…including the start of several new sub-albums.
Fanzine Gallery being one of them, that has just been started and will add on to from time to time.
Also Huntingdon Street photos courtesy of Jellyfish (Stewart)
Farleigh Road photos courtesy of Jellyfish (Stewart)
Nightingale Estate photos courtesy of Jellyfish (Stewart)
Daubeney Road photos courtesy of Jellyfish (Stewart)
Additions to Puppies And Their Friends section courtesy of Jellyfish (Stewart)
Johns Highbury homecoming 2008 photos courtesy of John (and some by Penguin).
Memories of Min photos courtesy of (the adorable) Min.
Huntingdon Street reunion – photos courtesy of Stewart (who is lovely).
Harlow and Bishops Stortford scene – Tony Mottram and Neil Puncher photos from Michael Mitchell collection.
Mutoid Britain gathering 06/12/08
Photographs of the artwork, structures and machines plus the KYPP affiliated folk that attended this particular night, from the collections of Aithche, daughter of Mick Lugworm, Vicky Ridley and Steve Corr.
Tods Wapping Autonomy Centre toilet shots
Absolutely classy series of photographs modelled by some of the regular punters in the toilets at the Wapping Autonomy Centre.
Does anyone know of the whereabouts of Christina (above) from Bologna?
If so please leave a message in the comments section for this post.
Some new photos from the collection of the adorable Vicky Ridley are now uploaded in the photo gallery right HERE
Vickys photos take in London squats, the west country, punks and travellers in Spain and Portugal…
Fod has now kindly supplied some photgraphs circa 1982 / 1983 that can be viewed HERE
Martin Flux collection HERE
Lugworms spring picnic 2010 HERE
The lovely Tinsel has sent some of her photos to KYPP which may be seen HERE
Loads more photos being added all the time, so please keep coming back for new editions to the gallery.
Chris
February 8, 2008 at 1:54 pmyes, I know…posted up a part of that in the thread on crass forum. Andy’s just being daft and trying to get a reaction. Why, i neither know or care about. ho hum…
Tim
February 8, 2008 at 2:56 pmOut of interest Chris do you remember Andy’s “Beat the ban” campaign regarding Screwdrivers White Power EP? I’m sure it was all tongue in cheek but I remember feeling that was complete arse regardless of the motives.
Chris
February 8, 2008 at 3:40 pmyes, Tim, alas, I do. As you rightly say complete arse. I recall his rationale being “Why shouldn’t shops stock ‘White power’ if they stock the Redskins’ ‘neither Washington nor Moscow’ LP?” The answer to which one would have hoped wasn’t too taxing on the braincells.
Tim
February 8, 2008 at 3:48 pmThanks. Given this I’m having serious difficulty getting my head around that comment from him…
“I know from personal experience how it feels to be on the receiving end of neo-nazi violence – when my home was gutted by fire from petrol bombs lobbed through the front window by neo-nazi cowards in 1984 – when 4 members of a wretched little motorcycle gang barged into Daves’ flat, shoved on a cassette of Wehrmacht marching songs and attacked me with a pick-axe handle in 1985. How do you expect me to react when a bunch of white middle class hippies tell me, from the safety of their Epping commune, that ‘left wing, right wing, it’s all the effing same’? Bollocks is it – wake up! How many times have I been beaten up, assaulted and had my home attacked by communists? None.”
Chris
February 8, 2008 at 4:34 pmjoin the club mate, join the club…
luggy
February 8, 2008 at 4:58 pmI gave up long ago trying to work out what went on in Andy’s head, probably likes being antagonistic just for the sake of it. Still, life would be dull without eccentrics like him around.
Nic
February 8, 2008 at 5:00 pmI haven’t really commented on this topic (either here or at the Crass board) for a number of reasons, one of which is that it is slightly saddening that the lessons about ‘friendly fire’ (from the Spanish war onwards) don’t seem to have been taken onboard…
I respect Crass’ pacifist stance, which I would perceive (as someone commented on the Crass board) as the stance which would be adopted by the large majority of ‘normal’ and ‘sane’ people who only experience sadness in relation to acts of violence and have no desire to hurt others…
I also understand that not all human beings are the same in terms of their responses to situations and that there is a percentage of the human population who feel the need to express in physical terms the violent thoughts which they have (and the most frightening of these individuals are those who can use an ideology to mask and encourage their violence for they are able to turn other human beings into objects, objects which can be used in any way they sit fit)…
One thing that many forget is that we ARE all kinds of different people, and we have different strengths which we can utilise: someone may cook, someone may have construction skills, someone may write literature, someone may be involved in street battles, someone may be involved in the use of torture during the interrogation of ‘enemy’ captives, someone may just have a personality that is uplifting to others…It is THIS sense of difference which is never accommodated in the thinking of those who advocate violence (particularly those in the Anarchist community whose politics are essentially ‘wolf in sheeps clothing’ Marxism)…
Beyond thoughts about the individual as a human being, I recognise (in contrast to Crass’ position) that there may be occasions when all other channels have been exhausted and when violence is the only available tool to respond to a situation…
I have used violence on enough occasions, but don’t feel any sense of ‘pride’ or ‘excitement’ about it – it saddens me as a human being…I do however recognise that it was a necessary tool to be used in particular situations…
However, the key point for me here is the intent behind the action: it would seem (from my experience) that a large majority of those who advocate violent revolt and streetfighting with ‘the enemy’ are actually – despite all their protestations – enthralled by and excited by violence…
For example, look at the general tone of their literature: it is a tone of glorification of and exultation in violence – a delight in pain, in suffering, and in the power which they see themselves wielding when they use violence as a tool…
I remember the exultation and glee on the faces of ‘class war’ activists at a CND rally in late 1982 when they had the opportunity to indulge their violence – they looked like child emperors ordering their first execution on a whim…And now I sit with a drink in a pub on many Friday afternoons with AntiFA activists whose conversation will frequently glorify their acts of violence…
(It is an interesting point that many of the people affiliated to these groups have a similar interest in football violence (and sport in general):I sometimes wonder if the politics actually gets in the way of their punch-ups…”I went to a fight and a demonstration broke out”)…
I personally do not feel that these people use violence purely as a means to a finite end: if they could use it to ‘free’ themselves and to have a ‘revolution’, I do not believe that they would then give up their lust for violence and for power (for it is this desire – the desire to wield power over other human beings – which underpins their actions) at that point …Instead, I believe that they would turn it inward on their so-called ‘comrades’ and begin the pogroms which we always see accompanying such social upheavals (for precisely the reasons which Crass addressed in their lyrics to ‘White Punks on Hope’ and ‘Bloody Revolutions’ – thinking of which, I feel it should be noted that Crass had an extremely valid point in the song ‘White Punks on Hope’ – a point that is deliberately misconstrued or avoided outright by those whose personal inclinations are more towards violence)…
On the article in question, Andy Martin’s diatribe is as ultimately incoherent as many of his pronouncements – and probably has the intent of casuing people to talk about him more than anything else…
On the deeper issue (and fom my limited knowledge – which could mean I am very wide of the mark), Andy Martin seems to be both drawn to and excited by violence, which may go some way to explaining his interest in manifestations of violent revolution and his later excitement (as witnessed in Scum fanzine No.6) over Skrewdriver records…
If the Redskins had written songs in praise of street executions, summary hangings and Gulags, Andy would have probably been right up for them too…
Perhaps he does this to externalise the pain he feels inside himself?Perhaps not…I’m not him, so I don’t know (although I can conjecture)…
However, I have to qualify these last remarks by saying that I believe the philosophical writings and the musical creativity of Andy Martin have had a profound effect on my own development as a person, and I respect him deeply for that (not that he would care either way, but it matters to me)…
Chris
February 8, 2008 at 6:07 pmNic, to be honest i’m more interested in what da fuck “total septic doss” means exactly??!! 🙂
Penguin • Post Author •
February 8, 2008 at 11:41 pmTony Puppy has just remembered that the guy thrown off the Happy Hope And Wanker night was Martin Miller about Lux The Poet. Not Martin Lux.
Please forgive Tony, for he is old and infirm. Sorry for the confusion. Thank you.
Tony Puppy
February 9, 2008 at 12:09 amFrom the Big Note Website:
“Following the success of 2001 “Big Note Twisted Acoustic” summer residency by Death in Vegas member Ian Button’s band “Anthony Anderson”, Big Note are delighted to announce this years resident Jim Bob (Carter USM and JIM’S SUPER STEREOWORLD).
This year’s each residency will take place on the first Wednesday of June, July and August and feature unplugged sets from Jim Bob and hand picked guests and DJs. All embracing the Big Note “acoustic feel, electric vibe”™ philosophy in which artists perform their songs “stripped-down-up-beat ‘n’intimate.
The “Goodnigh’t Jim Bob” Big Note summer Residency commences on Wednesday 5 June. Each special show will climax with a unique set from Jim Bob as well as support and DJ sets from some of Jim Bob’s and Big Note’s favourite artists and music spinners.
The nights will take place at the refurbished Hope and Anchor, 207 Upper Street, London N1 (London’s only surviving legendary venue, breeding ground for the likes of; The Police, U2, Joy Division, Elvis Costello, Madness, Ash etc.). All of who got a little moulded by the venues four walls!
Full dates and listings so far.
Wednesday June 5th
JAMES ROBERT MORRISON … Robert Newman (reading from his new novel) … Bransby … Leads & Wires (featuring Pete from the Stereoworld)… Karen Butler-Meadows – song writer/guitarist with a strong, raw, expressive voice and lyrics. …plus DJ Fruity
Wednesday July 3rd
JAMES ROBERT MORRISON with Pete Allinson III… Martin Millar (reading from his new novel) … La Honda … iinviisiibles … Alex from Astronaut … plus DJ’s ‘The Oomph It Up Crew’
Wednesday August 7th
THE JAMES MORRISON ALL STAR BAND
Uncle Fruity Other acts, authors,… DJ’s TBC for this night.
Tickets are £5 and available exclusively at the venue and on the night only. Doors 8.00 pm to 1 am. ”
Ah 2002. Me and Jim Morrison (ex-Carter USM) organised that season. And in the middle of it my first child was born. (sorry Carl – more babies)
Martin Millar – who’s second and most famous book is called ‘Lux the Poet’.
Apologies all round.
I came on here to eradicate my blunder only not to be able to find it. So I assumed it had been deleted through kindness.
No such luck.
Who would have thought this great debate is going in in the obscure ‘links to the photo gallery’?
Mark M
February 11, 2008 at 4:57 pmFor what its worth Im sure we stole the anarcho tag from Anarcha United Mystics who were some stonehenge regulars 78/79 ish.
alistairliv
February 11, 2008 at 5:57 pm“Anarcho United Mystics (AUM) started working back in 1977 because the ‘revolutionaries’ kept overlooking the need to change themselves as well well as the world, and the ‘occult/religious’ kept overlooking the need to change the world as well as themselves. These oversights reulted in 2000 years of failed revolutions and millions of people wasting their lives with religious/spiritual illusions and dogmas. After all, what is the motive of revolution? Ultimately, it is love. Love objects to the injustice of the present system, the starving millions, the wars and corruption of the ruling powers. But this love, the essence of revolution, is the easiest part to overlook and the forgetting of it has resulted in hundreds of failed revolutions and useless religions”.
Tim Corber, AUM Newsletter, 1980
http://www.phreak.co.uk/stonehenge/psb/scfestiv.htm
Tony Puppy
February 13, 2008 at 9:14 pmSynchronicity corner. The AUM had meetings in one of the basements of the 1979 James St squat.
Their meetings were followed by wild parties. It was through the AUM I discovered ‘Cosmic Trigger’ by Robert Anton Wilson.
There’s a bit I wrote about this somewhere on this hard drive.
Tony Puppy
February 13, 2008 at 9:26 pmThe AUM notes regarding my time in James St squat:
“The Long Acre/James Lane squat was home to some very radical people, some Chilean refugees, some members of a group called Bitch, some articulate punk/artist types and a fearsome South African brute who legend had it had cleared out all the junkies from the buildings. But the majority of inhabitants were hippy stock.
Some of the basements on James Lane had been turned into rehearsal studios, and in one of them was held a weekly meeting by some association calling itself the Anarchist United Mystics. Occasionally they held gigs there.
The Anarchist United Mystics group continued their meetings, which had turned into underground- rock jamming gigs. Brett, Bob, Dave, Gordon and I became a solid unit. We started going to the gigs, I remember hearing a wondrous version of ‘I’m A Believer’ sung by a girl from 50 Long Acre and played by the guitarist from Bitch. So where they still around?
Gordon once vanished for a few days. Upon his return he said he’d been seduced by a woman at one of these gigs, who had lured him outside then into a car. This car had then taken him to Stonehenge where he was left drugged and in rags (no change there then!) He was never quite the same, and we saw less and less of him.
There was an old black gentleman living in the building who was very into Crowley and magick and the Illuminati. He gave me a copy of an ancient edition of The Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton Wilson. The fuse had been lit.”
I’ve now put the AUM in their own entry – accompanied by this wording and a scan of the cover of the book.
Val
May 25, 2008 at 12:43 pmTo go back to the earlier ‘anarcho-punk’ thing – I think the arnarcho prefix was the bit most generally used and tagged on to other descriptions/affiliations – eg see the Rosbery Ave Peace Centre thread for Anarcho-Feminist conference date. But I think we referred to ourselves as ‘types’ rather than punks, as in ‘anarcho-types’ – and anarcho differentiated us from the hard-core Anarchists ? Or do I, like Andy Martin, (see above) “just see and recollect a lot of things in a very myopic way and tends to dwell on the past a bit too much.”
Stewart (jellyfishinthebath)
May 27, 2008 at 10:56 amOooo, this is fab! Names from the past – it all comes back to me (well, the bits I remember, anyway!). We all have different memories of the same things, so I’m going to stick my oar in, too! I well remember Ian from Pigs For Slaughter coming to 51 Huntingdon Street (N1) – I seem to recall he tried to seduce my girlfriend (Karen) – lol! He may even have succeeded. Though I had split up with her by then, so fair play to him… Anyway, I have a photo of him with some of the rest of us who were there at the time which I hope Penguin will be uploading soon – you will notice from his body language that he is still ‘apart’ from the rest of us, I think he was still working out what he wanted and who he was. Anyway, I can tell you that in my opinion it was Huntingdon Street and, as it happens, myself and Ken who politicised him. Ken was the first punk I’d met who actually KNEW what anarchism was about and had read the original texts (Malatesta, Bakunin etc – he even had a big Alsatian called Makhno!). Anyway, Ken and I were big Crass fans at the time – and Crass definitely came before PFS . I remember Ian arranged to interview Crass at their place in Ongar for the first issue of PFS and I went along – he didn’t say a fucking word! Don’t know if he was in awe or what, maybe just sucking up that bohemian anarcho-vibe for future sustenance during the political lean years… He did own a tape recorder though, which he brought with him, so that was handy. The thing I most remember about Crass is that they had loads of birds in wooden cages – which I found rather odd as it seemed to symbolise captivity rather than freedom to me, but what the hell did I know?!?! I also well remember Andi Martin before The Apostles, he had some squat in a road off Stoke Newington High Street (can’t remember where, exactly), and he was ALWAYS a bit odd – so no change there, then (*winks*). ALSO, re this skinhead thing – Huntingdon Street had an old air-raid siren on the roof which we were supposed to set off whenever we were attacked – it was supposed to bring assorted gay guerrillas from the Armed Response Unit of other nearby Pink Triangle Housing Co-operative homes running. Never saw it happen, though I well remember the separatist lesbians chasing some Mods down the road after they got too lippy in the Hemingford Arms! Huntingdon Street itself was well-prepared – after a night (or it might have been a week, it’s all a bit of a blur) on speed, and sick of various twats trying to burn the place down or smash the door in etc, Pip took a metal bed frame, nailed it to the back door (hey, they came over the garden wall too!), attached some wiring and plugged it into the (extremely dodgy) electrics… Part of me is still sad I never saw a Nazi fry on it
Chris
May 27, 2008 at 11:14 amStewart, I never met you myself but i’ve been a good mate of Ian PFS since around ’83. Meet up with him for a drink every week or so so I shall tell you that you’ve made an appearance here. By the way, if you go to the Apostles ‘myspace’ (think there’s a link to it on the Apostles tape info in the downloads section) I think there’s a scan of the full Crass interview from PFS issue one. PS: Looking forward to seeing the Huntingdon St piccy 😉
jahpork
May 27, 2008 at 12:25 pmRE: “Why is it now virtually impossible any longer for the BNP to assault innocent Pakistani people in Bradford? Because a couple of years ago they tried it and large groups of Pakistanis mobilised their forces against these neo-nazi rat-bags and hospitalised the bastards, that’s why. That’s why it’s now safe for Asians to walk the streets of Bradford and other northern towns. These Pakistanis didn’t say ‘fight war not wars’. They didn’t quote from Ghandi.”
Just a thought on how my opinions on pacifism have changed over the years…
When I was squatting I had no qualms about defending myself, but then about age 29 decided to become completely pacifist. Having had 3 or 4 really good hidings over the next few years years (last one when I was 33) – not because of my political beliefs or anything other than the fact that I’m a big bloke who makes a good target for idiots on a Friday night – I’ve decided that my pacifism has the limit of defending myself and defending other people who are attacked senselessly.
This I find easy to reconcile with my ‘political’ beliefs: I don’t believe in government or national supremacy, so I wouldn’t fight for that. I don’t believe in political parties, so I wouldn’t fight for that. I believe in the sovereignty of individuals and their right to exist happily and without threat from other individuals, so I would fight for that. Simple. And, yes, I like a football team, but that isn’t about fighting, so I wouldn’t fight for that 🙂
Phil
May 27, 2008 at 9:01 pmStu, It did happen at Huntingdon St. Think it might of been just before you moved in. About 3am about 30 or more skinheads turnd up outside, but even
before this point their was complete confusion in the house because for some reason that night, every house member seemed to be on a different drug.
Some were speeding some were tripping all manner of chems. But the door did hold and the siren did work!
Stewart (jellyfishinthebath)
May 27, 2008 at 10:11 pmHi Phil! Big hug! xxx Actually, that does ring a bell, though like you say I think we were all stoned! I also remember on another occasion some twat – don’t know who, there were a lot of people about! – breached our defences from the inside by the simple expedient of opening the door when the local chief skinhead (can’t remember his name) and some of his henchmen knocked! Who’d have thought they’d have been intelligent enough to try that, eh?!?! They did a sort of macho waddle around the house while assorted punks and animals looked on, then left! Lol! I suppose there was nothing at all worth nicking, mind, unless they wanted the dog shit on the stairs…
Just another note re skinheads: When Ken and I squatted in Morley House on some council estate in Cazenove Road, Stoke Newington, there was a squat full of NF skinheads in the flat above us. They kicked our door in the first night. However, Ken’s beautiful dog Makhno was a lifesaver. Ken used to buy Makhno a raw sheep’s head each week from the butcher’s and give it to him to eat. Makhno loved it – but always left some of the bones. So I had the bright idea of scattering oddments of teeth, eye sockets, and bits of brain outside the front door – and it bloody well worked too! I have no idea if they thought we were into voodoo or the dog was psychotic but after that they used to invite us up for a drink and a smoke (and a bag of glue too, if they were feeling flush) – and discretion being the better part of valour, I usually went, too! But never had any trouble afterwards! Luckily I was away when the police shut the whole place down.
ALSO, having reread my post above, it could be construed as being – well, not nasty but petty-minded towards Ian and Andi (who told me he was a lesbian when we first met, lol) and I wouldn’t want them to think that. Our lives crossed at a crucial time and I’m sure we changed each other in all sorts of ways, but I’m a better person for my experiences as a punk and Ian and Andi were a part of that. In fact, to EVERYONE who was a part of my life then – a big thankyou! xxx
Tony Puppy
May 27, 2008 at 11:20 pmI remember being in Huntingdon Street squat when Ian PFS was there. He seemed out of place.
Myself and some other Puppy’s stayed there overnight.
Phil
May 28, 2008 at 9:12 amYeah i remember Ian being a bit stiff an formal (wasnt his dad high up the cops?) but he must of enjoyed the decadent radical queer energy or he wouldnt of stuck around!
Alway good to have a bit of a contrast Lol
Phil
May 28, 2008 at 9:20 amStu- Can a bloke become a lesbian? Ive got a friend thats a male to female transgender who only dates dykes!
Phil
May 28, 2008 at 9:27 amOh Yeah, and is that Ian on the video with us?
jahpork
May 28, 2008 at 4:37 pm@Phil-> I have a lesbian friend who once very kindly said to me “You know, if I could be a man I’d want to be just the kind of man you are”. Blushingly, and feeling most complimented, I could only reply “And if I was that much of a man I’d want to be just the kind of man you are”. 😉
Chris
May 28, 2008 at 5:12 pm“Yeah i remember Ian being a bit stiff an formal (wasnt his dad high up the cops?)”
errr…are you sure you’re thinking of the same Ian ? You’re certainly mistaken on the above account (come on , his mag was called “PIGS For Slaughter” for fucks’ sake!!) and ‘stiff and formal’ certainly doesn’t sound like the same chap i’ve been good mates with since summer ’83.
Phil
May 28, 2008 at 8:29 pmMate maybe was thinking of someone else then! Sorry to you both about the muddled up.
Penguin • Post Author •
May 28, 2008 at 8:46 pmPicture of Phil, Stewart, Pip, Leah, Sue, Jackie and Ian Slaughter going up soon in Huntingdon Street sub album in photo gallery.
Penguin • Post Author •
May 29, 2008 at 12:20 amOK – photos of Huntingdon Street / Cazenove Rd / Dumont Rd / Farleigh Rd / Balls Pond Rd up in photogallery NOW courtesy of Stewart Jellyfish – Thank you.
To be put up in the next couple of days>>>Nightingale Estate / Daubeney Rd / and various faces in various places again from Stewart Jellyfish.
Go up to original post above for direct link to Huntingdon Street and Farleigh Rd.
Stewart (jellyfishinthebath)
May 29, 2008 at 12:44 amLol! It was definitely the same Ian, Chris – I’m afraid he WAS rather uptight then. But hey, he was young, and before I took speed I was really shy and a virgin. Hard to believe, I know, but isn’t that what life’s about – change?!?!
Anyway, Ian’s not in the Huntingdon Street video – which, for anyone remotely interested, can be found HERE: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IABnsIDer-0 – it was too early for him. It features (Quick) Phil (posting above), me (Stewart, who’s also provided some photos), my twin brother Andy, Pip, Sue, another Phil, Ken, Joyce, Ginny, Steve (the scaffolder, not Two Tone), Hugh and Terry the odd bloke who lived upstairs as a sop to Pink Triangle, lol.
It was done on cine film by Ginny from the Balls Pond Road, and her daughter gave me a copy which had been transferred to video years ago (I was a reporter on the News of the World (yes, really!) and she was the video reviewer!) and I stuck it in a cupboard and forgot about it. Then a couple of months ago I had it transferred to DVD, edited it, stuck on a soundtrack, and put it on YouTube. I particularly love all the authentic background details lol.
ALSO in reference to some other posts I’ve seen somewhere else on this maze of a site: Pip DID go back to New Zealand but he definitely DIDN’T have AIDS! I’m still in touch with him, and so far as I know he is very content with his life, is a single parent (I know, who’d have thought it!), and like the rest of us I hope is ageing disgracefully. Alistair I believe mentions elsewhere Evelyn – she of course was married to Pip (so he could stay in the country) and their marriage made a full page in the News of the World at the time (long before I joined the satanic scribes lol) – there was a photo of the happy couple, and an article about how the wedding party tucked into black pudding before the bride stripped naked, covered herself in tomatoes, and stopped the traffic in Roseberry Avenue by lying in the middle of the road. Certainly sounds like Evelyn! Don’t know what happened to her – I don’t think she had the best mental health to be honest. I am reliably informed that Cory now sells the Big Issue outside the Nags Head in Holloway – which is sort of sad but not unexpected – and is trying for a sex change. Regarding yet another post, I remember the Old Bill coming to Huntingdon Street to quiz Cory about a murder – though I can’t believe for one minute he was actually a suspect, as he was always too busy singing and dancing the Time Warp in high heels and fishnet stockings to get it together to kill anyone. Plus he’d have had to have stood on a stool to cause any serious damage… (*winks*).
Anyway, hope to post more soon – it’s great to read everyone’s reminiscences and other people must have photos lying around somewhere – so dig them out, people! x
Stewart (jellyfishinthebath)
May 29, 2008 at 1:07 amOoo, sorry to keep posting, BUT just seen the scan of PFS issue#1 – ‘We are your dissidents’ – wonder where that came from? (*winks*). Still, I expect I must have stolen it from somewhere too! I certainly stole the Angry Brigade symbol for my jacket (though Pip – who painted the logo for me – persuaded me the male sign was too phallic and looked like an erect penis, which wasn’t in keeping with our political views at the time, so we had the symbol pointing downwards instead – LOL!!!! It’s a wonder I wasn’t emasculated…)
alistairliv
May 29, 2008 at 11:59 amStewart – glad to hear about Pip – the AIDS thing was just what Pinki told me after coming back from Pip’s leaving party. Must have been her having a morbid moment. Of which she had a few.
Every so often she would say things like “My first husband died you know…” and then tell a story about when she was living in Campbell Buildings she married a young lad… then very soon after she woke up one morning and he was lying beside her, dead. The story then got a bit more confused because she said the young lad was the son of a duke or an earl…
The Huntingdon Street video is fascinating…
Stewart (jellyfishinthebath)
May 29, 2008 at 4:44 pmHi Alistair! Just off to work so don’t have time to post properly, just wanted to say I remember you! Been reading everyone’s contributions. Hope more people come out of the woodwork soon… 🙂 x
You’ve worried me now that maybe Pip DOES have AIDS and just hasn’t told me, lol! Well, whatever, he’s alive and well in the land of many sheep…