The Chronicles of a Steel City Man

      It feels like ages since I put pen to paper .. metaphorically speaking … and it feels even longer since my fingers danced the ‘light fantastic’ over the keyboard … well, maybe ‘dancing the light fantastic’ is a bit much, as I’m quite heavy handed actually … lol… Anyway discerning readers, what…

Originally posted on martinupfold: There are many things I am unaccustomed to. ?A few of those things is an overwhelming sense and feeling of anger, frustration and injustice. I have been discriminated against on mental health grounds. It does not matter if you are of a different race, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, creed, gender or as…

***Whilst browsing previously blogged articles in the Archives today (Friday 17th Feb 2017), I came across this article from August 2015, and I can still feel the passion and anger I felt whilst writing it…the feelings have not subsided one iota and neither has the problem described, namely ‘Affordable Housing’, been addressed either…Platitudes and Lies…

Originally posted on Pride's Purge: Independent Press Standards Organisation Gate House 1 Farringdon Street London EC4M 7LG I am writing to complain about misleading and inaccurate material published by the Sun and the Daily Mail – as well as the disrespectful and dishonest behaviour of a press photographer. On this year’s Remembrance Sunday, the 13th…

This is getting out of hand … the government and the corporations need to take note of their racist policies in search of ‘profit at all costs’ … it’s inhuman. And to think the Americans had countless thousands killed at the hands of the Nazs and here they are doing the same thing to the…

Originally posted on Pride's Purge: Sorry Brexiters – but you’ve been conned. By an American. And he’s not even hiding the fact. PR executive Gerry Gunster has been boasting about how his firm was behind the successful Brexit campaign – and how he used sales techniques instead of facts to trick British voters into voting…

Forget about the Presidential election, forget about how the Rotherham Titans RUFC lost again last Saturday … There is GOOD NEWS happening right now !!! The VLOG on You tube, steelcityman … has finally moved off 2 subscribers  (who were family) and now stands at 9, yes NINE subscribers and the views have  sped past the 500 mark (539…

Originally posted on Notes from the U.K.: In last week’s post, I mentioned that York Minster had fired its volunteer bell ringers. It was a small part of the post, but the comments it provoked have been fascinating. So first—because, admit it, you don’t actually read every golden word I publish, although I can’t think what…