Peoples Republic Of Teesside

Teessider Forever — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:30:38 GMT

Whilst idly iPhone Googling, or iGoogling shall we call it, I came a cross the

Billingham Town Square

Teessider Forever — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:21:39 GMT

Some pictures of Billingham Town Square taken on 24th December 2010 using my iPhone. It's so sad to see how run down it is now. It used to be quite a vibrant place. I suppose you ...

Confidence Crunch

Teessider Forever — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:20:26 BST

Until recently I thought all this talk of a double dip recession was just gloom-mongering. What do these so-called-experts really know? It wasn’t that long ago that we were being told that the housing market bubble was set for a soft landing, a period of low growth or at worst ...

The Lost Decade

Teessider Forever — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:09:15 GMT

The Noughties are over. How did that happen? It seems like we’ve unplugged the earphones on our iPods, looked up from texting, and a whole decade has passed. So what will the Noughties be remembered for? The first two things that spring to mind are reality TV and terrorism. The ...

Global Warming

Teessider Forever — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:29:19 GMT

In my first blog entry I mentioned food miles, carbon footprints and this and that. This has got me thinking. Whatever happened to acid rain? At one point it was all the rage. Never out of the newspapers. Now you never hear of it. ...

Now Then World

Teessider Forever — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:02:53 BST

As may have gathered from my self-appointed cyber-nickname I'm from Teesside. Born in Stockton-on-Tees, I spent my formative years growing up in Billingham. Since then I've been around a little bit and now reside in Sheffield.