Philip Gerken

@Irishgobshite79 @dublinbusnews @TFIupdates Same on the 33 to Skerries. Bus was cancelled while I stood at Abbey St waiting to get on.

Can we give a huge round of applause to @dublinbusnews for withdrawing the 6am 27 service from Jobstown 3 minutes before departure when the bus is already standing at the terminus Now where do I send my €50 taxi fare bill for getting me into work? @TFIupdates

@itaintwhywhywhy When will this grey fad ever end ?

Grrrrr😬😬😔

@TheBishF1 Miami Blue, my Beetle was that colour

Spotted & snapped in Battersea, London, just now: absolutely not my cup of tea. It fact I think it’s gaudy & vulgar. What do you think?

@BRPimages @YOLiverpool @angiesliverpool @MerseyFerries I took these in 1980, the red and white vessel was vaunted at the time as a replacement for the traditional ferry

The Royal Iris of The Mersey final sailings this weekend before retirement after 67 years of service, images from my archives including from 1973 as The Mountwood, famous for the film with Gerry Marsden, Ferry Cross The Mersey @YOLiverpool @angiesliverpool @MerseyFerries

@ColeFusionHQ “Such” a teacher in my old school. “My name is Mr @@@@ and I want to be known as such”

British nicknames are an unregulated industry. a 5'6 tradesman called Anthony is professionally known as Shetland Tony. a man who lost an eye is called Keth. a quiet man wore a yellow jumper once and became Mumblebee. what's the best nickname you've ever heard

@WG_RumblePants I stood behind him at the checkout at the local Asda supermarket. We never spoke 😌

They don’t make haircuts like this anymore, but, then, perhaps they don’t make cricketers like Ray Illingworth anymore either. Illimgworth led England to an Ashes victory in Australia in 1970-71, and then retained the urn at home in 1972. A tough Yorkshireman and an all-rounder, Illingworth was known to be an excellent man-manager who could get the best out of even the most difficult characters. Success came not only with England but, in exile from Yorkshire, in county cricket with Leicestershire, where as captain in the early 70s he turned an over-relaxed, unambitious side into a trophy-winning outfit. Do you have any memories of him?

@WG_RumblePants We did the same at Rush CC, Nth Co. Dublin 🏏

I’ve been helping tidy up my club this morning as part of the ECB’s Get Set Weekend. Has anyone else been doing the same thing at their club? It’s so good to be back outside at the club in the sunshine.

@StevenIsserlis I really used to enjoy the school concerts he gave at the Liverpool Phil. He explaining Debussy’s La Mer, “like waves on the shore”. 😌

The conductor Sir Charles Groves b otd 1915. Such a fine all-round musician and a lovely man. Alas, it was during a rehearsal of the Schumann concerto with me and the Manchester Camerata that he had the stroke which caused his death. A painful memory - but lots of nice ones too!

@AnnieChave Walked past him once in the Pavilion at Old Trafford during a test. He was just standing chatting. I never realised just how big he was. Sad you never get to just brush past players now, always a thrill

Nice to meet the bowler my son, Fraser was named after in person… He’s a tad larger than me!

@Rainmaker1973 Mrs Brown’s Boys

In 3 words

@bo66ie29 Me and my mate strolled up to No.10 and out came Ted Heath to speak to the journalists gathered outside 1971 I think .

Tourists in London stroll up to 10 Downing Street to have their photo taken. Does anyone remember doing this? Year unknown.

@seatsixtyone Use Sail Rail all the time but from Dublin to UK. It’s an hours wait at HH off 8.00 ferry but the beauty of it is that the ticket is complete open, any convenient train. Like wot we used to before, it all became very complicated. @Thatcargeek

Me too!

@oldpicposter And it used to be so posh

A handy commode in Arundel Avenue.

@GoodisonHistory Is it Johnny Morrisey ?

Who is the gentleman in the dark suit?

@HitmanCricket Club cricket all over 💙

Cricket is a boring game. Meanwhile somewhere in a domestic game in a lower ranked country.

@lancscricket This man Frank Hayes his timing and batting was so effortless

In our 162 year history, who has been your favourite player to wear the Red Rose and why? ♥🌹 🌹 #RedRoseTogether

@abcsport Thanks to all ABC for letting an expat Pom (I live in Ireland ) listen to this Ashes series on the radio app. Great coverage really enjoying it

Michael Neser had two superb caught-and-bowled wickets today, but he was thinking he should have had three! Excellent performance by local lad! Catch every ball this summer. Live and ad-free on ABC Radio and ABC listen: abc.net.au/listen/live/sp… Follow along with the live blog: ab.co/4oz7tEr #Ashes

@ColoursOfBharat Lighter fuel also works, an old graphic designers trick.

i was today years old when i discovered this hack for removing stickers

@charles_watts Rubbish .. does any body in TNT know anything about cricket ? “The batter hits the ball with his bat and the man behind the sticks catches it, does that mean he’s out? “

Absolutely. It's awful. The lack of crowd noise, the audio feed being slightly ahead of the pictures. Really poor.

@byzantineprof We were told at school it was the lead in the pipes

Since this post, I have been called a twat, accused of peddling performative bullshit, had a former legislator say they are taking me to school, and was told twice to read some Roman history books. Yet still I continue my quixotic quest to bring Roman history to the people. ✌️