Movietime (again)

Movietime (again)

Back at the cinema tonight… It was a virus movie – contagion – I love virus movies. Good to see a high level of personal hygiene afterwards too!

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Madbird DVD!

Madbird DVD!

  Well here’s the first batch of Beach Hut DVD’s by Anne Smithies. We’ve been working on this for a while and it’s now going to be launched at The International Quilt Festival Houston in the USA next week! It will then be on sale in the UK either direct from Anne (www.madbird.co.uk) or via www.machinequilter.co.uk. Watch out for more info when it’s released.  

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The Punch National Quiz!

The Punch National Quiz!

Redtooth recently ran the Punch National Quiz Competition in which over 400 Punch outlets from all corners of the UK took part in an eight week pub competition, then twenty regional finals and finally the top twenty teams at Aston Villa in order to crown the winner! – Here’s the video from the event. More information about Redtooth and our national events at our website at:...

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The Sweetest Thing

The Sweetest Thing

There’s now a couple of local shops (stores) selling imported American sweets (candy) and I picked up some Mountain Dew earlier… It’s a great taste and so much better than the energy drink version that’s on sale here… Only problem is that to get the milk duds to go with it requires further driving....

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Howlett Reso

Howlett Reso

I had the pleasure of playing a rather tasty resonator ukulele from Pete Howlett last week. It’s a tenor sized uke with a wonderful sweet tone and exceptional finish and powered by a delta resonator cone too – a great combo! This one is a prototype but there should be some production models coming soon… Watch this...

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