T.v.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

Just watched the first episode of obi-wan kenobi and already I'm board with it.

Disney really aren't going to be content untill they've completely mined the life out the original trilogyand left it dead on the scrap heap. 

Edited June 16, 2022 by Armchair supporter supremo

[arbitro]

9 hours ago, Gav said:

Is anyone watching ‘Sherwood’ On BBC?

Murder, mining communities, unions, corruption, based on true events. 

2 episodes in, good so far. 

I was going to say similar Gav. It's packed full of quality British actors and actresses and the storyline is gripping and turning into a real whodunit. On a similar theme one of my favourite films is still Brassed Off which, whilst being generally a comedy has a serious undertone to it. Coco the Scab still makes me laugh.

Early on in my refereeing career I was at Rotherham who were playing Chesterfield. Sporadically during the game I heard chants of 'scab, scab' directed at the Chesterfield fans. I asked one of the locals after the game and he explained what is was about with the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire miners not going on strike. I heard it many times subsequently and even in the recent Sheffield United against Forest playoff game.

[Gav]

55 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I was going to say similar Gav. It's packed full of quality British actors and actresses and the storyline is gripping and turning into a real whodunit. On a similar theme one of my favourite films is still Brassed Off which, whilst being generally a comedy has a serious undertone to it. Coco the Scab still makes me laugh.

Early on in my refereeing career I was at Rotherham who were playing Chesterfield. Sporadically during the game I heard chants of 'scab, scab' directed at the Chesterfield fans. I asked one of the locals after the game and he explained what is was about with the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire miners not going on strike. I heard it many times subsequently and even in the recent Sheffield United against Forest playoff game.

Yes, feelings still run deep in those mining communities Tony, they're still divided and its been 40yrs since the miners strike.

I know someone right now looking to move into those areas, mining villages and they've been warned by work colleagues it takes time to be accepted, they're not welcoming at first, be prepared!

[DeeCee]

6 hours ago, Gav said:

Yes, feelings still run deep in those mining communities Tony, they're still divided and its been 40yrs since the miners strike.

I know someone right now looking to move into those areas, mining villages and they've been warned by work colleagues it takes time to be accepted, they're not welcoming at first, be prepared!

You want to try being a Lancastrian "taking Cornish people's jobs" 😂

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

14 hours ago, arbitro said:

I was going to say similar Gav. It's packed full of quality British actors and actresses and the storyline is gripping and turning into a real whodunit. On a similar theme one of my favourite films is still Brassed Off which, whilst being generally a comedy has a serious undertone to it. Coco the Scab still makes me laugh.

Early on in my refereeing career I was at Rotherham who were playing Chesterfield. Sporadically during the game I heard chants of 'scab, scab' directed at the Chesterfield fans. I asked one of the locals after the game and he explained what is was about with the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire miners not going on strike. I heard it many times subsequently and even in the recent Sheffield United against Forest playoff game.

Wigan RLFC fans are known as pie eaters because the miners in Wigan went back to work during a strike a hundred years ago. They were seen to have eaten humble pie.

[Riversider28]

7 hours ago, DeeCee said:

You want to try being a Lancastrian "taking Cornish people's jobs" 😂

Ha! So true. Been there. 

[DeeCee]

2 hours ago, Riversider28 said:

Ha! So true. Been there

1. When we moved down here in '92 I asked an old boy in the pub how long it took outsiders to be accepted. His reply was:

"We'll give it 3 generations boy, then we'll have a look" 🤦‍♀️

 

Edited June 18, 2022 by DeeCee

[Riversider28]

6 hours ago, DeeCee said:

1. When we moved down here in '92 I asked an old boy in the pub how long it took outsiders to be accepted. His reply was:

"We'll give it 3 generations boy, then we'll have a look" 🤦‍♀️

 

You’ll still be considered an emmit until you retire 😂

[Mattyblue]

11 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Wigan RLFC fans are known as pie eaters because the miners in Wigan went back to work during a strike a hundred years ago. They were seen to have eaten humble pie.

Never call someone from Leigh a ‘pie eater’… 

‘We are Lobby Gobblers!’

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

Never call someone from Leigh a ‘pie eater’… 

‘We are Lobby Gobblers!’

I used to work with a lad who ran a social club in Leigh back in the day. At about 8-00 pm every night he’d announce “ Anybody here from Wigan ? The pies have arrived. Come and get them “.

[chaddyrovers]

Just watched the Comey rule 1st 2 episodes this morning. Its was a great and interesting watch 

[jim mk2]

Sherwood finished on BBC last night, it's been a brilliant watch, tense, well written and well acted, played out against the background of the miners' strike. The best thing I've seen on TV since Time - also on BBC

[jodrell]

I started to watch the program on Hinkley Point but had to watch it on i player as i had to go to work very good and interesting. Then noticed a program on the history of Selafield/ Heysham also very good and interesting.

[RoverDom]

On 29/06/2022 at 15:52, jodrell said:

Then noticed a program on the history of Selafield/ Heysham also very good and interesting

What was the programme? 

Sellafield is very interesting, I've had a couple of tours and it's brilliant. 

[jodrell]

51 minutes ago, RoverDom said:

What was the programme? 

Sellafield is very interesting, I've had a couple of tours and it's brilliant. 

Britaina Nuclear secrets inside Sellafield

[arbitro]

I watched When They See Us again this week and I would recommend it to anyone who has a few hours spare. I also watched an Oprah Winfrey special which featured the actors, actresses and producer but the most interesting part was the they brought out the five men who were incarcerated and then pardoned when someone came forward and admitted the heinous crime. Listening to what they had to say was fascinating.

[Gav]

Has anyone watched the Sex Pistols mini series on Disney+?

Mrs watching the first few right now, soundtrack sounds epic.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

We watched “ Inspector Montalbano “ tonight. I’ve been sort of a fan in the past but that was 2 hrs of my life I’ll never get back.

[arbitro]

9 hours ago, Gav said:

Has anyone watched the Sex Pistols mini series on Disney+?

Mrs watching the first few right now, soundtrack sounds epic.

I saw it Gav and really enjoyed it. As with Bohemian Rhapsody I was mightily impressed how they get the actors to really look like the characters they are playing.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Anybody watch “ Rocketman “ the biopic about Elton John ? Was it any good ?

[roverandout]

Does anyone watch the boys? Brilliant show

[arbitro]

For anybody that's interested Boys from the Blackstuff is being shown on BBC4 tomorrow (Wednesday) at 22.05.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, arbitro said:

For anybody that's interested Boys from the Blackstuff is being shown on BBC4 tomorrow (Wednesday) at 22.05.

Isn’t that the first “ stand alone “ programme that came out before the series ?

[arbitro]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Isn’t that the first “ stand alone “ programme that came out before the series ?

There was a pilot episode where they went to Middlesbrough but this is the series.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

9 minutes ago, arbitro said:

There was a pilot episode where they went to Middlesbrough but this is the series.

Yes, you’re right. Episodes 1,2,3 of 5. That’ll teach me to question the ref’s decision.

It was brilliant TV but I couldn’t watch it in the end, it was too upsetting for me.

Edited July 5, 2022 by Tyrone Shoelaces