There is no more upsetting a sight than seeing an independent business go to the wall. I have no emotional attachment to Leeds as I have said before, but the above picture was taken today at the indoor market. How can a business that started in 1863 be allowed to close down? Didn't anyone from Leeds campaign? I kicked up a stink when a historic pub closed down, and managed to rally enough interest to make it into the local paper. I googled Mower's Sweet Shop and found this blog from 2008 with an amendment to say that it had shut.
On twitter this evening, I was impressed that there were seemingly a lot of people attending Hallowe'en fancy dress parties as Jimmy Saville. This really lends itself to the rule of how soon is too soon? I actually dressed as Jimmy Saville, (or Jim'll as a generation of children of the 1980s thought his name was), for Hallowe'en a few years ago.
Jimmy Saville's death was one of the twitter occasions that we have these days, and this is how I find out a lot of news when I'm out and about. During the repeats of 1976 Top Of The Pops I have tweeted comments about Saville and the suspicious air that hung around him. Let's just say that you would never have allowed him to babysit. It would be hypocritical of me to pay tribute, and although I did watch Jim'll Fix It when I was young, I have never had a great deal of time for him. I imagine that when the dust of his death settles, a few skeletons will be revealed.
In true BBC fashion, BBC2 threw out a four year old edition of Top Of The Pops 2 tonight for Hallowe'en, featuring some relevant songs and some clutching of straws. Inevitably, 'Monster Mash' was played, this has to be the Hallowe'en equivalent of 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday' in terms of obvious choices for compilations. It was a fun programme to watch, and I and someone else both managed to do a variation on the same tweeted joke about never getting this hour back from watching this programme, when the clocks go back, so we actually do get it back.
On twitter this evening, I was impressed that there were seemingly a lot of people attending Hallowe'en fancy dress parties as Jimmy Saville. This really lends itself to the rule of how soon is too soon? I actually dressed as Jimmy Saville, (or Jim'll as a generation of children of the 1980s thought his name was), for Hallowe'en a few years ago.
Jimmy Saville's death was one of the twitter occasions that we have these days, and this is how I find out a lot of news when I'm out and about. During the repeats of 1976 Top Of The Pops I have tweeted comments about Saville and the suspicious air that hung around him. Let's just say that you would never have allowed him to babysit. It would be hypocritical of me to pay tribute, and although I did watch Jim'll Fix It when I was young, I have never had a great deal of time for him. I imagine that when the dust of his death settles, a few skeletons will be revealed.
In true BBC fashion, BBC2 threw out a four year old edition of Top Of The Pops 2 tonight for Hallowe'en, featuring some relevant songs and some clutching of straws. Inevitably, 'Monster Mash' was played, this has to be the Hallowe'en equivalent of 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday' in terms of obvious choices for compilations. It was a fun programme to watch, and I and someone else both managed to do a variation on the same tweeted joke about never getting this hour back from watching this programme, when the clocks go back, so we actually do get it back.
