Tag Archives: Birkenhead

Freeze Frame – A Compilation

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Steve

In November 2011, Jon Arne Madso, the Norwegian proprietor of the Freeze Frame Website, was in Liverpool with his friends Erik and Paal for a social visit to the city. Jon Arne has been in touch with Steve Byrne, … Continue reading →

Posted in The Albumac | Tagged 6th November, Afraid Of Mice, Amazon, Arne, Birkenhead, Blank Tapes, Brother Brother, Christmas Time, Claim To Fame, Class Communities, Compilation, Compilation Cassette, Conversation Piece, Craig Charles, Dalek, Dave Owen, Deaf School, Devestation, Different Times, Elevators, Erics, Frame Website, Freeze Frame, Gigs, Grain Warehouse, Hanover Hotel, Impresario, John Weaver, Kirkby, Liverpool City Centre, Mail, Mick Hucknall, New Wave, Paal, Personal Touch, Pints, Posers, Professional Advice, Publicist, Red Dwarf, Running Order, Simply Red, Steve Byrne, Steve Grace, Temple Street, Thatcherism, Today Tomorrow, Wave Band, Whittaker | 4 Comments

Steely Dan – Katy Lied

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Steve

When I saw this well, I just couldn’t believe that someone was actually selling it. I had walked down from school, through Grange Road in Birkenhead three or four times in the past month, heading purposefully for Skeleton Records and unusually, … Continue reading →

Posted in The Albumac | Tagged 45rpm, Anguish, Apologies, Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table, Backbone, Bad Sneakers, Ball Boys, Barrio, Birkenhead, Black Friday, Blazer, Bus Station, C4, Cert, Coin Collection, Cricket Balls, Dancing On Ice, Darling, Doctor Wu, Donald I, Emporium, Florins, Frozen Rain, Gilbert O Sullivan, Gold Teeth, Grange Road, Groceries, Heading, Hinges, Interior Monologue, Jeff Baxter, John Kelly, King Arthur, King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table, Knells, Knights Of The Round Table, Lad, Lads, Leaks, Legends Of King Arthur, Medicine Ball, Myths And Legends, Pantheon, Personal Names, Proper Names, Proportion, Red Apples, Relationship, Rick Wakeman, Self Belief, Sports Shop, Squabble, Steely Dan, Vague Idea, Watching Television, Woodside | 13 Comments

30th April 2011

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Steve

I remember getting here…. it was April ’98 I remember their faces, you with your shades and your shoulder bag at the school gates. You said, ‘You can see the sunlight in the sky ? You can see Hope Mountain…. You can … Continue reading →

Posted in Last day of the Month | Tagged Abdication, Anglesey, April Fools Day, April Is The Cruellest Month, Augusta Masters, Avenues And Alley Ways, Biology, Birkenhead, Budget, Cava, Colin Work, Daughter Shelley, Day At The Races, Dr Martens Boots, Drinks, Elika, Excesses, Foot Of Snow, Friday Night Club, Ghosts And Ghouls, Glorious Array, Greenery, Happy Accident, Health Reforms, Hope Mountain, Howard Clarke, Impressive Buildings, Masters Amen Corner, New Beginnings, New Years Eve, News Of The World, Norman Lamb, Nuptials, Old Haunts, Pater Familias, Photosynthesis, Public Holiday, Purple Flowers, Rays Creek, Sand Storms, School Gates, Second Birthday, Seymour Street, Shopping Basket, Shoulder Bag, Sidney Lumet, Smoking Ban, Snez, Sunrise In The Sky, T S Eliot, Troth, Weather, Wirral, Yuri Gagarin | 12 Comments

The Visit

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Steve

I had barely finished my induction and I was suddenly launched into a sea of people, all on their own journeys’ to their own lands. My long term destination was Cartrefle College. For now. After taking a couple of evening classes in Sociology and Psychology … Continue reading →

Posted in Shaggy Job Stories | Tagged Academic Qualifications, Birkenhead, College Interview, Disinterest, Distant Lands, Education Community, Ellesmere Port, Evening Classes, Family Stress, Feeder Schools, Horse Work, Induction, Journeys, Lad, Local Authority, Mile Journey, Monies, Mutual Friend, Outskirts, Set In Stone, Social Services, Social Worker, Term Destination, Thatcher, Time Education, Valuable Service, Wards, Work Horse, Work Projects, Working With Children, Youth Work Experience | 8 Comments

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Freeze Frame – A Compilation

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