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March 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

In Search of Greatness: DVD

In Search of Greatness Director: Gabe Polsky Creativity & Sports Doc LLC / Madman If it’s easy to – these days – just figure that the elite sportspeople of the world are built in a lab, destined for greatness because of the work that goes into them, then it’s a fine time to check out […]
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June 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 167 Alcohol

Being a teenager in Hamilton in the seventies involved quite a bit of drinking. There wasn’t a lot to do and it seemed like one of the ways to get out at the time though it was really only a path further into itself.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1970s, Alcohol, Art, Beer, Booze, Drink, Drinking, Drinks, Drunk, ep 167, Football, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hamilton, Jon Mcleary, Music, Piss, piss-up, Pissed, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 167 Alcohol, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories #167, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Wgtn, Whisky, Writing ·

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February 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 98 The Football

With my dad being a Scot, it was always going to be football and “not that square ball game”. He had played for his RAF squadron in WW2 against what was left of the French national team at the end of the war and brought his passion for the game with him to his new […]
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