@Beerlightweight I live 2 minutes walk from the finish line. My youngest could watch it from her bedroom windrow. We’ve lived round here 25 years and I’ve never bothered to go out and watch it.
@Bannockburnlad Mate, I was a 12/13/14 yr old punk in 77/78/79. I spent most of my bloody life trying to avoid gangs of older Teds and Skins 😂. Everything was so tribal.
@Bannockburnlad Tbh he could be a bit of a dick, but like the rest of us he was just a kid. “we hate the punk elite” didn’t win any friends as a line in Time For Action but he had a point in that Mod down here was more working class than punk. Changed it to we’re “not”
the punk elite nowadays
@MartinHarris15 One of my favourite Weller solo albums Martin. Got me into artists I didn’t know ( Gordon Lightfoot) and covers songs I already loved really successfully in my view (Thinking Of You, The Bottle). It’s an underrated gem - your mate’s right!