After a long wait we finally have some great news!
We
have heard from the (soon to be) new landlady of Tucker's Grave - Sue
Gait. She is taking over from Glenda and will be opening up on Tuesday
the 12th of December. Read more
I have a fb group called Old Radstock and recently we were discussing gigs in the area who played where. Them with Van Morrison played Coleford British Legion as did Lulu and the Luvvers. Beatles played the Pavilion, Bath. John Lee Hooker played there too.
If you are an old Fall fan there is only one show in town these days the band made up of old stalwarts from the glory days of the Fall. We went as a family group - daughter Celia got at the front and took this photo and was given a pick by Brix for dancing. Sister Anne drove. The set was excellent - old Fall classics like New Prinz, Cruiser's Creek, Deadbeat Descendant - the years rolled away under the wheels of the Hanley brother's juggernaut-style rhythm section. Their own songs were good too - all in all a great package. Brix was a ball of energy and enthusiasm filling the old boat with warmth. A night out to remember.
These old school wargames rules for ww2 were published in book form in 1970. Copies of this book fetch high prices but fret not. They are available in magazine form free to download here
There's a distinct lack of 10mm cavalry for WW2. Here's an action with Italian cavalry - Pendrad Pithead take note
"On 23 August 1942, the Savoia Cavalry Regiment, under Colonel
Alessandro Bettoni was ordered to take Hill 213.5 in order to secure the
right flank of the Sforzesca Division that had been forced to withdraw
to new positions. The Italian cavalry reinforcements advanced on the
night of 23/24 August, but the Savoia were soon under fire from two
battalions from the Russian 812th Regiment that had just taken up
positions overnight in preparations for further attacks. The Italian
Commanding Officer, Colonel Bettoni Cazzago decided to counter-attack
immediately the Russians in order to regain the initiative. With Captain
Francesco De Leone leading the the 2nd Squadron forward shouting
"Avanti Savoia!"., the Italian cavalrymen overran the 812th Regiment in a
series of attacks lasting several hours." (http://world-war-2.wikia.com/wiki/Bat... Battle of Isbuscenskij)
In October 1940 an Italian army some 200,000 strong invaded Greece across its largely undefended border with Albania. Although supported by Great Britain, at first by sea and in the air and later by landing British and ANZAC troops from North Africa, Greece bore the main brunt of the six-month war. Outclassed in materiel and outnumbered, LtGen Papagos's Greek army was so successful against the Italians in north-west Greece that, by 22 November 1940, it was advancing into Italian-held Albania. This would eventually force Hitler to send in German reinforcements to support his beleaguered Italian allies, delaying his invasion of the Soviet Union. Complete with contemporary photographs and full-colour uniform plates, this fascinating study explores the history, organization, and appearance of the armies of this oft forgotten conflict. Below is an Italian propaganda film
This is an exciting new print fanzine from local resident Joseph Simons. It's brimming with ideas that are from all over the zine spectrum, photography, art. satire and literature. There is a lot of exciting and talented pages to ponder and to enjoy. If you want to subscribe or contribute then info@josephsimons.co.uk
Demo Susan and I (Animals & men/terraplanes) recorded with the Rockabilly trio Last Rats in Paris with Gavin Lusby on lead guitar and Tom Berryman on drums. Stand-up bass. I played harp and Susan sang. Download for free here
Silent footage. Max Moore, owner of Interstate Grocery in Helena,
Arkansas, was the sponsor for radio station KFFA's "King Biscuit Time"
program. We believe he shot this home movie circa 1942. In it, renowned
blues musicians Robert 'Junior' Lockwood and Sonny Boy Williamson
perform on the front porch of a small-town Arkansas grocery store. This
is likely the earliest footage of these musicians performing together.
The second portion of the clip is a 1952 tour featuring Williamson and
his band. This film was preserved with a grant from the National Film
Preservation Foundation. Max Moore Home Movie Collection
I have always
been a fan of the early Subway Sect. This goes back a long time when the single
Nobody’s Scared came out and we saw them on the White Riot Tour and heard their
Peel session. We were most disappointed when we saw them supporting the
Buzzcocks and they had all been sacked apart from Vic Godard. The subsequent LP
What’s the Matter Boy was critically
lauded but I didn’t like it – it wasn’t the Subway Sect that I fell in love
with. So when Dave offered us a lift to see the Fallen Leaves (Rob
Symmons’former guitar-slinger in the Subway Sect’s newish
band) we jumped at the chance. We weren’t disappointed. The thrashy trebly
guitar sound was there and it was great to behold in an intimate venue. He’s
obviously influenced a whole raft of guitarists including me. He is a missing
jigsaw piece of punk history. The whole band are good – they all work really
well together. Check out the Fallen Leaves – they’re on Spotify and still
gigging – a class act.
