(Report by Russell/cartoon adapted from an original by the late Bill Shaw).
Early Sunday
morning some sixty thousand people gathered in Newcastle for the start of this
year's Great North Run. Crowds lined the route dotted with mile markers and
feeding stations down to the finish on South Shields' sea front. At three miles
(near Gateshead International Stadium) the sounds of New Orleans jazz spurred
on Olympians, club runners and an assortment of chickens, hippos and super hero
characters. Tyneside's finest - the Northern Monkey Brass Band - played a
selection of big, bold, brassy numbers to help the runners on their way.
Mid-afternoon on
Grainger Street in Newcastle BSH bumped into David Gray sporting a Diabetes UK
cap, trombone case slung over his shoulder. Showtime had been on duty at the
charity's pitch on the Felling Bypass with Graham Hardy's NMBB. All in a good
cause, well done to Graham and the lads. Later (early evening) you'll find
Showtime at Revolućion de Cuba in the Cloth Market with one or two friends
playing some good time party tunes. Vive la revolućion!
Russell
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