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Some views of one of Portsmouths Spinnaker Tower from Tuesday.

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Day 8:  The Spinnaker Tower: Portsmouth's Iconic Landmark

Introduction The Spinnaker Tower is an iconic structure located in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on the southern coast of England. Towering over the city and visible for miles, it serves as a symbol of Portsmouth’s maritime history and contemporary vibrance. This article explores the history, design, and significance of the Spinnaker Tower, from its conception to its place in modern…

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notes & thoughts i had when i was reading this book ;-3 (its kinda disjointed and doesn't read well, there were just things scrawled when reading. idk i might write it up properly one day xx).

-Clinically obsessed with Neil Gaiman's 1994 'The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch' and yes i am incredibly biased, and yes it is because i'm living away from pompey right now, and i miss my ghost adventures, and fratton rd subway.

-Its just such a nostalgic, and fun read. Mckeans art is so vivid, its like something walked straight out of my mind and onto the page, its really a graphic novel that properly exploits the medium and captivates on every page.

-As someone who has personally beefed with the descendants of these swans, i can tell you for a fact that this still stands true - they will break your arm, and not only that, they will peck into ur stomach and pluck out ur intestines. Apart from one swan who has arthritis, and is fed medicine in the evenings by an unnamed local, he is probably too busy eating his medicines.

-Reading all these passages written in 1994, almost exactly 30 years ago, set even further back into the late sixties, and seeing such relatable anecdotes. it's hopeful. Pompey stays Pompey forever.

And then you're hit with bits like this:

-And I'm reminded of the bridge centre bookshop losing the war against the council, the privatising of the secret garden, commercial road - the ghost town. And subway, and rowans, and London rd dying. Moorhouse becoming a newsagents, becoming a house.

-And then even before me, (mandatory obelisk mention), tricorn, charlotte st. The shadows of the past. What becomes of the time capsule in the bridge, when there is no bridge? But then in the same way theres development. Gunwharf, The spinnaker, The Mary Rose Museum.

-But it's all the superficial stuff - the tourist attractions. And it's all the heart and soul that get left to rot.

-I love this graphic novel because it's alive. and its mean. an affair, a pregnancy, forced abortion by beating a woman with planks of wood, disguised in cloudy memories and that slight childhood hope to mask it. to retell it again and again until the story turns out different this time.

-And there's this house, and its my childhood home. its the home of everyone i've ever befriended, and ever went to school with. And I'm reminded of when i used to see Punch and Judy shows over in St James' Dog park for picnic on the green.

-And one year, after the show, after the ice lollies, and after the raffle, my friend and i walked home, past all the shops, and at the end of my street was a great plume of smoke, and crinkle chip was burning down. We stood across the road and watched it burn.

Crinkle chip survived - but not as crinkle chip. It changed, it became Crispy Cod. But the foods the same. the important stuff. idk, i hate everything closing, its gone, and likely never coming back. But i still care, and i think that's the important part. that it mattered to me once upon a time (second mandatory obelisk mention in brackets so i don't waffle on about the obelisk).

-the story of punch and judy is told and retold by so many. as life here is lived by so many, but in many ways the same life. with many of the same characters and set pieces.

-the tale really articulates the frustration, the whimsy, the worry, and the awareness of childhood. living in a dream-like world, only in that none of your questions ever get answered. fantasy from boredom, fear, and confusion. the world is new, its your first time here and everyone just expects you to know whats real and whats not. That feeling of being looked over, of raising yourself because adults lie, cry, and run away from questions.

-This lamppost is real - so are the lights. i know exactly where this is and what they look like at every time of day.

-I love puppets, i love making them, buying them, studying them. This book reads like a love letter. But one written to a love never indulged. a love letter written and then kept in a box in the attic. The book feels like everything we want to say but don't. in the real world there's the story following the boy and his grandfather, and in the magical, theres the denial to let the self wear the puppet. nothing ever comes to fruition. nothing stays long enough to have the time to tell it how you felt, to express the grief. at the end theres a moment where the narrator just might wear mr punch. but theres not enough time to rationalise, to explain. its not the same mr punch anyway.

-its a scene that reminded me that sometimes we never get to do the things we desire because its too late. like trick-or-treating. if you dont do it as a kid you never will. and it sucks. and we dont get to go back.

-i should've bought all those Anne Rice books from the Bridge when i had the chance. but its gone now. and i won't.

-everything goes. but the memories remain, spectres to be engaged with, and in that its not really gone. The hearts arent gone, because they are here in this book. and so is the grandfather, and so is pompey.

-i should've written more notes about the art. The combination of photos and drawings portrays memories in such a beautiful and disorienting way. its distressing, and memorable. the way some things are emphasised by the photos, Punch and Judy, and the grandfather, while other memories are more obscure sketches, like the pier and the houses. it reads like a Cecilia Condit film scary and fragmented and young, or Jan Svankmajer's (my birthday twin xx) Jabberwocky short film.

-“Everybody dies but Mister Punch, and he has only the life he steals from others”

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after reading the book, and spell-checking my notes. i also read this companion article by Jennifer K . Cox 'From Stage to Page: Adaptation as Survival in Neil Gaiman’s Mr. Punch' that i would like to share highlights from;

-Forbidden knowledge, portrayed as the magic of puppetry, parallels the narrator’s traumatic childhood memories; the adaptations to his memories have allowed him to survive, even if they obscure the truth of his past.

-“The path of memory is neither straight nor safe,” - Gaiman

-'In some sense, telling a story makes it happen again' - Schank (eek! i love this, it fits with the ethos of the graphic novel itself being that things change but that doesn't mean you can't return to how it was in story and memory).

-'As inanimate objects that rely on human hands to give them life, puppets represent a physical “link with the dead, with the realm of the uncanny, the threshold realm of things unknown or repressed” - Gross (sums up how i feel when i make my frog puppet dance to Modern Talking).

-“Tolkien’s view was that the myth-making imagination always tends toward truth rather than lies; that fantastic stories lead toward a genuine understanding of the conditions of existence” - Attebery

-Theatre historian John Bell describes puppets as “performing objects” and suggests that people manipulate them “in order to show us how parts of the…material world can be animated by humans. [..] that our playing with objects allows

us to come to terms with death”

-this adapted work is by and for adults. (i dont know if i particularly agree with this statement. i think kids should read tough and scary stories. Mr Punch provides a great framework for exploring ones own anguish with the world in a way thats relatable and readable. with sections feeling specifically catered towards kids. 'adults lie', 'i should've written this in blood' and the mystical views on death. Yes, they have a nostalgia factor for adult readers, but they are childish thoughts, relatable to child readers. Kids deserve thoughtful and dark stories that challenge them, that haunt them).

-For the lower classes during the eighteenth century, divorce was improbable, public hangings were employed to discourage crime, and a healthy Puritan work ethic threatened bodily harm, while a poor work ethic threatened eternal damnation; Punch thumbed his rather large nose at each of these oppressive institutions

-the narrator resist picking up the puppet for one of two reasons: because the knowledge will destroy the magic of puppetry, and if the audience knows how the magic works the genre of puppet theatre ceases to function, or because he knows wearing the puppet means he must then become Punch

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Views from up on the Spinnaker Tower, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, UK

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If anything, I'd like to go to Gunwharf and sit and watch the ghesties arrive and leave 😁😀😆

I wanna see peeps dress up and carry out all the gherch 🤗

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You can take the boy out of Pompey…

I made a long overdue return to Portsmouth this weekend with Sam after almost 6 years away, and I am happy to report that it’s almost exactly as I left it! I fostered a strong affection for the place during my 5-year stay, and as soon as the Spinnaker came into view on my drive in, a stupid grin spread across my face and I immediately felt like I was back home.

I got there rather early as I had dropped Mum off at the airport en-route for a trip of her own (Mallorca v Portsmouth? I think there’s only one winner), but even that worked out, because I found myself on a virtually deserted seafront at about 8am* in beautiful early-morning sunshine. Sam wasn’t due for a good while, so I ended up going on a very long wander along part of the coast, before heading inland past some old familiar spots.

When my Samigo arrived, we located our Air BnB (a stone’s throw from the seafront), and after the old man had a nap, we walked the short distance to Canoe Lake for a game of tennis. Tennis is the reason Sam and I met in the first place, after both narrowly failing to make the University team back in the day. We played at a few clubs during our time in Pompey, but Canoe Lake was the last – and best – of the lot, so we resolved to play both days we were there. As luck would have it, it was ‘Day 1’ of the grass season, so the pristine grass courts were open for play!

We paid another return visit to Sakura, a small Japanese restaurant which Sam had taken me to as my introduction to Japanese cuisine; I have since developed a taste for much of their food – particularly katsu curry – and it all started here. The next morning, we wandered the other (more interesting) half of the coast, stopping for a seafood-themed lunch before ending up in Gunwharf Keys. Another thing we’ve bonded over is our love of films, so we perused the listings for something that took our fancy. The choices weren’t great, but we opted for Kung Fu Panda 4, hoping for a few laughs if nothing else. I have only seen K.F.P. #1, and if I’m honest, I’ve still only seen #1! After about twenty minutes, the warm weather walk + fine food took its toll on me, and I became rather drowsy. I tried my best to resist, but once I realised I’d lost track of the film’s plot, I succumbed and had a bit of a snooze! Sam told me I didn’t miss much.

We took the bus back and had a bit of a rest before our second bout of tennis, and then had a pizza apiece in front of a few episodes of Clarkson’s Farm to wrap up an enjoyable evening and wonderful weekend. My only complaint about the trip was that it wasn’t long enough, but that is easily rectifiable – I don’t plan on waiting another 6 years either.

*Truth be told, my very first stop was the Asda store where I used to work! I was curious to see how the ol’ gal was doing, and if any familiar faces were around. They weren’t, though perhaps partly because it was the dawn shift; I did observe some ‘Click-&-Collectors’ for a bit, and reckon I could still run rings around ‘em – you never lose the magic!

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Some views of Portsmouths Spinnaker Tower

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The Best of All Gifts...

a Christmas post

A quick visit to GunWharf Quays in Portsmouth! The shops were crowded, but the decorations were wonderful!

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Women's Designer Handbag Sale Outlet in UK.

Are You Searching For Stores Selling Designer Women's Handbags Within the UK? There is an assortment of stores selling discounted designer handbags - here are just a few:

Bicester Village in Oxfordshire is widely recognised as one of the UK's premier fashion outlet stores, boasting premium brands as well as boutiques selling designer bags.

Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth offers another premier outlet center with designer brands including Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren and Ted Baker.

Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet This outlet town, conveniently situated between Manchester and Liverpool in Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet features boutique shops specializing in designer goods as well as bargain designer bags at great prices.

McArthurGlen Designer Outlets There are multiple McArthurGlen designer outlets across the UK, such as Ashford, Bridgend and York. Each outlet hosts an assortment of designer brands with discounts available on merchandise.

Hackney Walk: Hackney Walk in London's East End offers bargain-priced designer items like bags.

Outlet Sections of Designer Brand Websites: Visit specific brand sites as many provide online stores where you can buy discount bags at reduced rates.

TK Maxx: TK Maxx has long been revered for their reputation of offering exclusive items at reduced costs, often including designer purses in their inventory. There are stores across the UK as well.

Harrods Outlet-Westfield London Harrods Outlet Store provides luxury shoppers with discounted designer handbags and other accessories from designer labels. Located within Westfield London Shopping Village.

Village Outlets. Many smaller cities and towns across the UK feature outlet or shopping centres featuring designer brands - it can be worthwhile visiting them to find bargains!

Online Shopping: When purchasing designer bags at discounted rates online stores such as Farfetch, The Outnet, and Net-A-Porter may provide UK alternatives that might offer similar models at more attractive prices.

Before visiting an outlet or shopping online, it's recommended to research its brand and store locations, since each may vary. Furthermore, checking its website or calling directly may reveal special sales or promotions available there.

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The Old Customs House, Gunwharf Quays — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/GnLZaQu

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Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, UK

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Learn Hip-Hop Party Dances for Free at Sweat Fitness Festival

Are you ready to groove and burn calories? 🔥 Join us for a free hip-hop dance session at Sweat Fitness Festival at Gunwharf Quays Portsmouth on April 29th and 30th. You’ll learn fun party dances to classic R&B, Hip-Hop, and Funk tunes. 😁 No experience is necessary! Just bring your energy, friends, and smiles. ❣️ Our Funkmaster Boss Sasha had us busting the Nae Nae last time; what will we learn…