BAIBS Thursday 06/06/13

Just took me four attempts to spell Thursday. Make that five. I kept getting an erroneous t. What's all that about?

So whilst the weather isn't quite delivering what it promised it was clement enough for me to walk to the bus station via the greenery round St. George's Church, or Minster as I believe he likes to be called now. It's a magnificent building both inside and out and of course has the only remaining part of the Roman fort nestled in it's grounds. It seems to be a much ignored edifice though. It's a church any town would be happy to have at it's heart yet it goes largely ignored by the good people of Donny. Is this just familiarity breeding contempt? When I lived in London many years ago I remember a friend commenting how he couldn't believe he used to get excited at seeing the twin towers of the old Wembley stadium. This staggered me. My walk to work had pretty much constant views of the twin towers and I never tired of it. Maybe that's a football thing.. Perhaps if I was religious I'd view St. George's with more than just a brief admiring glance.

Speaking of impressive buildings, walking down Balby Road gives excellent views of Cusworth Hall. It looks quite imposing gazing over Doncaster, especially in the sunshine. It's a definite Lord Of The Manor building, the master of all he surveys. Which brings me to my surname. Saynor. Derived from the French 'Seignour' it means Lord Of The Manor. I need to check the record and see if Cusworth Hall might possibly be mine. If it is that wasps' nest is going straight away. Couple of problems here. Seignour could also have been a nickname for someone with ideas above his station and my given birthname is actually Rowe, which is one of the oldest English surnames that could possibly mean 'one who lived in a hedgerow.' Or it could derive from the Germanic name Rolf which means 'renowned wolf.' I'm not sure what to make of any of that except I should probably be coveting the hedges in Cusworth as oppose to the hall.

The shuffle feature on my iPod is having an off day. It seems to want to play Sigue Sigue Sputnik every other song. I did my traditional singing along thing on the bus. forgetting where I was. This lead me to say very loudly, in a Germanic accent, 'Soon the whole world will know my name.' Definitely ideas above my station.

Laters

SS

Playlist Thursday 06/06/13

Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag

Night Boat To Cairo - Madness

All Together Now - The Farm

The Dancing Song - Little Comets

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight - R.E.M.

Rock 'N' Roll Suicide - David Bowie

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen

Lady Percy - King Charles

Geraldine - Glasvegas

Blue River - Frank Carline

Tonight - Iggy Pop

Can Stand The Rain - The Talks ft Neville Staple

Night Mail - Public Service Broadcasting

Waterfront - Simple Minds

Dancer - Auction For The Promise Club

Sell Out - Reel Big Fish

Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops

40 - U2

Old Yellow Bricks - Arctic Monkeys

She Will - Savages

Saturn 5 - Inspiral Carpets

American Slang - The Gaslight Anthem

Cemetry - Bang Bang Romeo

Elysium - Section 60

International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones

Antarctica - Sound Of Guns

The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen

Open Up Your Door - Richard Hawley

Late March Death March - Frightened Rabbit

Valentine's Day - The 48ks

Keep On Rocking In The Free World - Neil Young

No Hope - The Vaccines

Love Song - The Damned

She Said - Longpigs

Tangled Up In Love - The Rifles

Sometime - DIIV

Don't Look Back Into The Sun - The Libertines

Can't Stand Me Now - The Libertines

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

Sound Of The Suburbs - The Members

To Be Like - China Rats

Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers