IN PRAISE OF BAR STAFF

OVER THE YEARS THE WITCH HAS GAINED A REPUTATION FOR LOTS OF THINGS,SOME THINGS THAT NEVER EVEN HAPPENED BUT THATS ANOTHER STORY.GREAT NIGHTS WITH GREAT MUSIC,GREAT CHARACTERS WITH GREAT STORIES,AND GREAT STORIES THAT EMANATED FROM GREAT NIGHTS BUT THE ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN CONSTANT FROM DAY ONE IS THE GREAT BAR STAFF.I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE FINEST WOMEN AND THE ODD MAN I HAVE EVER SEEN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.SOME HAVE BEEN WITH ME YEARS AND YEARS OTHERS HAVE COME AND GONE BUT ALL I HOPE HAD FUN IN THEIR TIME HERE.PEOPLE,WELL MEN ACTUALLY,LIKE TO THINK THAT MY INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUE REVOLVES AROUND CHEST SIZE,I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT ONE TO BED RIGHT NOW,NO THATS NOT PART OF THE INTERVIEW EITHER,I AM MERELY SAYING ITS NOT TRUE.I DO LIKE PRETTY WOMEN,WHO DOESNT???LET HE WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE A VERY GREAT MAN ONCE SAID,AND I FOR ONE CANNOT CAST ANY STONES,BUT I AM GETTING OFF THE POINT HERE.CLARE,EMMA,EMMA,DEBBIE,CASS,RUTH,KATIE,ORLA,LOZ,LAURA,LAUREN AND IF I HAVE FORGOTTEN ANYONE LET ME BE STRUCK DOWN DEAD,I SURELY WILL BE BY WHOEVER I HAVE FORGOTTEN.ANYWAY MY POINT IS ALL ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ME AND THE JOB COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT THEIR HELP.

CHANGE OF PLAN

I HAVE DECIDED AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION WITH MY TEAM OF ADVISERS TO PUT THE NEW ORLEANS NIGHT BACK A FEW WEEKS.THERE IS JUST TOO MUCH GOING ON IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH AND THERE WAS TOO MUCH PRESSURE TO SELL THE NIGHT AND I COULD NOT HONESTLY SAY I COULD DO IT,AND I DO NOT PUT THINGS ON UNLESS I AM SURE THEY ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.SO SINCE THE FEEDBACK WAS NOT THERE I PUT IT BACK.AFTER THAT LENGTHY EXPLANATION I AM SHATTERED.NOT MUCH HAS OCCURED THAT IS WORTH WRITING ABOUT AND MY MIND IS AS BLANK AS WATFORDS STRIKE FORCE,SORRY BOUT THAT ADRIAN.WILL SIGN OFF FOR THE MOMENT AND IF ANYTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE HAPPENS I WILL BE BACK ON.

THE FIRST OF THE WANDERERS RETURN

LUCY LOO IS COMIN HOME,TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE,REMEMBER THAT LITTLE DITTY,IT WAS NUMBER ONE FOR AGES,JESUS HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.MIND YOU I THINK ITS A RETURNING SOLDIER TYPE THING THEY DO IN AMERICA,I STAND TO BE CORRECTED ON THAT.ALL THAT IS NOT TO SAY LUCY HAS BEEN FIGHTING ABROAD,PERISH THE THOUGHT,NO THE OLD SPONDOOLEYS HAVE RUN OUT,AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS ITS TIME TO PACK THE BAGS AND SADDLE UP THE HORSES.SHE IS BACK ON THE 8TH JUST IN TIME FOR THE MAN CITY BASH,DID I TELL YIZ ALL CURLY WATTS FROM CORONATION STREET WILL BE HERE ON THE 9TH AS A MAD MAN CITY FAN.BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY SHE IS HERE FOR THE BIGGEST BASH SUNTE AVENUE HAS EVER SEEN,MY 20TH YEAR HERE.NOW THERE AINT MANY PUBLICANS LAST 20 YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS,AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD MANY TIMES I WOULDNT LAST,THE LAST ONE BEING BY A TALL BEARDED MAN WHO FREQUENTED HERE FOR A WHILE,HE GAVE ME TILL APRIL 2005,WELL MATE I AM STILL HERE AND YOU ARE GONE,WELL FROM HERE HES GONE TO ANOTHER DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT.I SUPPOSE IN A PUB YOU TEND TO GATHER ROUND YOU PEOPLE O LIKE MIND AND ATTITUDE,HE DEFINITELY DID NOT FIT MY PROFILE.GETTING BACK TO LUCY,I WILL BE LOSING HER TO PAUL,WHICH I AM REALLY PLEASED FOR HER,I WILL MISS HER BUT LIFE GOES ON APACE.

HOW TINGS CHANGE

A WHILE AGO I WAS ASKING WHERE HAVE ALL THE PUNTERS GONE,WELL THEY MUST HAVE ALL BEEN READING MY BLOGS AND FELT SORRY FOR ME,BECAUSE THEY CAME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE ENDED UP HAVING BRILLIANT JANUARY.LAST WEEK WAS THE BEST WEEK WE HAVE HAD AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OUT OF PLACE IN JUNE,BUT ONE DOES NOT REST ON ONES LAURELSIN THIS BUSINESS,BECAUSE IT WILL KICK YOU IN THE BOLLOX.AND I NEED TO KEEP REMINDING YOU GUYS ABOUT THE CAJUN NIGHT www.benwaters.com ,AND www.malcolmmortimore.net ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PLAYING THE MUSIC AND BELIEVE ME THEY ARE GOOD.THE FOOD WILL BE GOOD,SO THERE IS NO EXCUSES GET ON AND GET BOOKED IN.GOTTA GO NOW PEOPLE ARRIVING,THINGS TO DO ETC ETC ETC