Something that a lot of people may know is that I have a slight obsession with trainers. I buy trainers quite a lot and people sometimes ask me why I chose that particular trainer. Sometimes this is hard for me to explain, and I just have to come out with a reason like "because they're a classic" or something similar. You see, sometimes I don't even like the trainers I've bought, I only got them because they have some sort of reputation. So I've decided to compile a list of trainers that I have to own at some point:
Adidas Samba Super - The classic Samba, a bit special on Merseyside, I also had a pair of these a few years back
Adidas Trimm Trab - Origin of the scouse term "trabs", not had a pair of these yet
Adidas Handball 5 Plug - Currently have a pair of these, but they are one of the trainers I bought but don't like
Adidas European Cities - I'd have pretty much any trainer from this range, possibly my favourite trainers. Currently own London's in black with red stripes, most sought after for me would be Malmo or Dublin
Puma Argentina - A non-Adidas classic, also had a pair of these a few years back and wore them until they had hole in
Diadora Borg Elite - Another non-Adidas, and possibly the ultimate non-Adidas classic. Had these a few years back in white and black but would still like a pair with the gold logo
Adidas Kegler Super - never had a pair of these, would love to get me hands on this terrace classic though
Adidas SL80 - currently have these after years of searching, now finally been re-released by Size
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Saturday 29 May 2010
Things you don't see any more
1) Binnos
By binnos I basically mean homeless people, but not the type of homeless people you see asleep in doorways, but the ones you see rummaging through bins for food. There used to be quite a few of these. I remember one who used to go round Crosby probably back in the 90s now and he went by the name of Henry. I don't know who found out that was his name, but if someone mentioned Henry the binno you'd know who they meant. He'd be found in Crosby Village looking through the bins and eating discarded pasties from Greggs. I don't know what happened to him like, but I imagine he's dead.
Another 'famous' binno was the no-smoking man who used to travel round on his bike covered in no-smoking signs. He was mostly associated with Southport but you'd see him knocking around other places as well sometimes. He came with a whole back-story to his life. He was Polish I think, well you couldn't understand what he was saying anyway so I'm not sure, and this was in a day before Polish immigrants were fashionable (or unfashionable depending on how you look at it). Anyway, the story was that he used to be doing all right for himself, had a decent job and a wife, but one day his wife died from a smoking related disease and because of this he quit his job and became this no-smoking homeless bike rider. I don't know who found this information out, because as I said you couldn't understand him.
I don't know what happened to binnos like, I know there's still lots of homeless people, but maybe they're just hidden away from society these days. Either that or the big issue has done a good job in sorting them out.
2) Hitch-hikers
By this, I don't mean those hitch-hikers from American films, or horror films even. But on British motorways and at service stations you used to see the odd one or two. You would see a lot of them in suits which looked odd, holding a cardboard sign with a destination on it. When I was young I saw one on the side of the motorway and my dad explained that they were businessmen who had been given travel expenses for a trip and they were hitch-hiking home so they could keep this money for themselves.
I don't know what happened to these people, maybe travel just got more affordable, or they just can't be arsed with the hassle any more.
3) White dog shit
One of life's great mysteries. You used to see white dog shit lying around the streets, but no one knows how or why it came to be that colour, or why you don't see it any more. Perhaps what dogs eat has changed, or maybe dog shit just gets cleaned up more these days.
By binnos I basically mean homeless people, but not the type of homeless people you see asleep in doorways, but the ones you see rummaging through bins for food. There used to be quite a few of these. I remember one who used to go round Crosby probably back in the 90s now and he went by the name of Henry. I don't know who found out that was his name, but if someone mentioned Henry the binno you'd know who they meant. He'd be found in Crosby Village looking through the bins and eating discarded pasties from Greggs. I don't know what happened to him like, but I imagine he's dead.
Another 'famous' binno was the no-smoking man who used to travel round on his bike covered in no-smoking signs. He was mostly associated with Southport but you'd see him knocking around other places as well sometimes. He came with a whole back-story to his life. He was Polish I think, well you couldn't understand what he was saying anyway so I'm not sure, and this was in a day before Polish immigrants were fashionable (or unfashionable depending on how you look at it). Anyway, the story was that he used to be doing all right for himself, had a decent job and a wife, but one day his wife died from a smoking related disease and because of this he quit his job and became this no-smoking homeless bike rider. I don't know who found this information out, because as I said you couldn't understand him.
I don't know what happened to binnos like, I know there's still lots of homeless people, but maybe they're just hidden away from society these days. Either that or the big issue has done a good job in sorting them out.
2) Hitch-hikers
By this, I don't mean those hitch-hikers from American films, or horror films even. But on British motorways and at service stations you used to see the odd one or two. You would see a lot of them in suits which looked odd, holding a cardboard sign with a destination on it. When I was young I saw one on the side of the motorway and my dad explained that they were businessmen who had been given travel expenses for a trip and they were hitch-hiking home so they could keep this money for themselves.
I don't know what happened to these people, maybe travel just got more affordable, or they just can't be arsed with the hassle any more.
3) White dog shit
One of life's great mysteries. You used to see white dog shit lying around the streets, but no one knows how or why it came to be that colour, or why you don't see it any more. Perhaps what dogs eat has changed, or maybe dog shit just gets cleaned up more these days.
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