Sunday, March 25, 2018

At Least They Unblocked The Drains

Some of you may be wondering what happened after I posted my little piece about the state of the roads and wot-not in Suffield Park. In case you haven’t seen it yet then go there now.

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Photo Gallery: Neglected Cromer

There's been a bit of talk on social media lately about the part of Cromer I live in, Suffield Park. There are many, myself included, who feel that this area is largely ignored by the local and district council in favour of Cromer town centre, mainly because the town centre attracts a lot of tourists, while the Suffield Park area doesn't.

Because of this I've decided to document what I see every day,  taking the route I normally use when I take my faithful friend Monty for his daily walk.
My journey began with a left turn out of my gate onto Lynewood Road, and immediately I saw damaged paths, some by tree roots, drains which are in danger of getting blocked because we never see a road sweeper around here, pot holes developing on the path and in the road.


Saturday, December 30, 2017

Illness, Injury & Almost Terminal Unemployment

So as I approached my final day of work for this year I began to realise something. Some of you will probably say it’s nothing special, but for yours truly it’s kind of a mini-mega event-type of thing.

Monday, November 06, 2017

It Would Have Been Nice To Have Been Noticed A Bit More.....

I’m going to take you back to the year 2004. Back then you could say that The Two Sheds Review was in it’s prime. My regular ramblings on the professional wrestling world were seen on over twenty websites and read by approximately half a million people per month. (I did the research and added up the figures.)

Sunday, October 15, 2017

James Watt: Running Man now complete and online!

Years before it became a world-wide hit, "The Running Man" was a struggling television show, when it's host Damon Killian came up with a way of boosting his flagging ratings.

Friday, May 26, 2017

Heroes & Pain

When you’re the youngest of ten children, spread out over twenty years, you always look up to those that came before you.

Monday, May 22, 2017

I'll Wait For You There, Like A Stone.....

When I’m at work I’m often cut off from the outside world as far as the news is concerned. I rarely hear or read what’s going on in the world from the time I leave the house at around half seven in the morning until I get home around six-fifteen in the evening. So when a certain song played over my earphones on the bus ride home I had no idea of the relevance it had.

You see, over the past few months I’ve started to listen to a lot of Audioslave, the hybrid super group made up of members of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden. I’ve paid attention to them briefly over the years, but when I caught sight of the video for their 2003 release Like a Stone during a late night channel surfing session I was kind of blown away, especially by Chris Cornell’s excellent vocals, so much so that their three albums began to feature heavily on my phone’s music player.

Saturday, April 29, 2017

So What Happened When I Wrote To Those Political Types?

Election fever is certainly gripping the country at the moment, and it’s certainly gripped me, in the sense that the fever has made me quite sick of politics once again. But all of this local and national nonsense doesn’t stop me thinking of something I tried during the last election all the way back in 2015.

You see, back then I’d been unemployed for quite a while. Frustration was something I felt every day as I spent hour after hour and day after day just looking for someone who’d give me a job, and during the election campaign I began to wonder just what my local parliamentary candidates could do for people in my situation.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

A Tale of Two Bosses

As you may know I’ve worked for a variety of companies over the years, from local hotels to local factories to wrestling companies to retail establishments. It’s fair to say that I’ve encountered a wide variety of bosses during that time, and the other day I was reminded just how different two of those people were when I saw two of my former bosses in the space of a couple of hours.

Sunday, January 01, 2017

TV Review: World of Sport Wrestling

It was a part of our lives for decades, and gave us legends such as the Dynamite Kid, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and many more until ITV took it off our screens in the late eighties.

But this past New Year’s Eve saw the return of the prodigal son as World of Sport Wrestling returned to ITV’s screens with a new generation of stars, with the legendary Jim Ross handling commentary duties alongside British wrestling stalwart Alex Shane.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

You Never Stop Missing Them

Thirty-three years ago today, my Mum passed away.

I still remember the last time I saw her. She was watching television in the front room, and I said good night to her and gave her a kiss before I went to bed. I had no idea then that just a few hours later she would be gone.

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Sorry for the lack of updates.....

You’re probably wondering where I’ve been recently, haven’t you?

Well, it’s actually been quite a busy time for me. If you’re one of my many social media followers you’ll know that this past July I finally got a job as a Sunday Sales Assistant at QD Stores here in Cromer. This was followed, six weeks later, with a second job as a sales assistant at the Claws ‘N’ Paws pet shop in Sheringham. This, along with my voluntary position at the RNLI Henry Blogg Museum meant that I was working in a variety of roles, which meant that this blog had to go on the back burner a little.

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Catch-Up: WWE Battleground

It was the first pay per view since the brand split, but was it any good, and was it worth my reviewing it a few weeks after it happened? That’s what I was hoping to find out by watching WWE’s Battleground, shown recently on Sky Box Office here in the UK.

Friday, July 29, 2016

TV Review: TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling

It’s time to step into the Impact Zone once again as we take a look at TNA’s most recent One Night Only show, the fourth World Cup of Wrestling, shown recently on Challenge here in the U.K.

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Catch-Up: UFC The Ultimate Fighter Finale 23

It’s time to continue our look at recent happenings in the MMA world, and for this we’re stepping into the Octagon once again to see what happened on the main card of the UFC’s latest Ultimate Fighter Finale, shown recently on BT Sport here in Britain.

Thursday, July 14, 2016

TV Review: UFC Dos Anjos vs Alvarez

Following on from our recent Cage Warriors review we’re continuing our mini MMA marathon as we see how former Bellator lightweight king Eddie Alvarez got on when he challenged Raphael Dos Anjos for his title at the UFC’s most recent Fight Night event, shown recently on BT Sport here in Britain.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

TV Review: Cage Warriors 77

So where do we start with the bonanza of mixed martial arts action that appeared over the past few days on BT Sport? Well, let’s start with some MMA of the British variety as we take a look back at Cage Warriors 77.

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Announcing The Two Sheds Review Hall of Fame Class of 2016

The 16th anniversary of The Two Sheds Review also means that it’s time to turn our attention once more to my Hall of Fame, and just like last year this year’s induction has a theme.

You see, when I was looking over my past inductees I immediately saw that something was missing. I’ve always been a big fan of tag team wrestling, but I’ve never actually inducted a tag team, So let’s rectify this by inducting six teams that have given me countless hours of entertainment over the years. This year’s class, in alphabetical order, are:

Wrestling Websites Are Getting Lazy

Long-time readers of my blog will know that June is the month I normally celebrate the anniversary of The Two Sheds Review. If someone had told me back in 2000 when my first article about a group of disgruntled WCW superstars jumping ship to the WWF that I’d still be doing this sixteen years later I’d have probably agreed with them.

The professional wrestling business has changed a hell of a lot since then, and to document every change I’ve seen during that time would probably take ages. But the business itself isn’t the only thing that’s changed.