31st October. Put It In Your Diary. The Follies Are Back

I just got a message on Blogger that The Ship Inn Follies, the vaudeville and drag act run by our APC driver Steve (that's him third left) and his friends are putting on another performance at the Original Ship in Leyland on 31st October. Tickets are £5 each but hurry as their next show (a charity performance in aid of Support Our Soldiers on 6th November) has already sold out. We haven't been able to get to one of the shows yet but we've seen the photos and heard glowing reports so if you are near Leyland please support them. You can check out their blog here.



I missed my trip to Orange Wednesday to watch the dire match between Liverpool and Hungarian champs Debrecen. Half way through I got a text message from son Paul which offered me £50 if I could get this chant started to the tune of Quantalamera "Gone to the pictures. I should have gone to the pictures". On a positive note I was seated in the Upper Centenary Stand and did not have to stand up once during the match. I looked down at the Kop and saw that the whole lot stood up for the entire game.



We've had no less than three positive sales enquiries from Dubai this week. We don't do much exporting but maybe we should. Anyone fancy being our Export Director? Mind you with our budget you might get as far as the Isle of Wight ferry.



It only seems like five minutes but two years have almost passed since we started working with the wonderful Workhouse Marketing in Ribchester. Workhouse have done some tremendous sales literature for us and we've got our first meeting scheduled next week for us to get cracking on our 2010-2011 brochure. I'm trying to make up my mind what we will be able to get into it but we've got a pretty good idea. There are one or two products that might or might not make the February deadline but we'll have a good try at getting everything in.If you are looking for a marketing company with bright ideas, originality and a great sense of humour, look no further. You won't be disappointed. Here's a link

We'll end today with some footballers jumping bulls.Bit more exciting than Liverpool.

Happy Birthday Pete

It's my brother Peter's 61st birthday today so many happy returns Pete. Many of our customers will remember Peter from his twenty odd years at Instanta before his retirement in 1999. He now divides his time between Southport and Spain where he has an apartment in Finestrat. He's a devoted Hispanophile and loves everything Spanish (especially the sunshine).A devoted father to son Chris and daughter Lisa, Pete enjoys fishing, metal detecting and together with wife Val does a lot of walking around the Spanish coast and interior. Have a good day Pete. I just dropped your birthday card round but find that you are back in Spain.



And more congratulations go to Rebekah Dowell who worked with us for a few happy weeks in the summer. Rebekah passed her driving test yesterday (first time). Well done Bekah we were all confident that you would be successful.




Today's the day that we decide on the choice of film for this week's Orange Wednesday but as Liverpool are at home, I've got Red Wednesday and Marion is going to the cinema with her friend Jane. She's off to see Julie and Julia starring Meryl Streep. It has good reviews and I'm sure that they'll both enjoy it.



It almost wasn't Red Wednesday for me. I enrolled our season tickets in the Champions League scheme on the Liverpool Website but when I checked the credit card statement the other day was surprised that my payment for the Debrecen game hadn't been taken. I phoned the club to be told that my purchase of the Cup season ticket was nowhere to be found. Fortunately they found me a couple of tickets in the Upper Centenary Stand for tomorrow and enrolled me in the scheme for the rest of the season.

And on that note, I'll finish with some of the worst defending ever to grace a Premier League football match. I know that Tony Lowe and Peter Brindle are avid Burnley fans but honestly this was dire (look at the marking on goal three and the offside trap on goal four). It even made Liverpool look good!