Tag Archives: Brentford

Picadilly Palare

Brentford Away by oily sailor
Every pub in Brentford/Ealing has the same name: “The New Inn”, so meeting up with people can be a tricky business. “I’m in the New Inn” Barry Kool texted at half past 10. “I’m eating a Thai breakfast of snakes and ladders,” Peg Henderson barked into his ‘98 Nokia. “Shit,” [...]

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Rage Against The Machine

Wycombe 0-0 Brentford
oily sailor
No-one minds queuing in certain circumstances. Queuing for food vouchers or guns or just to see what’s at the other end. That’s all fine. Queuing for 25 minutes in a queue less than 10 people long for tickets for a League Two football match, well that I can do without. There’s no [...]

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Bruiser On Tour – Brentford

So I’m cruising down the Great West Road in a Lexus when the phone rings. Helluva racket, some monkey’s dibbled with the ringtone. Paul Young. Keith Old. There’s five-O on the starboard so I push right on, got to be places, Westside.
I’ve been sent by SMBU to do some reportage on Brentford. Reportage. Makes me [...]

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