Thursday 19th March 2026

Alarm at 0730. Descended for breakfast...Aidan was in the kitchen preparing to head off to Birmingham for a building insulation show at the NEC. I drove in to Basford for a 0930 start. Rehearsed bit 'n pieces in the morning. Wig fittings for my Wilf, and College Lecturer characters. Glorious day...sat out in the sunshine to have my soup at lunchtime. We did a run of the whole show in the afternoon. Broke at 1900. Had microwaved lasagne for dinner, then drove down to the Sanctuary Ale House. 

James's Open Mic Night was in full swing when I rocked up with my guitar. I did some blues numbers before Bob Eaton got up and did some of his self-penned show songs...really good songs...wry, humane, and very charming. Then the Molly gang did We Gotta Get Outta This Place, and Get a Job, acapella, and Matt did Sweet Little Sixteen. I had a kind of impromptu jam with James and his whacky mate Russell, which took us up to closing time at 2200. Paul and Sylvie Jones, and Sean and Jenn, turned up in support. Great evening, topped by one of the punters revealing that her dad had been on the Hawes Street Tenants Committee in the 1980s, at the heart of the Good Golly Miss Molly story...