Category Archives: uk

Fourteen nil

By 6000 | 6000 | August 1, 2011

File this one under “best pre-season friendly scorelines ever”: That’s a nice confidence booster ahead of the start of the season on Saturday. Can’t. Stop. Laughing.

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Thinned Sheffield Sky

By 6000 | 6000 | July 6, 2011

Earlier today, I was wandering around arepeejee’s flickr (you may remember him from such blog posts as What were the skies like when you were young? and Eccy Rd Hoff Stolen), having seen a link to this masterpiece. It was there that I saw the full version of this superb photo: “Sheffield Sky” …which I have thinned [...]

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Caught

By 6000 | 6000 | June 23, 2011

Proboscine readers may recall this post about Silent UK, in which I remarked: I must say, I’ve never really though of trespass as a hobby before and I can’t bring myself to agree with it. I can, however, appreciate some of the fantastic photographic results and the images of otherwise secret history that their naughtiness generates. And I [...]

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When we were top the league

By 6000 | 6000 | June 20, 2011

Yes, Sheffield football is currently suffering, but I was recently reminded by a friend on Facebook that there was a time – however brief – when my beloved Sheffield United were top of the Premier League league – and Man U were bottom: Fans of the Manchester club may want to look away rather than watch that [...]

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Lantern ban in the offing?

By 6000 | 6000 | June 19, 2011

Sky News today is reporting that there are moves afoot to ban “Chinese” Lanterns in the UK because of their potential “deadly impact”. Apparently, these lanterns can drift for miles and land on farmland, where their metal frames can be devoured by livestock: Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has urged people to think twice about letting [...]

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