Squeezy John

@johnspiers.co.uk

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John Spiers. Squeezebox player with Gigspanner Big Band, Bellowhead, Spiers & Boden, Peter Knight & John Spiers, Jackie Oates & John Spiers … I'm English ... not an American.

A tweet from Nigel Farage … reading I have spoken to the CEO of Tendring District Council. Reform has offered to cover the cost of the by-election. I will be writing to Rachel Reeves later today with the same message. Given that we asked for this by-election in the first place, it's only right that we pay for it.
A picture of the Gigspanner Big Band playing live with prominent banjo, slide guitar, melodeon and Peter Knight singing. The text reads: "The kind of re-enchantment which only comes from top-class musicians with a deep understanding of their material. Simply remarkable" 5 stars from R2 magazine. Tour dates 7th July Oxford Playhouse, 8th July Stroud Sub Rooms, 9th July Hailsham Pavilion, 10th July Deal Arts Festival, 11th July The Cut Halesworth, 12th July Ely Folk Festival, 5th August Sidmouth Folk Week.
Genuine road sign saying "Failed Road Surface" in white letters on a red background.
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The view from a side street on to the once “happening” Cowley Road in Oxford … a discarded Gaviscon bottle sits on a window sill at the side.
Some freshly dug little new potatoes in a trug with some broad bean pods.
John Spiers, Tim Van Eyken and Saul Rose looking incredibly young. They’re wearing suits and ties in a field around this time of year and posing with their melodeon bellows all extended.
A large tree that has grafted itself on to a smaller tree by two branches. The smaller tree has been cut off from its roots but both trees are still alive because the larger one is supplying all the water and nutrients the smaller one with no roots needs via the common branches.
Sign saying - INDUSTRIAL UNITS 20a ADAM BAKER 20b DRAINMASTER SW LTD 20c DRAINSERVE LTD 21a EX ELECTRICS LTD 21b HAPPY TACOS 21c SPARKLY CLEAN LAUNDRY SERVICES 21d SIDMOUTH FOLK WEEK PRODUCTIONS 22a VORTICE MOTORSPORT
Signs over a washing basin in a dressing room saying "Please do not sit in the sink" and "Drinking water now available in Dressing Room One"
A sign declaring a 4 ¾ miles an hour limit
Shabana Mahmood standing outside a brick building.
A very nice sourdough loaf cut in half with brown chewy crust and a mix of large and small holes in the crumb … if I do say so myself!
Dave Shepherd dressed smartly in white shirt and waistcoat playing his fiddle.
Some red potatoes
SPIERS&BODEN SPRING 2026 TOUR SAT 7 MARCH KCM CHURCH, FALMOUTH "Boden's impassioned singing brings fresh life to little-heard-songs, along with the perfectly balanced pairing of his fiddle with Spiers's melodeon." ***** The Scotsman
Darth Vader with building behind
The Telegraph. How I became a Labour school-fee exile in Dubai Sick of Labour's private school tax raid, Isabel Oakeshott decided to swap the rolling hills of the Cotswolds for the desert of the UAE. Isabel Oakeshott Published 25 January 2025