Mule Train
Bob Blackman was a phenomenon, albeit a minor one on the club circuit in 1970s Northern Britain. I first saw him in a working man’s Club in Rotherham around 1981, a place that had a stripper on in the men’s bar at tea time at the same time families were enjoying dinner in the main lounge. I remember crying with laughter at his antics with the tray. As I recall I got very drunk on Barley Wine I’m Still on nights, and strangely Bob was a product of some nostalgic chatter in the wee small hours of last night. My first sojourn to my beloved South Yorkshire I got up at midday when Dorothy started to perform CPR following a tickling bladder and donning shorts and my new I love Scotch Eggs T shirt , we all went out for a walk which was nice because everyone seemed to be out and about and I could tick the box with some human contact. Trendy Carol ( nice bomber jacket, designer jeans, chic sandals ) stopped. She’s pulled her left arm at work ...