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Cranes at Southsea Fest

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010. Published in Music & Bands by

More news concerning the line-up for Southsea Fest, the confirmed list so far is:

Cranes, SixNationState, Cats in Paris, The X-Certs, Shoes and Socks off, Stage Coach, Revere, The Dawn Chorus, The Bad Paws, Luke Ferre, Montage Populaire, Talons, Tall Ships, 6 Day Riot, Elephants, Aeroplane Attack, Belligerence, Waking Aida, Will Mcnicol, Run Toto Run, Auction For The Promise Club, Hold Your Horse Is, Enochian Theory, Kills Kasper, Kyla La Grange, Dirty Sky Jones, Ottesgear, Beau Brummel, Rob The Rich, Clayton Strange, Lucifers Gold plus lots more to be added soon.

Early bird tickets are currently £12 and available online now.

Personally, very stoked that Crane’s are on the list. Cranes originally formed in Portsmouth back in the mid 80s (the name is derived from the cranes at the docks) and have over the years created some amazing shoe-gaze/dream-pop albums featuring Alison Shaw’s rather wonderful voice. Have a listen below to ‘Particles and Waves’ from the awesome album of the same name and check here for free MP3s to download:

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2 Comments to Cranes at Southsea Fest

  1. What ive heard from the cranes is awesome.

    Is there anymore information anywhere about southsea fest? Im intersted but there doesnt seem to be any information anywhere really :S

    Tom on May 5th, 2010

  2. There is a group on Facebook and they have a Twitter too

    Paul on May 5th, 2010

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Features

The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.






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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.

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