Its funny, I've always called it 'The Fiveways' (in a similar vein to calling 7 Dials 'The 7 Dials') but have associated dropping of the 'The' with the general rise of ponciness in that area which can also be linked with the recent trend for calling the playing fields around the schools the...
The Fiveways has become increasingly infested with these sorts of parents, having completed what is annoyingly known as the 'Hanover Hop' in order to secure a place at Balfour School.
Surrounded by 'North Village Cafe' 'The Fiveways Deli' and a Tin Drum, the Zoo and neighbouring Ladbrokes are...
I think we played Port Vale at home very soon around this game. Being at school I could only afford to go to one game - England B or Port Vale - not both.
Port Vale it was then :dunce:
I took a nice bit of turf that I put in a plant pot and looked after it. I read about a groundsman at a football club (it was possible a load of bollocks) getting the players after a training session to piss into a bucket that he would later pour onto the pitch. The ammonia was supposed to turn...
I got my first cricket bat from there back in around 1990. It was a Slazenger and very proud of it I was until, about 2 months later, a mate pointed out to me that faintly stamped into the wood on the side up near the splice were the words 'reject'.:dunce:
The novelty factor wears off quite quick. The lack of games isn't helping....
On Wii boxing, I had my heart rate monitor on from when i'd been running and my heart rate was about 70% of its maximum. Needless to say I more often than not opt for wii golf that I can play from the comfort of my sofa.
As I understand it, Anston properties keep getting inappropriate planning applications turned down for many of the residential blocks they own - seemingly most of London Road - and refuse to do anything with Anston House out of spite
I had a tin of cold rice pudding for lunch yesterday followed by a pot noodle and 3 10p packets of space raiders - the lunch of champions, students and the unemployed