JT Soar
We had a night out at JT Soar recently and it was a real eye opener. It was a gig for a band called Connexion Man, which one of our Saturday lads plays in and they were very good. The place was rammed, but we were surprised there was no stage. There were potatoes everywhere though and we completely loved it. We used to go to that place when it was a grocers warehouse. We actually knew JT Soar himself back in the day, if we remember rightly he lived somewhere near Woodborough or Bleasby.
200 Years Since Lord Byron’s Death
We don’t know much about him, but we heard he had a monkey and lived at Newstead Abbey. We’re very happy to see that despite all their financial problems that the council have held on to that place and to Wollaton Hall. If we remember rightly during the war they used to store ammunition there and all those nodding donkeys (oil pumps). Didn’t Lord Byron’s daughter invent some kind of computer too, or are we confusing her with Alan Sugar?
Fanzines
What are they? Isn’t that the name of a fizzy orange soft drink? (at this point the interviewer - prepared for this, shows them a copy of The Pie and Brian fanzines). Ooh, they’re very nice. It’s always nice to see things in print. How much did they cost? 50p? A bargain! Maybe we could do a fanzine about vegetables and greengrocery, with big features about what is in season? We could get the other handful of greengrocers left in Nottingham to advertise in it and corner the market.
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