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Yes it was a village, but inside Coventry. My mum would do his shopping in Ball Hill and in the city centre. My dad said He was talking stupid calling it going to Coventry, but he kept saying it.

No my dad was born in Northamptonshire, then lived for years in Rugby. He was from a family of 9 raised on a farm, so maybe it is a rural saying ?

My elderly Uncle Jack who lived in Walsgrave would say to anyone going to the City centre to shop:" Are you going to Coventry ? " Even as a kid I thought that doesn't make sense !

My mum would say to me if I asked to borrow money " you should eke your money out. " Meaning not spend it all at once. My dad would say about a soft footballer " He's a right Jessie. " He'd be saying that a lot at games these days ! "

I'll check that out. Railway was a dangerous Job, we had lots of scrapes.Back in the 70's we drank most days ! There were 10 of us in our gang, all piss heads and even the foreman would come to the pub. Health and Safety was Poor, we were told to keep our wits about us and that was it. How none...

It shows when your time is up that's it. To escape serious injury or even death is either pure luck, or fate ? Along with my railway near miss, I've been near to leaving this mortal coil many times. But here I am in my sixties still pissing off my window cleaning customers, even though I came...

A stowaway on a plane fell out and landed next to a chap sunbathing in his garden. Sounds bizarre but it really happened, and it could have resulted in 2 deaths instead of one. It got me thinking about a near fatal incident that happened to me back in the 70's. I was working on the railway...

Good second half performance by England deserve extra time.

And Malakas list is impressive too.

I reckon you have the most impressive CV of bands/acts seen I know. Respect !

You seen Steppenwolf, The Doors, and Jefferson Airplane , bloody hell I'm envious ! I've just included in my new rockblock The Pusher and Love Her Madly both great tracks. So it's not how many concerts we've been to but who we've seen that counts. What a band CV you have !

Glad someone else went to Monsters Of Rock ! I remember going once and it pissed it down for hours on end eventually turning it into a mudbath. Anyway the 3 of us were down the front waiting for the band to come on stage, when a group of lads decided to start pushing people over, resulting in a...

I recall going to see Lou Reed at Warwick Arts Centre some years back. It was the most boring concert I've ever been to, my mate fell asleep, and for an hour the crowd was in silence. That concert stays in the memory !

As Glastonbury is over for another year, it got me thinking about all the concerts I've attended over the years. I used to go with 2 mates every year to Monsters Of Rock at Donnington, had some great times there. But we used to split up after hours of drinking and venture off on our own for a...

Better than the Killers. Last time I heard the Cure was in the 80's. Well impressed.

Got to say they are good. Never knew they were a rock band !

Pet Shop Boys WTF! Garbage.

Never liked Blur. Then again Song 2 ain't bad !

Liam was poor I thought and the Killers are just a decent pop band. Saturday night headliners should be Metallica , Foo Fighters or similar rock music.

Can't beat Monsters Of Rock now Download festival. Seen ACDC, Ozzy, Motorhead, Sabbath, Saxon, Deep Purple and loads more great bands. We went every year, always a great day. Still love rock music but this years Glastonbury line up looks a bit flat ?