A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Grainger Games. A lost video game shop brand
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Pac-Man street art by Gorse Hill Studios in Stretford
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Thursday, November 19, 2020
New crazy golf course for Gourock
Gourock Park Bowling Club is planning to create a new crazy golf course.
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Social distancing signs in Abingdon's Market Place
I've been documenting the Covid-19 social distancing signs I've seen during the coronavirus pandemic here and on my Instagram.
The ones in my home town's Market Place are nice and clear. They also include the Abingdon-on-Thames town crest which I think is a nice touch.
The Market Place is famous as the location for Bun Throwing and the starting point for the Michaelmas Fair. Both events normally see thousands of people pack in or pass through to be a part of the occasions.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020
An old video store inside a Happy Shopper shop
Striking old gold. Twice in one go.
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The Wayfairer Discount Store in Ilkeston |
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You could hire videos from the Happy Shopper in the 1980's! |
I wonder if there are any other remnants of Choices Video out there...?
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Guinness World Records Day 2020
Today is Guinness World Records Day!
Mad Hatters! |
- 2014 - 'Largest Gathering of People Wearing Boater Hats' - Achieved
- 2012 - 'Fastest 400m Relay Hop' - Unsuccessful
- 2012 - 'Largest Group Hop' - Unsuccessful
- 2011 - 'The most people to ‘High Five’ simultaneously' - Unsuccessful
- 2010 - 'The UK's longest Conga line' - Unsuccessful
- 2009 - 'Most Brussels Sprouts Eaten in a Minute' - Unsuccessful
- 2009 - 'The Largest Picnic across multiple venues' - Achieved
It's been a few years since our last Guinness World Record attempt. What shall we try for next?
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Strangest Things in Blackpool
We've just started watching Stranger Things on Netflix and it reminded me that we saw the remains of the Strangest Things attraction in Blackpool earlier this year.
The online reviews for the experience are quite something!
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Friday, November 13, 2020
Christmas Crazy Golf
Not long to go until Christmas!
It's highly doubtful we'll be playing any Christmas minigolf this festive season - our first Christmas in Lockdown.
Thankfully we've played a bit of yuletide crazy golf on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the past.
Check out the latest blog post about Christmas Crazy Golf from the team at Putterfingers.
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Posted by Crazy Golf on Thursday, 12 November 2020
Back on the 30th November 2012 I won the first - and to date only - Chrizy Golf Masters minigolf tournament in Manchester!
Chrizy Golf Champion |
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Tales from a Gluten Free Christmas
With Christmas fast approaching I'm pleased to share my experience as part of Coeliac UK’s ‘Tales from a Gluten Free Christmas’ campaign. Visit the Coeliac UK website and check out the #gfchristmas hashtag on social media to find out more.
Dining out gluten free
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Last Christmas at The Oxford Place |
A gluten free Christmas at home
Home-made gluten free Lebkuchen biscuits |
What is your favourite thing about being gluten free at Christmas?
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
Lost shops
Relics from a lost time.
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Kwik Save in Barrow in Furness, Woolworths in Longton, Toys R Us in Preston, Tandy in Hitchin, RadioShack in St Annes on the Sea and Blockbuster in Manchester |
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Pop Golf opening at Boxpark Wembley
A new crazy golf venue is opening in London.
A new pop music-themed minigolf course is opening at Boxpark Wembley in early 2021.
Pop Golf is being created by the team behind the Mighty Adventures brand of minigolf.
It'll be another new minigolf course for us to play on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.
Visit the Pop Golf website for more information.
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The Arden Arms in Bredbury, Stockport
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The Arden Arms in Bredbury |
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The sign of pub #266 on our travels |
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Approaching Stockport from Tameside |
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Right on the border |
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Looking back towards Tameside |
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Friday, November 06, 2020
Unhappy Shopper
I'm actually quite happy about this purchase.
Check out the Manchester Tom website for more information.
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Thursday, November 05, 2020
A retro Iceland shopfront in Port Talbot, Wales
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Wednesday, November 04, 2020
Shed minigolf
Chatting with Andrew Wilcox of Readers Sheds and the Shed of the Year Awards I was reminded of this excellent shed-based crazy golf hole we played back in 2010.
Not only do you putt into a shed, but it's a musical obstacle too. Marvellous.
The garden crazy golf course in East Finchley was the 250th we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 956 courses since 2006.
I thought I was obsessive about something, but this fella Richard is crazy golf nutter putter - also probably the first shed I have seen used as a crazy golf hole and not the place where they give the clubs out from! #shedlove https://t.co/M323OjOUbX
— Andrew Wilcox I❤️Sheds (@unclewilco) November 4, 2020
Visit the UrbanCrazy website for more information on the courses they create.
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Keep YOUR Distance - Protect yourself
Check out this social distancing floor sign outside the old Blockbuster Video store at Fallowfield Retail Park in Manchester.
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Signs of the old and the new. Together. In Manchester |
We're currently in Tier 3 Restrictions in Greater Manchester.
Here in Stockport we've been under tight restrictions of one form or another since the first national lockdown in March.
Tomorrow the whole of England will move into a national lockdown for the second time this year.
I wonder what other interesting signs I will see on my daily outdoor exercise this winter...?
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Tuesday, November 03, 2020
Budgens of Woodford
A look at the Budgens supermarket in Woodford, Stockport.
You don't often see Budgens supermarkets these days. Although I did spot this one in a nice historic building in Sheffield recently.
This is the only Budgens in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.
Budgens was founded by John Budgen in 1872.
The company is now a subsidiary of Booker Group, part of Tesco plc.
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Market Store in Burnage, Manchester
We popped to Burnage to do some shopping last month and spotted this Market Store. There's something rather familiar about the signage.
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A video rental shop in 2020
Finding a video shop on Video Shop Day 2020.
Last month we were fortunate enough to stumble upon a video rental shop in Little Lever, Bolton. Yes, video as in VHS!
The day we called in was Video Shop Day! What are the odds?
The old-school video rental shop was fully stocked with VHS tapes. I haven't seen anything like it for years.
They did also have DVDs.
What a marvellous time capsule of another era.
You can find B.V.C. - Bolton Video Centre in Little Lever, Bolton.
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Monday, November 02, 2020
The Big Mini Golf Bucket List 2020
With lockdowns continuing during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic let's take another look at The Big Mini Golf Bucket List we created back in March.
Just because your local miniature golf course may once again be closed over the coming months doesn't mean you can't keep up with your putting practice and have some crazy golf fun at home.
Back in March we put together a minigolf bucket list with ideas and suggestions of things to do in the world of miniature golf.
The Big Mini Golf Bucket List
1. Create a minigolf hole at home.
2. Go even further and build an entire crazy golf layout in your home or garden.
3. Play a minigolf videogame.
4. Send a minigolf postcard to someone you know (we love sending and receiving postcards!).
5. Write a guest blog post for the Ham & Egger Files.
6. Post about minigolf on social media and use the hashtags #minigolf #minigolfmonday #puttathome and #minigolfbucketlist.
7. Recommend a course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.
8. Play an online minigolf game.
9. Visit Minigolfnews.com.
10. Read a book about minigolf.
11. Watch and share a minigolf video online.
12. Download a minigolf app ready for when you can hit a course again.
If you have any other ideas of your own to add to the bucket list please do let us know.
Check out my blog posts about Minigolf in the time of Coronavirus and competitive isolation.
Good luck to all the minigolf courses out there over the autumn and winter months. We're looking forward to playing again.
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