Claire 'CB' Butler

Opinionated lefty, music geek, writer, historian, feminist, bookworm, bad photographer & semi-retired activist. Also cats. Refusing to act my age. #THFC #COYS

[Claire 'CB' Butler @CLButler76]

I wrote this in the immediate aftermath of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, but it's still very relevant today - here's how you can make sense of breaking news...

(Please retweet if you can!)

https://t.co/COPKrkf5nZ

[Claire 'CB' Butler @CLButler76]

I see Paddington has made friends with a dragon...

[Hiroshi Suzuki @AmbJapanUK]

Much looking forward to watching 🇯🇵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿rugby match at Principality Stadium today!😄

[DS @DorkSirjur]

We head over to a legendary venue with an OG now. 34 years ago:

This is @GROOVERIDERDJ @ The Orbit, Morley 06.06.92

A mix up nowhere else currently, this is 90 minutes of top tier old skool. Cassette aesthetic, but Side B is way clearer. Tracklist in comments.

Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.

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[BLACK-MEDIA-HUB✊🏿 @BmediaHQ]

38 years after giving the Black Power salute during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos were pallbearers at the funeral of Peter Norman, the Australian silver medalist that was with them on the podium.

[Lion @LionInCrisis]

fuck you

[The League Magazine @Theleaguemag]

Tottenham Hotspur 1978-79

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

156 years ago #onthisday, Top the wombat died. He was the pet of the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti who, upon Top's passing, created this self-portrait in mourning. More on Rossetti and co’s curious but longstanding fixation with the #wombat here: https://t.co/LNxnLCcL0Z

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

J. M. Barrie's My Lady Nicotine (1896) — A genre-defying work by the creator of Peter Pan about the pleasures of smoking: https://t.co/YohFrfjJkW

[Football Betting, Accumulators & Advice @Perfectbet7]

Kids today won't ever understand how good Football Italia was on Channel 4

[DS @DorkSirjur]

We send for The R next in a stunning early jungle set, 33 years ago:

This is @Randallmac2 @ Innersense, Laserdrome October 1993

Heavyweight jungle business by one of the finest of all time. Forever missed. Real, real junglist set this. Tracklist in comments.

Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.

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[Claire 'CB' Butler @CLButler76]

The cats are like "Look at that face! He's one of us..."

[Classic Horror Films @HorrorHammer1]

Vincent Price and an armload of cats in 1971

[Claire 'CB' Butler @CLButler76]

@EvaShadowgirl18 What a cutie! Rescue pets are the best pets. Our cats were rescues and I wouldn't have it any other way. So glad we could give them a loving home.

[Count Mysterioso🎗️ @MysteriosoX]

I don't know where this is from but it's magnificent

[GoaliesAreDifferent @goalkeepersdiff]

Bert Trautmann casts a watchful eye over his kingdom from the terraces of Maine Road.

[DS @DorkSirjur]

We stay in 92 next with another OG, at a legendary promotion. 34 years ago:

This is @RAYKEITH1 @ Dreamscape 4, Denbigh Leisure Park, Milton Keynes 29.05.92

Ray running through some deep early 90's selection, crowd going off. Heavyweight set. Tracklist in comments.

Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.

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[Claire 'CB' Butler @CLButler76]

@EvaShadowgirl18 *Waves*

[90s Football @90sfootball]

Happy Birthday Nayim!

[Claire 'CB' Butler @CLButler76]

@SSPreds Forget Blur v Oasis... Leeds v Spurs is THE big one!

[kevin hill @kevhillsy]

Trailblazers .. with the compliments of the directors of THFC 1961