For Ben
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
All At Sea
Shabang Theatre's new DVD and CD is out now....featuring Kim Reuter, Russ Elias and 'undreds of cheeky sailors from the Up Club for children with additional needs. Plus the odd cartoon.
Test the power of your smile muscles..........
Thursday, 21 November 2013
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Bionic Goose
Tilly, a goose from Yorkshire who lost half her beak, has been fitted with a new one made out of denture fittings by a friendly vet dentist. Wouldn't like to have seen the bill.......
The Clangers
Good News Clanger Fans...they're getting a relaunch. Maybe a mini series for the Soup Dragon.....
Someone's Stolen my Waggon Wheel
Waggon Wheels and Jammy Dodgers have been snapped up by a Canadian Pensions Fund....
Aww Gee (the one I missed)
Saturday, 26 October 2013
British Summertime Ends
Sunbathing Rat...from Shabang Theatre Adventure's "All at Sea" DVD.....world premier coming soon! Blog has been quiet, but there's been much frantic drawing going on to ink in all the backgrounds for this musical voyage, featuring the wonderful kids from Shabang's family workshops, supporting children with additional needs.
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
My Latest Brick
Kirklees Way, Thornhill Edge to Clayton West and another new brick spotted. I didn't carry this one home though....
Elephant Petanque Death
An escaped circus elephant called Tanya has killed a French petanque player with her trunk, police said today. Bizarre tragic incident took place in Paris, the said Tanya having made good her escape by covering an electric fence with a piece of canvas....
Intercity 125, 1977
The other High Speed Train. Funny to think to new one won't be that much faster. Hopefully the sandwiches will be better though!
Saturday, 7 September 2013
Friday, 6 September 2013
La La Land
Uh-Oh! Time for Tubby Bye-Byes! Spoiler for Tellytubby Fans wanting to visit the set in Wimpstone, Warwickshire. Sick of Tellytubbites hanging around, the farmer has flooded the site.
Monday, 2 September 2013
Starfish
Starfish to cheer up for my poorly friends Vicky & June...from Shabang Theatre Adventures
Sunday, 1 September 2013
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Struhwelpieter
Story from Venezuela reminded me of this chap from a scary children's story......gangs are going around kidnapping girls to chop off their hair....a set of locks can fetch £500...
Apologies for scruffy scan. Whole lotta drawin' Goin' on!
Pea Brain
After their success growing a stem cell burger, the boffins have now grown the World's first pea-sized brain. Could come in handy......
Monday, 26 August 2013
Staffordshire Saxon
If you get a chance, go to see the Staffordshire Hoard at The Potteries Museum, Stoke on Trent. It's free to get in and it's quite a sight. It's on until September 1st.......
Anglo Saxon Gold
Took a trip to Stoke-on-Trent to see the magnificent Staffordshire Hoard again. Truly amazing craftsmanship- hundreds of intricately crafted gold and garnet-encrusted pieces dug up by a bloke called Terry in a field with his metal detector.....
Jane Austen on a Tenner
Of all the people to turn up on a tenner. Coming soon; Enid Blyton on a penny....
Knife, Fork & Spoon
Women in danger of forced arranged marriages are being urged to hide spoons in their clothing for detection by security staff at UK airports.....
The Full Monty
Monty Panesar arrested in Brighton Night Club after ill-advised Sprinkler Dance with night club bouncers....
Can We Have Our Ball Back?
Mummified head of Toy Moko, Maori Chief, being returned to New Zealand
after 150 years in Warrington..........
From Warrington With Love
Mummified Maori Chief's Shrunken Head to be returned to New Zealand after 150 years languishing in Warrington. Toy Moko's head will be shipped back to Wellington after the Rugby League World Cup........
Sonic Screwdriver
Darlek meets new Dr Who, Peter Capaldi, Malcolm Tucker-Style. The Thick of It actor gets to ride the tardis........
Monday, 22 July 2013
Alas Mel Smith
Farewell to Not the Nine O'clock News's Mel Smith. See the oh-so- subtle clip from 1982... Kinda Lingers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLgeiRO63mE
Thursday, 6 June 2013
Michael Douglas- Big Mouth Strikes Again
As this is a family show, I don't need to go into details. Michael Douglas put it so... eloquently
Monday, 3 June 2013
When Beavers Attack
Avoid petting beavers in Belarus.... man-killing beaver bit a fisherman who went to give it a stroke, severing an artery. The article I read said also watch out for kinkajoos and duck-billed platypuses.
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
On Top of The World
29th May 1953: Hillary and Tenzing Conquer Everest
New Zealander Edmund Hillary, and the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest, the surveyor-general of India who was the first to produce detailed maps of the Indian subcontintent including the Himalayas.
Edmund Hillary was knighted on his return.
Sir Edmund took part in several expeditions after that including a trip across Antarctica to the South Pole in 1958. He set up a medical and educational trust for the Sherpa people in 1961 and was New Zealand High Commissioner to India in Delhi from 1984 to 1989.
He died aged 88 in January 2008
Tenzing Norgay was awarded the George Medal for his achievement and later became director of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling. He died in 1986.His family are campaigning for a posthumous knighthood...By the 50th anniversary of the ascent in May 2003 over 1,300 people had reached the summit of the roof of the world.
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Big Cheese
American wins Traditional Gloucester Cheese rolling contest, held annually on Cooper's Hill, Brockworth
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