@abrinsky.bsky.social
From the depths of wildest Northants.
On this day in Wyrd Britain history...
1971 - As if by magic, Mr Benn appeared. Adapted for the BBC by David McKee from his own, then, quartet of books first published from 1967.
#mrbenn
This weekend, Saturday looks like our best trading day.
Pop and find the floating record shop, Opposite the Galleon pub, Old Wolverton, MK12 5PW.
Saturday 28th February, forecast looks good 🤞
Loads in.... #canaltrading
#canaltraders
#floatingrecordshop
#vinylforsale
I am absolutely loving this fascinating, poignant, moving and often v funny book about LGBT+ lives in the suburbs by @grindrod.bsky.social & looking forward to interviewing him about it at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social in two weeks today – info here! Come along!
www.foyles.co.uk/events/tales...
We'll open on Wednesday, the weather looks great.
Moored opposite the Galleon pub in Old Wolverton, MK12 5PW.
11am to 4pm.
Weds 25th Feb. #floatingrecordshop
An old cottage of Northamptonshire stone in the sun, with the shadow of a tree across it.
That bagel place is great!
22.02.2026 14:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No cheating, your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist.
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A bit of jazz and nice pics of Coventry Cathdral for your Sunday morning read: When Duke Ellington turned cathedral into concert hall www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
22.02.2026 08:37 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0I like Northamptonshire. Bits of it are lovely, the Cotswolds with less nonsense. But its local government has been awful, in many weird and shady ways, for decades for reasons I can only speculate about.
20.02.2026 18:15 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0Now playing
(And excellent quality vinyl)
I am beyond chuffed to announce the pre-order for the gorgeous album by kosmiche dreamcore artist Caminauta!
'Unseen Dimensions' is a document of time spent in isolation in deep countryside, pondering existence...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/unseen...
On this day in Wyrd Britain history...
1977 - #2000AD is launched on an unexpecting UK readership. Featuring a revamped 'Dan Dare', 'M.A.C.H.1', 'Harlem Heroes', 'Invasion', and 'Flesh', it was to be seven more days before it's flagship character was to make his debut appearence.
The Bone Chapel
Beneath Holy Trinity Church at Rothwell (Northamptonshire) lies one of England's strange medieval survivals - a charnel chapel packed with thousands of human skulls and bones, stacked four feet high along the walls.
Hello, we have a new EP and Album up on Pre-Sale
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/loud-a... and theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/loud-a...
Excellent album, well worth checking out 🥳🎊
18.02.2026 18:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone
18.02.2026 17:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We'll hopefully open this Friday afternoon, and all day on Sunday.
Cosgrove MK19
🛥💨🎵🎶🎵 #canaltrading
#floatingrecordshop
Excellent idea, I’ll go and do this
(Just stopped in time…had already done it. Old age I think?)
Images © Reach Plc / Ruth Millington
Images © Stuart Lamb / Arts in Redditch
Images © Stuart Lamb / Arts in Redditch
NEWS: C20 has supported listing Eduardo Paolozzi's polychromatic Pop Art murals (1983) at Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch, described as the 'Ravenna of the New Towns' by historian Owen Hatherley. The 12 mosaic panels depict the towns industrial heritage.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/support...
Tree branches against a blue sky with red kite
Normal routine has been re-established.
16.02.2026 09:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The front of an old brick Victorian school. Grey door with large hinge with white square windows above. Then stone with the words ‘GIRLS AND INFANTS’ carved into it. At the top is another window.
A giant flute in the woods.
14.02.2026 10:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Heavy Metal Therapy Coventry's next peer support session is on Wed 25 Feb 6–7pm at Just Dropped In, Fargo Village. All welcome. Free to attend. No prior booking required.
@justdroppedin.bsky.social @fargovillage.bsky.social
#bereyt #peersupport #mentalhealth #coventry #metalcommunity #coventrymetal
The next head spinning episode from the world of Keith Seatman lands with us on 27.02.2026.
Keith Seatman
"Counting to Ten Then Back Again"
Vinyl/Digital
CiS179
27.02.2026
castlesinspace.bandcamp.com
Forecast looks good for Saturday.
We'll open in Cosgrove, MK19 Grand Union Canal.
#canaltraders
#floatingrecordshop
Bright red berries on a bush with small dark green leaves
Ida is on a 2 week holiday.
09.02.2026 09:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Old Northamptonshire stone wall with a sign saying ‘STICK NO BILLS’
Just missed the hare.
08.02.2026 09:52 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
MASSIVE thanks to all who purchased a lathe cut or CDr today.
I will get these sent Monday.
Due to popular demand, I will be re-pressing the pro-CDr version, with a colour variant sleeve.
Orders are now open for the re-press:
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/canals...
Now celebrating with home make blackberry vodka 🥂
06.02.2026 17:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Success!
06.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Missed a CD! Will be poised at 5pm…
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