I was kindly allowed to sit in on a rehearsal of Broadway last night, the new show being staged by students of dramatic art at the Thorp Academy. As they rehearsed ‘The Rhythm of Life’ […]
Book worm
I had half an hour to kill the other day, and, happily for me, that half hour was in Hexham. I also had thirty quid of left over birthday money. Waterstone’s I thought blissfully. I […]
It was on the ninth of June……….
I’m in a lot of trouble over the Blaydon Race. I strive to support Heather throughout her every sporting endeavour. I spur her on, sitting for hours in the car slurping Costa while she completes […]
The Blaydon Race
Heather has suffered an ongoing trauma of cataclysmic proportions this week. Has she broken something? An elbow or a toe maybe? Has anyone died? No much worse than any of that – her Jawbone won’t […]
We’re going to Horse of the Year!
Whenever we go for a walk, Heather moans about having to keep stopping for me to take photographs. She’s a fine one to talk. Every motley old horse we pass (and where we live there […]
More on Ryton Choral Society
This site has a lot of readers, for which I’m flattered and grateful, but it’s still just a hobby. I’m not a celebrated newspaper hack who can bestow widespread publicity upon all who speak to […]
Well done you Robins !!
I wouldn’t want to live in London, but I love to visit, so I was delighted when Heather got us tickets to see North Shields v Glossop North End in the final of the FA Vase on Saturday […]
Marron Theatre Arts Centre
My experience in the perusal of a dancing career was not a happy one. When I was seven or eight, I was taken to a ballet lesson in a hall below Ryton Methodist Church. You […]
I love our NHS, even if they don’t know left from right
I’ve had so much benefit from the NHS of late, and with marvellous efficiency to boot. I turned up for a scan at the RVI last week and they dealt with me half an hour […]
All the fun……
I’ve heard from a lady called Alison Stancliffe. Alison is a choral singer, and she has kindly emailed to tell me about the Ryton Choral Society. Did you know that there was such a thing? […]
Kalem Patterson – Rytonian star, but remember – it’s me who told you first
This isn’t a review site, but I like to tell you what I’ve been doing and I mention the Live Theatre on here quite a lot. On Friday evening Heather and I went to see […]
It’s the little things that hurt ……
Hello, I’ve had a few health problems this week following a slight mishap, so a short time off work while I have a considerable amount of interaction with the NHS, who have been bloody brilliant […]
Ryton Festival. Whatever will happen to?
There’s a line in the 1976 film version of the popular TV series Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, where Terry makes reference to Omar Sharif. He says; “If Omar Sharif was born in Gateshead, […]
Another evening of good music. Ryton Festival
I was back at the Festival last night, along in Emma Hall, to see and hear Class 16 LIEDER Voice and Pianoforte sessions, Class 18 OPERATIC ARIA Male Voice Open, and Class 23, ARIA FROM […]
Ryton Festival – Wendy Craig remembers !
I’ve had a lovely weekend away with Heather, but I was disappointed that it meant having to miss some of the Ryton Festival events. I’ll be going again this Thursday evening however, for the eleventh session in Emma Hall. […]
Does anyone remember Any Questions?
6pm on Friday evening found me sitting in the midst of my old stomping ground, the Charles Thorp Academy school hall, stealthily munching my way through a bag of Haribo while I waited for the […]
The loss of a Rytonian
I’m very sorry to hear that a Ryton icon has died. I’ve mentioned Ernie Brodrick before in this blog, and talked about my belief that over the time span of a couple of decades, from the early […]
Coats and capes
A young lady called Katie Cutler has been in the news this week. She has raised a vast amount of money for Alan Barnes who was attacked a few days ago outside his home in […]
Fine wine & Newcastle Quayside
On Friday evening we went to see “Mortdecai” at the Odeon Cinema in the Metrocentre. It stars Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor and Gwyneth Paltrow. My advice to you if you’re thinking of going to see it is […]
Growing old and up
“Never grow old Tam,” was my Dad’s advice two or three years before he died and while he was still fit enough to go for a walk with me. We were walking on Ryton Willows, Dad […]
The Victoria Tunnel, Newcastle
I ‘ve always maintained that if you’re lucky enough to live in the North East then you have no excuse for ever saying you’re bored. There’s always something to do or somewhere to visit, and […]
Let there be light, looking forward to a sunny 2015
Well we’re at the end of those surreal two weeks during which the world seems slightly different. Christmas for us begins with going to see the pantomime at the back-end of November and culminates with […]
Eating a lot…
We noticed last week that the Silver Giraffe in Ryton has changed hands, or at least we think it has, because there’s a different name up and their Facebook/Twitter pages haven’t been updated for a […]
What’s in a word? Everything!
I’ve missed out a couple of blogs; unlike me I know but we’ve been busy getting married you see. Not that it went completely smoothly, things rarely do for us. We had our civil partnership […]
Getting Christmassy
I finally made it to the Ryton Farmer’s Market last weekend. It’s held near to the Pit Wheel beside Ryton Rugby Club on the last Saturday of every month, though there will be a Christmas Market […]
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