Suggs from 'Madness' discusses the first time he saw the 'Specials' in the "Hope and Anchor" pub (207 Upper St, Islington, London N1) which had hosted many famous bands such as U2, The Police, and The Stranglers. Pubs really have given us more than we could ever give them.

Oh, to be on a beano to Margate with the crew in simpler times. 🏆

Now I've has some shaving cuts in my time, but this one's biblical. The bathroom literally looks like a crimescene

Imagine calling a pub like this an "eyesore plot" instead of suggesting it should be saved by any means possible. What a disingenuous, untrustworthy press we have.

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/cleckheaton-pub-set-transformation-building-32489075?utm_source=app

One of the many reasons that people are especially addicted to their phones is because, unlike our recent ancestors, you can no longer innocently enjoy English scenery in the knowledge that life is good when we all know bloody well that it isn't.

This is what a good woman looks like.

The more that time goes on, the more I want to go back.

Ageing in todays world is made far harder whilst living in the knowledge that future generations will never see so many of the wonderful things that so many of us barely remember.

Though it's noble to work hard and to make a success of one's self, do not spend, and waste your entire life working for someone else if it means you'll never do so in one way or another for yourself.

Fort Galaxy Gym, 1 Connaught Ln, #Ilford, #IG1

We just don't make em' like we used to. ⏳️

Woodford Green, IG8

There will never be another Chas and Dave.

The mass majority of society has become so miserably and insecurely engrossed in the forever growing, unquenchable stimulus conjured by technology that they have little to no concept of the sense of purpose and contentment that for so long, existed without it.

There are many sights that make us miss what we're looking at even if we weren't alive to experience them when they took place.