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In search of the Quarrymen

20 Sunday Jan 2013

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Coppock, CS Lewis, Headington Quarry, Masons Arms, Meeson, Muncies, Oxford, Quarry Park, Quarry School, Vallis Bakery

Sunday 20th January 2013

Greetings from my neck of the woods. This is a small, half mile square part of Oxford set at the city’s eastern edge. Every tourist has seen the fruits of the labours of the Headington Quarry when they visit the “Dreaming Spires,” as it was from here at that the Oolitic limestone that built the colleges was mined, and the last of it built the school I attended, Quarry School. Have a look at the blue door, and look at the new stone at the right, at foot level. It’s new because my friend Matthew hated going there so much, he’d kick the stone in anger each time he passed through.

To this day many of the Quarrymen’s cottages are still in evidence Continue reading →

Closed Doors

20 Sunday Jan 2013

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Danny Johnson, David Beckham Academy, Enfield Town, Greenwich Peninsula, Josh Hutchinson, Liam Hope, London Soccerdome, Neil Johnson, North Greenwich Arena, O2, Potters Bar Town, soccer

Saturday 19th January 2013 ko 14.00

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POTTERS BAR TOWN 2 (Johnson 1 Hutchinson 49)

ENFIELD TOWN 2 (Hope 67p Johnson 82)

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Played at London Soccerdome, East Parkside, Greenwich Peninsula, London

For the itinerant football watcher, snow has only one advantage – games tend to get called off quickly. My original choice, Oxford United was postponed Friday lunchtime, as were the games involving the participants in my eventual game. If of course the weather is against you, then there’s only one true all-weather surface – an indoor one!

I’d checked the kick off with Potters Bar secretary Alan Evans, but en-route, Enfield Town had tweeted that the game was Continue reading →

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