Brian Bethell

Obligatory Blade Runner patch I made on the Alesis Andromeda synthesizer.

This synth can replicate the architecture of the Yamaha CS-80 very well since it can add sine waves post-filter, used here, just like the CS-80. It also features the famous ribbon cable.

Andrew does still have a title.
Clue: it’s pretty close to mine.

When George II’s son, the Duke of Cumberland (who had been a war hero in his 20s) capitulated to the French in 1757 he returned home and George II said "Here is my son who has ruined me and disgraced himself.” Cumberland was stripped of his offices and withdrew from public life.

40 Years Ago Today: David White David White signed professional forms for Manchester City on this day (30 October) in 1985. You can find several articles that mention David throughout this website. Start looking here:

A David White landmark (follow the link): gjfootballarchive.com/2025/10/30/4...

Manchester City’s Three Royal Boxes! Post by @Garyjameswriter.

Manchester City’s three Royal Boxes (follow the link): gjfootballarchive.com/2025/10/27/m...

An Official Programme from October 1900 Post by @Garyjameswriter.

A Manchester match programme from October 1900 (follow the link): gjfootballarchive.com/2025/10/28/a...

He's doing okay 👍🏻

Tough but essential history in @fxmc1957.bsky.social’s new history of the Holocaust.
It began with speech. It ended with bullets, bayonets and gas.

Well played Blues.

Liverpool band The Merseybeats with Queens Road, Everton, in the background, 1960s. Photo by Max Scheler.

Hillcourt Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, 1964 (Manchester Libraries).

Cartoon of a man lying in a bath eating a sausage. Caption reads " My German translations are going from Bath to Sausage"

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Enjoyed talking to Alderley History Group about 'Made in Manchester' last night.

An old sepia-toned portrait of a young gilr with a bow in their hair, wearing a checkered outfit.

28 October 1934 | Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Louise Pachter, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Children at Auschwitz. Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, painting by Arthur Delaney (1927-87). #NorthernArt

City Crisis! Post by @Garyjameswriter.

A Manchester City crisis from 40 years ago (follow the link): gjfootballarchive.com/2025/10/25/c...

Nowhere near good enough today City. You got what you deserved.

Fair play, that's a great goal by Salah 👏🏻

Oh dear, how sad, never mind

I dared the Rolling Stones to knock on doors and then run away, but only Ronnie wood…

#LunchPun

When I visited the Capital of South Africa, everyone was dressed as Batman or Superman.

It was Cape Town. #LunchPun

😅

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (Netflix): Terrifying, especially given the unprincipled, waffling nitwit in the White House.

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

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John Henshaw from Early Doors

40 today. A very happy birthday Wayne Rooney.