Andy

⚽️ (WBA) 🏏 (WCCC life member) real ale and military history enthusiast. Classical & Rock music fan 🎼🎻🎸🤘🏻🐱👍🏻 no wokery 🚫

[Andy @andythebaggie]

Fantastic to chat to the awesome @grosvenorpiano after an epic performances of Mendelssohn 1st piano concerto with the @TheCBSO 🎹🎼🙌🏻

[hw97karbine @hw97karbine]

Possibly the only published clip of the Sd.Kfz. 164 Nashorn tank destroyer firing its 8.8cm Pak 43/1 in Italy circa 1944

[Klaas Meijer @klaasm67]

I’m not saying it’s roasting, but Bernard Montgomery just rolled by in a Churchill and asked me the way to El Alamein. 🌞

[Andy @andythebaggie]

@afccharlie 😂

[Empire Aesthetics @Empireaesth]

The British reaction to this heat makes the British Empire all the more impressive. Britain colonised the hottest places in the world, yet we can barely survive the heat in England, let alone in India or Africa.

[Ben Leo @Benleo]

Spotted in Boston:

England fan’s sticker…

“MORE KINGS. MAKE AMERICA GREAT BRITAIN AGAIN. GULF OF WEST BRITAIN. 250 YEARS OF HURT. COME HOME.”

🤣

[Steve Perkins @Perky_43]

I often wonder what the fuck is wrong with society 👇

Heartfelt congratulations to the person who dug up the pitch at the Crown Hill Cricket Ground to prove their "success."

You succeeded in your mission.

Westcroft Cricket Club has, with great regret, been forced to withdraw from the league because it is no longer possible for other teams to play in this constant environment of vandalism.

You did not just damage a pitch; you stripped away the favorite sport, the joy, the friendships, and the healthy activities of over 80 children, youths, and adult players.

Congratulations on impacting an entire cricketing community.

Congratulations on undermining the hard work of volunteers who dedicate their time, money, and energy to promote the sport.

Congratulations on disappointing the parents who wanted to see their children engaged in positive activities.

Cricket is not just a game; it is a source of discipline, friendship, respect, and community cohesion.

It is tragic that someone’s negative mindset and destructive actions have washed away the happiness of so many people.

Hopefully, you are satisfied today knowing that a single action of yours has affected dozens of matches, hundreds of hours of hard work, and the happiness of countless individuals. But remember, grounds can be rebuilt, pitches can be prepared again, and the cricket community can bounce back stronger than ever.

Our full support and respect goes out to Westcroft Cricket Club, its players, volunteers, and supporters.

We hope this difficult time passes quickly and that the voices of children and youth will once again echo through the cricket ground.

A Call to the Community

We request all readers to strongly condemn this shameful act. The person who damaged the cricket ground and pitch did not just dig up soil—they attacked the happiness of dozens of children, youth, and athletes.

If you also believe that damaging sports fields, youth activities, and community hard work is unacceptable, then please raise your voice against this act.

Express your condemnation at least once, so a message goes out that our community will never accept such negative and destructive behavior.

Your single comment, a word, or even one voice can serve as proof of standing with this community.

Show solidarity with Westcroft Cricket Club, its 80+ players, and all its volunteers.

Sports stand for love, unity, and positive engagement. It is the responsibility of us all to discourage those who destroy them.

Westcroft Cricket Club.

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

19 seconds in Southport laying a wreath, no tears.

No tears for British farmers who committed suicide.

No tears for pensioners.

No tears for betrayed British veterans.

No tears for the victims of illegal migration.

No tears for Henry Nowak.

Tears for himself only.

[#Marcher @MarcherReborn]

Under 40s: stay at home and wait for impending death whilst bleating online about ‘the climate’

Over 40s: see you down the beer garden 👍🍺🍺

[Troll Football Media @TrollFootball2]

Hydration breaks are actually getting out of hand now

[Ben Cobley @bencobley]

This whole Türkiye thing is ridiculous, like forcing us to call Spain España or Germany Deutschland. It's weird that the BBC's broadcasting arm is going with it, while the website is sticking with Turkey, like other written publications seem to be. We don't have umlauts here.

[David Atherton @daveatherton]

Yes Prime Minister still remains as relevant today as it has ever been.

The BBC is getting a carpeting from PM Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey over bias.

[Fussball Geekz @fussballgeekz]

#DerbyCounty reflect the cultural zeitgeist of the mid-80s in football-programme form.

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

The Definitive Stereotype Map Of Britain And Ireland

[The Name of War @TheNameofWar]

A British woman named Iris Davis recovering a cat with her laso from the debris of a bombed house.

During the war she rescued up to 600 cats.

[ꜱɪʀ ꜰʀᴇᴅ ʙᴏʏᴄᴏᴛᴛ @FredBoycott]

Proper Hydration Break...

[Andrew Lawrence @andrewlawrence]

By far the shittest production of 'The Wizard of Oz' ever attempted.

[Cats with Aura 😺 @catwithaura]

When Nick was just a tiny lynx cub, his mother rejected him, leaving him orphaned and alone. He was brought to a wildlife rehabilitation center, where an unexpected foster mother stepped in - a domestic cat named Masha. While nobody knew if the tiny cub would survive, Masha immediately accepted him as her own. She groomed him, slept beside him, comforted him, and helped raise him through his most vulnerable days. Under Masha’s care, Nick grew from a helpless cub into a strong and healthy lynx. But although Nick grew bigger, one thing never changed - his love for the cat who became his mother.

[Tony Pollard @ProfTonyPollard]

OTD 1982 Battle of Tumbledown, one of decisive actions of Falklands War. Shout out to Scots Guards vets Jim Peters & John Litterick, who returned with Falklands War Mapping Project in 2022. The first military veterans to take part in archaeological survey of their own battlefield

[Planet Sardinia @Planet_Sardinia]

🐱A woman in bourgeois clothes poses with her cat, Cagliari, South Sardinia, early 1900s.

📷Giulio Pili

[Andy @andythebaggie]

Was there, an unforgettable afternoon 😃

[The Football Tavern @TavernFootball]

Where have the years gone?

30 years ago today Paul John Gascoigne sent Colin Hendry for an ice cream.

What a day. What a tournament. What a summer.

Memories to last a lifetime