The Forum leisure complex and theatre in Billingham closed its doors today for an eighteen month refurbishment. Here are artist's impressions of what it may look like...
This Teesside band of the late 70s/early 80s was an offshoot of the previously mentioned Blitzkrieg Bop. They made one TV appearance in 1979 performing Ego Therapy on Tyne Tees Television's Check It Out...
Of course they were captured on the Kinny of Town Hall Party too..
This time with Larry Collins...
This is great...
As has been widely reported this week Kodak will shortly be ending production of Kodachrome 64 slide film. I've always liked the 4x5 Kodachrome pictures that often appear on Shorpy, particularly the work of Jack Delano. Here is his 1942 portrait of Roy Nelin, a box packer in the Proviso Yard roundhouse of the Chicago & North West Rail Road...
Nothing like a little Ska when the sun is shining... this is from Reggae Sunsplash 1984...
I've made a couple of minor changes to the sidebar. There's now a link to my Google Reader Shared Items.