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Phil@philoates.bsky.social · 3w ago

Picture this. It is September, 1856. Southport, Lancashire, Nathaniel Hawthorne is walking along the prom. “Yesterday, a man stark naked was seen dipping a lady. Oh, decorous English!”

LS Lowry. Windy day, Southport 1955
Phil@philoates.bsky.social · last mo.

You have now Liverpool Eric's: Eric's - closer share.google/a7W6e3HyZULD... @pennykiley.bsky.social @mikeroyden.bsky.social

Eric's - closer

Joe Mckechnie The accepted wisdom is that Eric's, Liverpool's legendary punk and new wave club (also jazz , folk, reggae , prog and Beatles...

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Joe the Drifter@gottobedrifting.bsky.social · last mo.

Did I send you this? Article I wrote [very quickly] about the Eric's raid. We made the Eric's badges in Progressive Books, so I was able to use them for the layout. Not that well written [very quickly!], think the editor wanted 'new wave bands'. Girlfriend & I were the first ones the police got.

Long extract of an article I wrote [very short notice for the Challenge newspaper], about how the police shut down one of Liverpool's best clubs. 'Eric's Club, Liverpool, was forced to close recently as a result of police pressure. Opened in 1976 as a place for new wave bands to play, the club had a trouble-free record, but it still came in for a lot of unwanted attention from the police, who obviously frowned upon the 'unhealthy' attitudes displayed by club members. towards the establishment. the result of this was that during a raid on the club, two non-members were found who had committed the crime of not being signed in by a member. this great crime led the police to inform the club's owners that their licence would be opposed when it came up for renewal in September. Because of this, the club's financial backers withdrew their support and the club was forced into liquidation. So Eric's was going to close, the final date being Thursday 20th March, with Siouxsie & The Banshees and The Frantic Elevators set to play. However, the club was closed prematurely on Friday 14th when Eric's members were treated to yet another guest appearance by the police. The raid happened just after the Psychedelic Furs had finished playing, when the club was already emptying out, about fifty coppers, plainclothes and uniformed, came crashing into the club and I was one of the many people on their way out who were pushed against the wall and ordered not to move until told to do so. They then sealed off all the entrances and exits and started searching people, supposedly looking for drugs but you could see it was just an excuse to push us around. J Mckechnie'
Gerald Of Ryvita@reallybadexample.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Farage: "I’ve been physically more attacked over many years than any other politician.” Jo Cox was murdered. David Amiss was murdered. Stephen Timms was stabbed twice. Nigel Jones was attacked with a sword, survived but his aide died. Farage had a fucking milkshake thrown at him. Piece of shit.

Phil@philoates.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Sitting on the porch playin' Townes van Zandt, Play guitar to burn off the hours Till we climb the fences at the edge of town And paint our names on the water tower Josh Ritter, Me & Jiggs

Cover of Riding the Range - the Songs of Townes Van Zandt with two people sitting on the porch playing Townes van Zandt
Phil@philoates.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I should have led with this: I think the poorer classes of Glasgow excel even those in Liverpool in the bad eminence of filth, uncombed and unwashed children, drunkenness, disorderly deportment, evil smell, . . . In my opinion, however, they are a better-looking people than the English

Phil@philoates.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In 1856 Nathaniel Hawthorne spent his Bank Holiday weekend in Scotland (I know, I know). He's rude about Glaswegians, the poor, the rich, the scenery. Everything you would expect. Read all about it here nathanielhawthornes.blogspot.com/2026/05/nath...

Phil@philoates.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In 1856 Nathaniel Hawthorne spent his Bank Holiday weekend in Scotland (I know, I know). He's rude about Glaswegians, the poor, the rich, the scenery. Everything you would expect. Read all about it here nathanielhawthornes.blogspot.com/2026/05/nath...

Nathaniel Hawthorne goes to Scotland - May 1856

May 2nd, 1856 Glasgow 1853  from Hunterian blog —Last Friday,  May 2d , I took the rail, with Mr. Bowman, from the Lime Street station, fo...

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Phil@philoates.bsky.social · 6mo ago

At what stage of Mankind's story are we currently? (i) Exposition (ii) Inciting Force (iii) Hamartia (errors of judgement) (iv) Crisis (v) Tragic Force (vi) Moment of Final Suspense (vii) Catastrophe or (viii) Glimpse of Restored Order. Explain your answer on one page of A4 or less.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."

Phil@philoates.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Next Tuesday, 20th January, I'm doing a talk on Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne at the Adelphi, Liverpool. Tickets available from Liverpool History Society website. Or just turn up on the day.

Cover of Moby Dick by Melville and Scarlet Letter by HawthorneCovers of English Notebooks by Hawthorne and Redburn by Melville