, it’s official, The Police top the bill at the Isle of Wight Festival 2008. Don’t know how I feel about it really, not over-excited!
Christmas arrives early
Posted in General, tagged Christmas tree, East Cowes, Isle of Wight on November 22, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s official, the East Cowes Christmas tree heralds the season of goodwill. Still over a month to go!
Guess I’ll have to pee against the wall then…
Posted in General, tagged Isle of Wight, Cowes, Public Toilets on November 22, 2007 | No Comments »
… the public toilet in the Cut, Cowes, is no more. Scene of massed nocturnal gatherings and alleged drug dealing, the crowds will have to go elsewhere. Think I’d rather be at home with a mug of Earl Grey than frequenting urine stenched conveniences; maybe it’s my age!
Powys House incident
Posted in General, tagged East Cowes, Fire Service, Isle of Wight on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
As I passed Powys House Residential Home in East Cowes at 19:30 today, there was a fire engine plus the foam unit vehicle in attendance and the property was taped off. Trust it to be a time when my camera was at home (I never learn); on my return the incident was obviously over, though [...]
The lights work!
Posted in General, tagged Isle of Wight, Koan, St Mary's Hospital on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Passing the revamped Koan outside St.Mary’s Hospital, I was delighted to see that the lights now work. I’m waiting for a full feature from the County P*ss praising the work undertaken!
Island Harbour: Old and new, care and neglect
Posted in General, tagged Island Harbour, Isle of Wight, Ryde Queen, Veronica on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Island Harbour is a hive of activity these days; what with the development of luxury waterside properties with their own moorings and an apparent revamp of the harbour facilities. The Bistro has been rebuilt and there is a feelgood factor about the harbour, though there is clearly plenty of work going on.
I had been drawn [...]
Going… going… gone (2)
Posted in General, tagged East Cowes, Isle of Wight, Post Office closure on November 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Here we have the Meadow Road shops, on the Vectis Road estate in East Cowes. As you can see, Meadow Stores is shut and up for sale, the Post Office is also scheduled for closure. Again this largely affects the less privileged who will have a good 10-15 minute walk to get to alternative facilities, [...]
Going…going…gone (1)
Posted in General, tagged Cowes, Isle of Wight, Post Office closure on November 14, 2007 | No Comments »
So who will the impending closure of Medina Post Office, York Road, Cowes affect?
1. Well, not all Cowes residents are wealthy and York Road is close to the Arctic Road area, typically older, smaller housing stock, meeting the needs of the relatively disadvantaged, the elderly and the small but growing ethnic communities of Cowes.
2. Local [...]
