Resisting all scurrilous comments about seeing pink elephants or six foot rabbits, let s stick to the welcome news that Harvey is the latest single from Paddy Goodwin & The Holy Ghosts, and can be downloaded and enjoyed as we speak.
Named after the classic Jimmy Stewart film of the same name, Paddy explains how the track came to be. I am a big fan of Jimmy Stewart and my favourite movie is either It s A Wonderful Life or Harvey depending on what way the wind is blowing, says Paddy, whose day job is as a solicitor, whilst moonlighting as a blues legend.
An Elvis impersonator from Oldham is launching the only Elvis-inspired mobile fish & chip van in the UK.
It s been an idea in the making for some time for Lee Newsome, who lives in Copter Hill with his wife Donna, a former hairdresser.
The mobile chippy, called Cod In A Trap (geddit?), almost never happened, as Lee s original plan was to move to Spain and perform his Elvis tribute act to tourists. We moved out to Spain so I could do my Elvis tribute show full time, Lee, 48, told the Chronicle. But we had only been there 4 weeks when Covid-19 struck & we were locked down for months.
Britain’s last remaining bellfoundry saved with £3.45m National Lottery funding
The last remaining major bellfoundry in Britain has been saved just in time for Christmas, thanks to £3.45m from the National Lottery.
Since 1859, the iconic Loughborough Bellfoundry, home to John Taylor & Co bellfounders, has cast more than 25,000 bells that are hung in over 100 countries, in churches, cathedrals, universities and public buildings. 20 million people in Britain, and hundreds of millions worldwide, hear a bell cast at the Loughborough Bellfoundry every day.
Bells from the foundry have even entered popular culture – the bells from St Thomas’s Church, in Fifth Avenue, New York, which can be heard on The Pogues and Kirsty McColl’s Christmas anthem Fairytale of New York, were cast at the site.
Britain’s last remaining bellfoundry saved with £3.45m National Lottery funding
The last remaining major bellfoundry in Britain has been saved just in time for Christmas, thanks to £3.45m from the National Lottery.
Since 1859, the iconic Loughborough Bellfoundry, home to John Taylor & Co bellfounders, has cast more than 25,000 bells that are hung in over 100 countries, in churches, cathedrals, universities and public buildings. 20 million people in Britain, and hundreds of millions worldwide, hear a bell cast at the Loughborough Bellfoundry every day.
Bells from the foundry have even entered popular culture – the bells from St Thomas’s Church, in Fifth Avenue, New York, which can be heard on The Pogues and Kirsty McColl’s Christmas anthem Fairytale of New York, were cast at the site.
Historic Loughborough bellfoundry saved from closure with £5m lifeline
The cash will pay for much needed repairs and training for a new generation of bellmakers
Loughborough Bellfoundry
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