The bottom has fallen out of the hand car wash market, the bubbles have burst on their soapy water, the customers have been washed away and the business model has kicked the bucket. They used to be a common sight at many brown field sites in and around our conurbations, especially at former petrol stations … Continue reading Car wash
Railfest 2012
We met in the station foyer at York and made our way over the footbridge that took us above the platforms and out behind the main buildings, down onto the small path that cut between two wire fences, passed the rail parts yard and through the car park. Ahead we could see the main entrance … Continue reading Railfest 2012
Haircut sir?
What is it with barbers or hair dressers? You go in and they ask you what you want, you tell them and then they proceed to do things to your hair that go against your original requirements. You may be different but most people I know want something fairly simple from their visit, they want … Continue reading Haircut sir?
Torch
I cannot imagine that this is the first time that someone has run through Morpeth with a flaming torch but this time it was different, it was the once in a lifetime opportunity to see the Olympic flame come through our own home town and so this is how we found ourselves this morning standing … Continue reading Torch
Understanding your business
If you want to make real change to your business then you really need to understand how it works, how it really works and there is no better way to find out other than by going and finding out for yourself. In a small operation this could be by actually doing the different jobs, getting … Continue reading Understanding your business
Cups
Two hundred and seven waxed paper cups standing mouth down in two rows of five piles like the columns of Penshaw monument, brown and white, in unequal piles, some with eighteen cups and some with twenty three and all at different heights waiting to be filled with hot beverages, brown and white, cappuccino, Americano or … Continue reading Cups
Morpeth Fair Day
We’re standing at the side of the road at the end of Telford Bridge, waiting for the parade to start, waiting for Morpeth Fair day to really get underway. The traffic stops and the crowd goes quiet but it’s just the vehicles stopping to let some people across the road. It’s an annual event but … Continue reading Morpeth Fair Day
Power in my pocket
It’s Saturday morning, I’m not at work and I have the world in my pocket, a device so powerful that I could never imagined having only a few years ago, a device that allows me to do things and go places that stretch my horizons to the very edge of humanity. I have more places … Continue reading Power in my pocket
A1
I have had a relationship with large parts of the A1 for much of my life, the Great North Road, the main road between London and Edinburgh. Soon after I had learned to drive I would take my father in his car to meetings he had in Stevenage and then later, as my own career … Continue reading A1
Boulmer
Boulmer must be one of the most beautiful places to be in, a small bay on the North East coast of England with a sandy shallow curve and a natural rocky reef, a volcanic intrusion, that allows some relief from the rougher sees beyond. A couple of posts, one at sea and one on land … Continue reading Boulmer
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 