Tigers at Layer Road 21:11 - Sep 23 with 40977 views | SparkfilmsTV | In a strange twist of events l found myself in conversation with a young lady who had attended Layer Road for a match against Hull City in our first season in The Championship. The 5-1 encounter. We were attending a promo evening for a band called The Datsuns in North London in 2008. During the evening she explained that she had been present at a party that made the national news due to the tragic death of someone by the name of Mark Blanco. The incident occurred in December 2006. This incident will be shown on Channel 4 on Monday night at 22.00 in an hour long documentary and several people known to me have made contributions. It may be of interest to some. I am very much hoping that the police will reinvestigate the death of Mark Blanco as a result of what will be included in the content. I know that what l was told by this young lady 15 years ago has been instrumental in the making of this documentary. | | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 18:17 - Jun 11 with 2385 views | SparkfilmsTV | Very interesting scanning PJ Files McCann. Although the PJ had doubts that an abduction took place my gut feeling from reading initial key statements is that it probably did. The media circus which was to explode on a global level appears to evolved from the multiple contacts that the McCann's and their associates had and l haven't traced anything pre-planned. Having said that, many of the statements refer to the lack of care and protection to three young children left alone for varying time portals and it is quite incredible to learn that Madeleine had 'issues' relating to waking up at night and wandering around. The British establishment do appear to have given the McCann's support on a level that has never been before or since - a PR supershow and possibly removing incriminating details from data systems. | | | |
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Tigers at Layer Road on 18:17 - Jun 11 by SparkfilmsTV | Very interesting scanning PJ Files McCann. Although the PJ had doubts that an abduction took place my gut feeling from reading initial key statements is that it probably did. The media circus which was to explode on a global level appears to evolved from the multiple contacts that the McCann's and their associates had and l haven't traced anything pre-planned. Having said that, many of the statements refer to the lack of care and protection to three young children left alone for varying time portals and it is quite incredible to learn that Madeleine had 'issues' relating to waking up at night and wandering around. The British establishment do appear to have given the McCann's support on a level that has never been before or since - a PR supershow and possibly removing incriminating details from data systems. |
I spent a few hours reading through the interviews taken by British police here in the UK of 'The Tapas Seven' in 2008. This was an intensive and extensive interviewing technique and quite an insight into many issues that the public may not have been aware of. The fact that the McCann twins didn't wake up through the night of the disappearance when there was hours of shouting and screaming in close proximity - not to mention Kate McCann smashing doors and wardrobes is difficult to comprehend - all this with rooms full of people. Members of the Tapas Seven and even Kate McCann seemed to be of the opinion that the twins had been 'drugged'. As for the behaviour of the McCann couple who were utterly distraught - one line in a statement stood out - 'No one could have acted that'. It's only when reading through police files that l can formulate a rational opinion of what may have happened. Interestingly, Maddie was not covered up when she was put to bed and even the surface of the bed doesn't suggest that it had been slept on and no ruffles of movement are visible. There are still so many unusual aspects to the circumstances of the immediate surroundings in the apartment. The Jane Tanner sighting does appear to be authentic and this only became apparent some years after her interview in the UK. I think all of the Tapas Seven were truthful with their statements both in Portugal and the UK. | | | |
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Tigers at Layer Road on 19:20 - Jun 12 by SparkfilmsTV | I spent a few hours reading through the interviews taken by British police here in the UK of 'The Tapas Seven' in 2008. This was an intensive and extensive interviewing technique and quite an insight into many issues that the public may not have been aware of. The fact that the McCann twins didn't wake up through the night of the disappearance when there was hours of shouting and screaming in close proximity - not to mention Kate McCann smashing doors and wardrobes is difficult to comprehend - all this with rooms full of people. Members of the Tapas Seven and even Kate McCann seemed to be of the opinion that the twins had been 'drugged'. As for the behaviour of the McCann couple who were utterly distraught - one line in a statement stood out - 'No one could have acted that'. It's only when reading through police files that l can formulate a rational opinion of what may have happened. Interestingly, Maddie was not covered up when she was put to bed and even the surface of the bed doesn't suggest that it had been slept on and no ruffles of movement are visible. There are still so many unusual aspects to the circumstances of the immediate surroundings in the apartment. The Jane Tanner sighting does appear to be authentic and this only became apparent some years after her interview in the UK. I think all of the Tapas Seven were truthful with their statements both in Portugal and the UK. |
Just to confirm the individual who was seen by Jane Tanner and was known as 'Tannerman' was Julian Totman carrying his two year old daughter and he made himself known to Portuguese police as soon as he became aware of the drawing that was actually commissioned by the McCann's. This information was not shared with British police for four years! Mr and Mrs Totman heard nothing back from the police in Portugal for year's after their communication. This was reported in the British press at the time but l wasn't aware. Children being carried at night back from a crรจche etc was a fairly common sight it seems. Sorry to burden anyone with this kind of information but l like to tie up any loose ends ( and there are plenty on the conveyer belt ). | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 21:40 - Jun 18 with 2187 views | SparkfilmsTV | Just been on a surreal dog walk ...didn't realise that Channel 4 News was beamed live tonight from Firstsite in Colchester. I tend to look into the large windows around the back of the gallery to scan the latest exhibits and there was Daisy Cooper and Co. in The Green Room with plenty of 'riders'...possibly milkshakes for Richard Tice of Reform UK. The Channel 4 lighting looked fab! ๐๐ [Post edited 18 Jun 21:46]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 18:29 - Jun 27 with 2004 views | SparkfilmsTV | Have been in discussion with a journalist today from a national newspaper who is interested in the names on a phone hacking list and how certain segments may have originated. Much of this relates to 2005 / 2006. Another element we discussed was Suffolk Police being 'bugged' at Martlesham Heath HQ in December 2006 during the investigations relating to The Suffolk Serial Murders. We have two particular organisations of interest. | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 22:34 - Jun 28 with 1966 views | SparkfilmsTV | I'VE SEEN YOU I've seen you Treading stardust Arms raised Theatrical Magical Elegant Invincible Weaving shapes Making patterns Moving particles and atoms I sensed the power You once felt Across lay lines On sacred lands Barefoot Connected Reflected in ancient meadows Glistening in a glade You were clinging To the wheel of fortune Sometimes spinning Uncontrollably Should your grip Have been loosened Then it was likely You would have been flung By the wayside Discarded Then... Helter Skelter On a one way journey Unable to defy gravity I saw you today Sitting on a park bench Transfixed By the pigeons Your pose Once theatrical Magical But now Downcast Invisible Your fourteen year journey Relayed In a two hundred word sentence And you never looked up Not once Let's walk to the supermarket Just talk And l will listen But l can't help you Or play any part in a rescue On a mercy mission Not from this Let's walk to a sunlit meadow I will talk And you will glisten.....again Momentarily.... you will glisten As the last petal falls Softly to the ground But l can't l help you Or play any part in a rescue On a mercy mission As much as l'd like to ( Wrote this tonight at 22.00 - it's a combination of a conversation today in the Castle Park and watching PJ Harvey at Glastonbury ). STOP PRESS - have made a few amends to this piece which serves me right for completing the first version too quickly. The 'Wheel of fortune' aspect gave it a bit more substance perhaps, and a few positive responses. [Post edited 1 Jul 10:34]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 21:53 - Jun 30 with 1883 views | SparkfilmsTV | Note re. previous post 'I'VE SEEN YOU'. This seems to have created a bit of interest in other circles. It's very rarely that l make any changes / additions to content with this kind of stuff. As l revisit the conversation in Castle Park, Colchester l am considering adding some of the sensitive elements of that to the piece. I have 'borrowed' a scene ( glistening / meadow etc ) from something l wrote for an air stewardess on a Laker Airlines flight many years ago....and having presented it to her at touch down at Gatwick Airport, and adding my phone number to the piece was amazed when she phoned my old landline in Colchester ( was 0206 78604 - remember them? ) about a week later. As a result of a commute to Crawley to see her while she was grounded l wrote a very long poetic landscape that featured her journey from Northumberland, to Gatwick and backwards and forwards to Los Angeles....on a very frequent rota. I never kept a copy of it so l am trying to remember parts to keep it alive in some way - so some of the imagery may have a rebirth ( of sorts ). The young lady in question turned out to be quite a story as things unfolded.....๐๐. And so did her parents and family members! The piece l wrote for Julie C was called 'SKYQUEEN' and the opening lines included 'Glistening on a September Sunday'......'Listening to wheels hit the runway'?? ( something that that ) so after about 45 years l don't appear to have moved forward too much.....just remembered phone bills from 1978....think we used to communicate by a thing known as 'telex' too.....much more affordable, and a fixture of hotels in California....๐ณ๐ณ A little more on the 'SKYQUEEN'.....l am trying to recall the duration of the flight from Los Angeles LAX to Gatwick which l think was around 6 hours across America, an hour's refuel on the Eastern seaboard and another six hours across the Atlantic etc.....so for around 13 hours l found myself watching this 'SKYQUEEN' individual who performed the safety and in-flight procedures in virtual dance like moves....and served meals, snacks and drinks in the most delightful manner. I was unable to take my eyes off her ...this must be a regular occurrence for some but to write poetics on an aircraft and present them to the person of interest may be extreme. I suppose if there is a lesson to be learned it is to express one's thoughts and make communication should you feel inclined. ๐๐ [Post edited 1 Jul 9:57]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 10:32 - Jul 1 with 1792 views | SparkfilmsTV | Sorry for adding to the 'SKYQUEEN' subject but it was the beginning of my writing journey - which somehow continues all these years on. I was none too keen on poetry at school ....l have walked past North County Primary and St Helena this morning....going over most of the content l write - well, l'm not sure if it is poetry really and l would have given up with it many years ago had some people not have read it, and surprisingly to me, shown quite an interest in my random thoughts patterns. In real terms, the only audience any of us has is ourselves ....if you create something that you are satisfied with on a personal level then l suppose it allows for delivering that to fellow humans in the hope that they may gain something from it. A form of giving. I eventually ( in 1999 ) decided to put the work to the test by putting out my first book.....the first recorded sale was at Waterstone's in Notting Hill. The poetry buyer actually phoned me at home to say she had sold a copy of 'THE EROTIC CAFE'....the purchaser was a member of ALL SAINTS....believe me, getting Waterstone's to put a poetry book on the shelves in '99 was quite a task....as the days and weeks unfolded the book was being ordered in Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham....in fact all over the country. After Waterstone's it appeared in Borders, Books etc, Blackwell's, Ottakars....l am grateful to all of the bookshops who supported my early work which on reflection was a bit patchy and still is ... So, had it not have been for my 13 hour fixation on an air stewardess on a flight in 1978 quite a few people around the globe could have had some respite from my perhaps all too quickly written works. [Post edited 1 Jul 13:39]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 18:33 - Jul 1 with 1710 views | SparkfilmsTV | Writing.... I wonder if every life experience - however futile or seemingly insignificant it may seem at the time is recorded in some infinite memory bank in our systems....this is something l sometimes consider. Using parts of 'SKYQUEEN' from 1978 has reminded me vividly of an answer machine in a house share in Crawley. Memory triggers memory...acting like a prompt and taking you back to an experience that you would doubt could ever be recorded or revisited. When human life is entering its final phase some form of electrical charge appears to stimulate the brain into a freeze flood of static and moving visions and images from the past. On occasion, as in my Mother's final days the system kicks back in to keep one alive for a few more hours or days and the individual is able to relate this experience to family or hospital staff. I suppose the more vivid each experience in life is the deeper it is etched into our systems and that preserves it somehow. I have used little cameos from 'SKYQUEEN' imagery over the years which may have come to the surface through suppressed memory? Not sure. A few lines l wrote in 1999 could have been related to Julie C....observations from September '78. 'Shake your hair Let it fall on your shoulders Making you look Lovelier than ever' etc - this was the first time l saw 'SKYQUEEN' with her hair down as in flight the style was hair up ... Our memory is a precious gift ...it is what we are to ourselves....each of our stories and life journeys are unique. | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 15:57 - Jul 2 with 1680 views | SparkfilmsTV | LAST DANCE IN A FUNERAL PARLOUR - Part One ( Draft spin off from 'I've seen you' - written in the past hour ). Your deepest darkest secrets Locked away In the labyrinths Of your crazed mind Month after month And year after year Hidden from mankind And womankind Hidden ...from the world You are a death cult Unto yourself Ripping at your soul But no one else Lured By motorway bridges Cliff faces Ravines And railway lines Such is your mind Balconies Ledges Tower blocks And pylons Free falling through time This could be Your last dance In a funeral parlour ( tbc ). | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 21:26 - Jul 2 with 1661 views | SparkfilmsTV | LAST DANCE IN A FUNERAL PARLOUR - Part Two ( Draft ) Then suddenly Some spark of light Lasered From a distant sun Penetrates the inner soul Not only lowers the draw bridge But destroys it In an instant The purple army marches in Light bulb moment or what? All the defence mechanisms That you controlled from the inside Shattered Gone Burnt out tanks Line the horizon Acrid smoke rising You slump to the ground Wailing Writhing Silent screams They are always the loudest Sound booms reverb Down every corridor Where you were sectioned Care workers run for cover In the slipstream Your fake lover Blade to his wrist Is there one last twist? The last dance in the funeral parlour ( The second part was written at break neck speed this afternoon....it's about a deep secret that was revealed to me from the conversation - 'I've seen you' ....piece ). I send some pieces to contacts in the media and music industry by email and on occasion they are forwarded to a wider audience and it is interesting to receive feedback. I realise email is not the chosen mode of communication for the masses these days but on occasion it travels the oceans. [Post edited 2 Jul 22:14]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 15:36 - Jul 4 with 1555 views | SparkfilmsTV | I took my dog To see the ducks On the boating lake In Castle Park An hour ago There were none To be seen My dog said 'Where are all the ducks?' I told him they must have gone to vote He said 'Who will they vote for?' I told him they would mostly vote Green and a few might vote Reform UK When we were returning home we saw about fifty ducks walking in single file on Riverside Estate They had photo ID's around their necks and several appeared to have passports in their beaks When we got back Joe Biden was on TV My dog said 'Why does Joe keep saying Pause?' I said he is reading off the telepromt My dog said 'But Pause has got the brackets either side and it means they indicate Mute' I said, that's right and Joe has been briefed on numerous occasions but he still has difficulty with it. ( This is not a poetic piece as such, just a reflection of events on polling day....๐๐ ). [Post edited 4 Jul 16:03]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 21:41 - Jul 7 with 1321 views | SparkfilmsTV | It's been a difficult day. I attended the funeral of Mr Peter Sakal today. Peter was the owner of GFM in Colchester and we go back a long way. In 1981 we met an extraordinary individual by the name of Robert Maxwell who owned BPCC and this paved the way for some interesting and innovative print projects that would eventually lead to the birth and development of UK Holidays in The Sun which has now been in existence for over 30 years. For anyone who knew Peter l will add several cameo's from our association over the years in the next few days. Peter was working for a holiday company in Wolverhampton called Holimarine in 1990, they would become shirt sponsors to Colchester United in our first season in The GM Vauxhall Conference when Ian Atkins captained the side and we finished runner's up to Barnet. [Post edited 7 Jul 21:47]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 06:05 - Jul 8 with 1297 views | SparkfilmsTV | The birth of Peter Sakal's GFM company was at the premises of Graphic Warehouse in Manor Road, Colchester around 1991. This was the year when Colchester United clinched the GM Vauxhall Conference title together with winning the F.A.Trophy at Wembley. We travelled many miles to away matches in a pulsating season. Peter and l were very involved with the club and produced the souvenir brochure that celebrated an unforgettable season, with Peter getting The Sun newspaper on board to sponsor the shirts for the Wembley appearance. I think this was a payment of around ยฃ50,000, which was quite significant over thirty years ago. As for my part, Graphic Warehouse were by this time associates of owner Jonathan Crisp and sponsors of the club. The Sun's involvement was instrumental in the birth of GFM. Before Peter got this deal together he created the concept for the company while on a Government start up scheme that just about financed a basic computer set up and a few extras. Peter didn't have a decent car at this time so when he arranged meetings with holiday parks around the UK l had to accompany him in a car that l purchased from Nick Mason of Pink Floyd to give people like the owners of Warners Holidays the impression that we were already established and had a fleet of high performance vehicles ( l hadn't considered this at the time but it was mentioned at yesterday's funeral ). A few years later Peter asked me to give him a lift to Lancaster Garages on Ipswich Road in Colchester. It was a Saturday morning in the summer months and we arrived there dressed in scruffy and casual attire. This was a trait that l have continued for most of my life but Peter would become much better dressed over the following years. I can remember the salesman looking over at us with an expression of distain but he soon perked up when Peter just pointed at a red Ferrari with a price tag which in today's terms would be around ยฃ450,000 and said 'I'll have that'. It took around an hour to get the money transferred and do the paper work before we formed a two car convoy along Ipswich Road with Peter struggling to drive the super high powered vehicle. We went back to my house in Margaret Road in Colchester and had a few trial runs around the block in the Ferrari. Both Peter and l were none too skilled in driving the thing but it did get easier. [Post edited 8 Jul 6:09]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 09:37 - Jul 8 with 1285 views | Witham | Holidays in the Sun at Manor Road gave me some extra income doing evening and weekend shifts when I needed it. I think I may have been at the Grammar with Peter Sakal - it's a name that's not that common in Colchester. | | | |
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Tigers at Layer Road on 09:37 - Jul 8 by Witham | Holidays in the Sun at Manor Road gave me some extra income doing evening and weekend shifts when I needed it. I think I may have been at the Grammar with Peter Sakal - it's a name that's not that common in Colchester. |
Hello Witham, Peter went to The Gilberd and l believe his brother Richard went to The Colchester Royal Grammar School. I am pleased you came into the Graphic Warehouse / UK Holiday's in The Sun HQ in Manor Road...hundreds of people passed through our doors and we had several massive parties there. The Warehouse apartments now occupy some of the area that we took over in the late eighties through to the mid nineties. I made the mistake back then of buying up too many properties in Manor Road just before the crash around '92. With hindsight Graphic Warehouse should have consolidated but my own life travelled in unusual directions following it's demise that were live enriching on reflection. | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 23:22 - Jul 8 with 1208 views | SparkfilmsTV | Peter Sakal - 1982 I remember visiting Peter at his home in Priory Street on a Saturday morning. I had my 11 month old daughter Rachel in a buggy. We were downstairs in an open plan area. Peter's parents were there. I took Rachel out of her buggy and she stood up with my assistance ...she then took her first steps, not just one or two, she walked the entire length of the room which was about 25 feet. I told everyone present that she hadn't walked a single step until that moment. I just reminded her of that tonight. Peter Sakal - The UK Holidays in the Sun business pitch. ( '91? ). Peter had been working away on this for many months. He had produced a blueprint which was effectively concentrating on out of season short term stays across the country in holiday parks.... part of my involvement was designing an eight page pull out to appear in The Sun which l had mounted on four sheets of poly board. We didn't know if The Sun would bite on the idea and were prepared to re-brand the concept and pitch it to The Daily Mirror or the Daily Mail. Peter arranged for us to meet the editor of The Sun, Kelvin McKenzie at News International in Wapping. We travelled up from Colchester North Station to Liverpool Street and got a cab over to Wapping. Peter had a briefcase with the document and l was carrying a large art bag with the designs. The news floor was massive with The Sun, News of the World, Sunday Times and an enormous work force, many of whom watched us as we made our way up the steps to the glass box / watchtower where Mr McKenzie held court. We started to go through things with Peter flicking through the pages while l flung the visuals around. Kelvin was concentrating and after a few minutes he said 'excuse me while l make a call'. So he gets on the phone and says 'I've got two guys up here from Chelmsford ( funny that, we didn't wish to correct him at that moment ) and l want ยฃ250,000 out of budget to put this idea they have bought in on TV. That was the beginning of UK Holidays in the Sun.๐๐ About 20 minutes later we departed the building. Kelvin McKenzie kept the visuals l had produced, and l thought he just wanted them for a record of how we might approach the TV commercial. Not so. The Sun's production company scanned the visuals and they appeared on television screens a little later on in proceedings. As Peter and l were walking back to a tube station he said 'Did that really happen?'. I said 'Yeah', but at that moment we couldn't have envisaged the magnitude of what would follow. ( TBC ). [Post edited 9 Jul 11:38]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 22:48 - Jul 10 with 1106 views | SparkfilmsTV | If anyone has followed this thread all the way through they will be aware of some extraordinary coincidences ( ??? ), with birthdays with people who have been part of my life's journey. Here is another, Peter Sakal - birthday March 20. His first wife Deborah, March 20 also! I remember Peter telling me that just after they first met. An honour to have been their best man all those year's ago. Peter would have loved the moment tonight when Watkins scored that sensational goal. Sending best wishes to everyone who has followed this long thread. ๐ฆฎ๐ฆฎ [Post edited 11 Jul 8:56]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 10:16 - Jul 12 with 1081 views | SparkfilmsTV | FALLEN ( Written this morning - observations and associations ). You look like You've seen a ghost Sit down Take a deep breath Take another Reach for that glass by your side And sip slowly The lines around your eyes Etched a little deeper The frown on your brow Involuntary distortion But it is ... Unmistakeably you Gaze out of the window Where the caravan stood Where you feigned it And faked it The seagulls.....silent now A figure crawling slowly By the kerbside You recognise As yourself You are..... Dazed Confused A pixelated mirage Some cardboard cityscape Rising above Dropping below Deep underground Take your place On the pastel paving Flick the crushed lager cans From your pathway To the abyss And blow the cigarette butts From that gaze All the trials and tribulations Remnants and reminders Come back to haunt you Shrieks in the subway Screams in the precinct It looks like You've seen a ghost | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 18:20 - Jul 12 with 1055 views | SparkfilmsTV | Had a visit today from a young lady who owns a digital media company in the area who has been following this thread. She is not a football fan as such but a friend mentioned 'Tigers at Layer Road' to her. It's reassuring to think that people take time out of their busy lives to read anything l or anyone else contributes to this forum. I hadn't intended to keep the thread running for so long but when several hundred views are often captured in other time zones through the night it is reassuring that folk are ( hopefully ) finding something of interest to consume. STOP PRESS - The Feeling playing in Castle Park , Colchester tomorrow evening ( one of my favourite bands ). [Post edited 14 Jul 14:53]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 11:19 - Jul 15 with 995 views | SparkfilmsTV | 'BUSINESS PLAN - 1994' Take two partners One, a small time criminal The other - Recently made redundant From a national newspaper Take a vision To make a million pounds each Within two years Take a business plan But not the type you could Discuss with your bank manager Expanding on a six month trial period With a casual labour force Who have no objection To working unsociable hours Very much suited To invisible members of society As we make our approach Through the shopping precinct The Town Hall is striking 11pm Most of the revellers are smashed And where we are going The night shift will be stoned We tap in the security code On the freshly tagged black gate Then down the alley way Under the gaze Of the recently installed CCTV Up the metal stairwell To the newly fitted Reinforced door A single push on the buzzer And then we step in The air is thick with cannabis Past the kitchenette A twenty something female Is flicking through a magazine On a recycled dark grey sofa Into the open plan area Where back to back pedestal tables House brick phones and computers Five staff clamour to answer The in-calls from the 16 Motorola's The scene represents the largest example Of it's kind in the UK.... ( TBC )..... this is set in a premises in central Colchester and is a true representation. [Post edited 15 Jul 11:26]
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Tigers at Layer Road on 22:11 - Jul 16 with 952 views | SparkfilmsTV | 'BUSINESS PLAN - 1994' - Cont. In this town centre setting First floor office accommodation Of some 1,200 square feet Consisting of A front office Open planned area ( With kitchenette ) WC's - recently refurbished By the current tenants Including an extensive overhaul Of electrics with multiple Power points Office furniture supplied by The British Army Together with computer system Surplus to the requirements Of British Telecom Two sofa's ( Rescued from a skip ) A safe ( Believed to have been stolen ) Though, empty on arrival We are invited into the office There are the remains of takeaways Cigarette butts Overflowing ashtrays And an array of maps Adorn the walls This is the nerve centre Of operations And we are mighty impressed We are offered illegal substances, Coffee, wine, lager, spirits The kind of rider You get backstage On your first tour And your last If you are lucky It's the maps that take our interest Every city, town, village and hamlet East of Leytonstone West of Cambridge And South of Norwich But the maps get upstaged This was the biggest stick Of dynamite Anyone could possibly imagine A database of 7,304 clients Courtesy of pirate software Stolen from British Telecom Or if not stolen as such Taken after a considered shortfall In a redundancy package We scanned the area Of most interest Namely CO1 This is 1994 And the world Is at our fingertips The ambition of Two million pounds Had been fully realised With another million on top For good measure ( TBC ). | | | |
Tigers at Layer Road on 22:11 - Jul 26 with 859 views | SparkfilmsTV | It's now time to put the last two years of written work into book production. After experimenting with several different print and design techniques l have decided that every new written work will be produced as a collage. The first one 'Liquid Honey' is currently on view at Firstsite in Colchester and there will be around 47 others that will form part of a book of approximately 72 pages. I have no idea if this project will take off or be commercially viable. The collages include coloured strips of acetate and kid's stickers with the poetics printed onto a yellow paper with torn edges and multiple images in the background. Each page has the potential to be reproduced as a poster or submitted to on line poetry magazines around the world in PDF form. While attending the funeral of Colchester musician Grahame Andrew today l saw the best photo books that l have ever seen produced by Snapfish that he and his wife have compiled over recent years. For anyone familiar with print the inner pages were on a super gloss 200 GSM stock and the colours were vibrant and deeply saturated - an incredible effect. Grahame was always kind and generous to us all and looking through his photo books today was akin to some kind of telepathic message. Attending three funerals in less than two weeks has been exhausting but in a strange way exhilarating because each individual produced so much through either innovative business ideas or music that lives on and can be shared and experienced by future generations. R.I.P. Peter Sakal Grahame Andrew Louise Stratton | | | |
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Tigers at Layer Road on 22:11 - Jul 26 by SparkfilmsTV | It's now time to put the last two years of written work into book production. After experimenting with several different print and design techniques l have decided that every new written work will be produced as a collage. The first one 'Liquid Honey' is currently on view at Firstsite in Colchester and there will be around 47 others that will form part of a book of approximately 72 pages. I have no idea if this project will take off or be commercially viable. The collages include coloured strips of acetate and kid's stickers with the poetics printed onto a yellow paper with torn edges and multiple images in the background. Each page has the potential to be reproduced as a poster or submitted to on line poetry magazines around the world in PDF form. While attending the funeral of Colchester musician Grahame Andrew today l saw the best photo books that l have ever seen produced by Snapfish that he and his wife have compiled over recent years. For anyone familiar with print the inner pages were on a super gloss 200 GSM stock and the colours were vibrant and deeply saturated - an incredible effect. Grahame was always kind and generous to us all and looking through his photo books today was akin to some kind of telepathic message. Attending three funerals in less than two weeks has been exhausting but in a strange way exhilarating because each individual produced so much through either innovative business ideas or music that lives on and can be shared and experienced by future generations. R.I.P. Peter Sakal Grahame Andrew Louise Stratton |
I had no idea Peter Sakal had passed! Got to know him through this forum, and of course following the Uโs - a lovely man! [Post edited 28 Jul 12:30]
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