The Ham and Egger Files

A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.

Sunday, December 20, 2020

2020 is Out of Order

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If 2020 was a sanitising station in a shop.
Friday, December 18, 2020

Boom: Battle Bar opening in Liverpool

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A new Boom: Battle Bar with minigolf and more is planned to open in Liverpool next year. Boom: Battle Bar Liverpool will be the third venue ...
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Thursday, December 17, 2020

A snowy day on two lost minigolf courses

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A look back at a snow day on the minigolf courses in Wardown Park, Luton. Snow play allowed. This was back in January 2010 When we lived dow...
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Picture Postcard Annual 2021

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The new Picture Postcard Annual is out now. The 2021 Picture Postcard Annual is now available from Reflections of a Bygone Age . The annual ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Spot Pickle Rick

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Can you see him? Seen on a food stall at Manchester's Christmas Markets last year

The end of Blockbuster Video

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The last Blockbuster Video store in the UK closed on this day in 2013. I've spent a lot of 2020 reminiscing about 'the good old days...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Crazy Golf on Shanklin Seafront

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A look back at the Shanklin Seafront Crazy Golf course. The first minigolf course we played on the Isle of Wight was  the 18-hole layout at ...
Monday, December 14, 2020

A gluten free Christmas

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Check out Coeliac UK 's Christmas campaign online and using the hashtag #GFChristmas. Thank you to @marketing_gott who shares his expe...

A couple of nice festive gift cards from days gone by

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Did you know that Blockbuster pioneered the use of gift cards? The first plastic gift cards went on sale at Blockbuster Video in the USA bac...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

New Adventure Golf course at Dobbies Garden Centre in Gloucester

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Dobbies Garden Centre in Gloucester will be home to a new Adventure Golf course. A new outdoor Adventure Golf course is being built at Dobbi...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2020

Various Fried Chicken

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A look at some fried chicken shops in Rochdale. Emily's snap of Oregon Fried Chicken in Rochdale reminded me of a few other chicken sho...

A retail time machine

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Today is Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day. I pretend to be a Time Traveler quite a bit by hunting out relics of the past that can still be ...

Dull Men's Club Calendar for 2021

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Looking ahead to next year. Now. The Dull Men's Club's brand new calendar for 2021 arrived yesterday and we're looking forward t...

Pretend to be a Time Traveller Day

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It's Pretend to be a Time Traveller Day today. If you could go to any time period to play Miniature Golf when would it be? Emily visited...

National Christmas Tree Day

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Happy National Christmas Tree Day. In Hyde Today is National Christmas Tree Day. Just got to make room in our ceiling for this tree The firs...

Pretending to be a Time Traveller

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Today is Pretend to be a Time Traveller Day. The closest I've been to time travel was when I saw this DeLorean Time Machine back in Marc...
Monday, December 07, 2020

Oregon Fried Chicken

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We had planned to visit Oregon on holiday this year. The closest we're getting to Oregon anytime soon is Oregon Fried Chicken in Rochdal...
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Merry Christmas from Stockport

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Merry Christmas to everyone from us here in sunny Stockport. We're not sending any real cards this year as last year we posted out a hun...
Sunday, December 06, 2020

Another "KFC"

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 A look at Krispy Fried Chicken in Eccles. Another KFC seen on our travels Related blog posts: -  Chicken Shops - KFC

Deane Video Centre - a lost video shop

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A look at Deane Video Centre aka Valji's Convenience Store on Wigan Road in Deane, Bolton, Greater Manchester. The Premier Express conve...
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Richard Gottfried
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
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