North of the border

Spent the weekend up in Ediburgh where me and the girlfriend took in a Whiskey tour the castle and just the general delights of The Fringe festival, Fantastic and beautiful city will be there again in a few months, Will let the pictures do the talking.

Did the whiskey tour - Included a ride which went through the process of making whiskey and then selecting a whiskey from one of 4 areas where scotch whiskey is made and going through a process to decide which one you wanted - I chose a Single Malt Highland Whiskey. After this you went through to the largest Scotch whiskey collection in the world - 3,500 bottles of the stuff.

Heres me -  ( Universal Works chambray shirt,Levis 501 & Clarks Desert Trek)

Then we spent the day just wandering and settling down to watch the world go by in one of the green areas down princes street - Great. We also went out for a meal that night in the city and had Italian, Fantastic food and also had a few bottles of Peroni.

On the Sunday we took in the delights of Edinburgh Castle..Fantastic views of the city and amazing history.

The days attire: Uniqlo lightweight jacket,Lyle & Scott l/s polo
Chino Shorts & Superga Cotu Classic.

Universal Works - Chambray Shirt

This came through the post today - Universal Works chambray shirt.


Made in England, The shirt is 100% Cotton chambray and has two breast pockets one with a concealed  pen pocket ( shown in picture), black buttons with contrasting red stitching and reinforced elbow patches, Easily the best shirt I have owned in terms of quality and fit.


Here is more info on the brand itself taken from another website - 


Founder of Universal Works, David Keyte, spent years working for British fashion labels such as Paul Smith, before deciding to set up his own label in 2008. Keyte started Universal Works with the aim of producing well made, well considered, easy to wear, affordable menswear and accessories. The brands collections are loosely inspired by workwear using quality fabrics and produced in a number of small factories, often based in the UK, creating garments that are never mass produced and designed to last beyond a single season.

Pre Season: Marine FC away

Found out as I got home last night that a Wigan Athletic XI where playing down the M58 in Crosby, So within half a hour four of us set off down the motorway to see a new ground have a drink ( one larger shandy for me) and stand on a terrace while watching the talent that could come out of our club in the next few years.


After a quick swift one in a Thwaites pub just near the ground, We paid our entrance fee and made our way to the terrace where the few traveling latics fans where.Wigan started off well and although I could not tell who was who due to not recognize anyone, We had people who where quick down the wing and making it hard  for the Marine squad, Danny Redmond had a fantastic long rage effort early on in the game & Wigan athletic took the lead with a Joe Fowler header 35 minutes into the game. The game was quite fast paced through the first half and Latics held on to there 1-0 lead going into the break.
I don't normally go into detail about half time however during this game there where two acceptions. One was the fact i had a chippy tea which was swimming in the worse gravy I have ever tasted and then it all came back up during the second half, However while heading back over to the terrace, Someone pulled me to one side and asked " you right the Wigan website don't you?" Then it hit me, This very blog. He made some great comments about it and told me to keep it up and also that I look younger than on pictures on here...Maybe this will follow me on into further adulthood, Turns out he is a palace fan who moved up to Aintree, Very smart dressed as well, Thanks for the comments it is appreciated!


Into the second half latics kept there lead and slowly increased there attacking, While marine had a good couple of shots which I applauded.


Towards the end of the game, Latics managed to "roll" the ball accross the goal mouth for Rakish Bingham to do a text book finish into the net.




Attendence: 221

Last Thing Purchased...

Oki Ni x 6876 collaboration sweatshirt in rust, Suitable branding and fantastic quality made out of 100% cotton, Its quite a heavy sweatshirt and the only branding I can only see on this sweatshirt is six eight seven six on the right hand sleeve.

Suitable branding

Casual Connoisseur Shirts

North west based clothing brand The Casual Connoisseur have released there line of premium shirts,As a forum poster on there website, I have managed to watch this brand grow from screen printed tees to the Wier hats & ther first foray into jackets, The beat a storm cagoule, They have gone from strength to strength and are heading in the right direction, The shirts are:.

  The Union Shirt - A workwear inspired Chambray shirt with loads of details - Ticket pockets and has a chinstrap collar detail.

The Seaton Shirt, a woven check shirt with a button down collar, Zippo pocket and contrasting button detailing.

The Dexy shirt - a purple gingham check design which features a small  and button down collar is more than a suitable hint towards mod and as the name of the shirt derives from.

Teddy Boys.

Teddy Boys


Pre mod & Pre punk, Teddy Boys was the original sub culture in where The Working Class took clothes from the superior ruling class and making it there own, unique style which took inspiration from the Edwardian era however later teddy boys where more influenced by American 50's Rock & roll.
The subculture started off in the east end of London, where gangs known as cosh boys who where identifiable by there style: Long jackets sometimes with velvet collar and cuffs, Drainpipe trousers and a slim jim tie, they took on the police they thought local gangs and where prevalent with the use of knives.
The actual name " Teddy Boy" came from a headline in The Daily Express which shortened the word Edward to Teddy, and thus the name " Teddy Boy" was born.

The Teddy Boy - The first generation of young boys & girls to be different from the rest.

Last Ale Supped Thread.

Few pictures from a small ( two pub) pub crawl combined with a nice leasearly stroll to both, Situated in the Lancashire village of Mawdesley, Equidistant from Wigan & Preston - 10 miles.

Visited two pubs - The Red Lion in the center of the village & The Black Bull on a country lane, Both nice walks to each pub.

In the Blackbull they offered 5 guest ales, Brewers at the time where Unicorn, Thwaites, Moorhouses, Blacksheep & Marstons. The ales I sampled in here where in good condition.

While at the pub I supped - Marstons Engish Pale Ale ( EPA) at 3.6% which was a golden colour, Refreshing  and hoppy.

Thwaites Wainright 4.1% again a stronger ale yet still golden when settled, Very moreish.

Next stop was The Red Lion, Mawdesley, Which was in the village center...Good location and tables outside allowed you to watch the world go by & enjoy the last of the weather for the night.

Here I had Jennings Cockerhoop "Golden" very nice light ale at 4.6% a golden bitter with a very hoppy flavour.