David Acaster

David Acaster

Plethora of Pop

17 stories

Photograph of a Typewriter and showing all its keys
Photograph of the front and rear covers of Willie Nelson’s Long Playing Record ‘Red Headed Stranger’. issued by Columbia records in 1975
Photograph of The Tardis ‘Police Box’ with a Dalek standing in front in reference to the BBC TV series ‘Doctor Who’
David Acaster

David Acaster

The Riff - Rock Music

31 stories

Blonde haired girl in black top playing a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar on stage
Image of a Music Conductor on a podium with baton in hand, in front of a seated Symphony Orchestra
Image of the front of the Alien Museum in Roswell, New Mexico, with two faces of Aliens with big bulging eyes stare out over the street
David Acaster

David Acaster

Rock Music

4 stories

Photograph of British Singer Tommy Steele on stage in 1957  playing an electric guitar
Black and white photographic image of a large group on twenty to thirty leather jacketed motorcyclists. known as Rockers, riding along the seafront in Hastings circa 1964.
A night time street scene of a man walking home in the darkness in the rain on a wet evening
David Acaster

David Acaster

Six Word Photo Story

26 stories

A very large colourful plastic puffin sculpture situated on the Promenade of an English coastal town to raise awareness of endangered wildlife on our seas and coast.
Photograph of a collection of acoustic and electric guitars with guitars cases, amplifier, and music books against a background of a sofa in a room
Frogs in a pond guarding their mass of frogspawn
David Acaster

David Acaster

Promptly Written

5 stories

Image of black and white photograph of rock singer Buddy Holly
Image of a Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIB) on a trailer in the compound of the Hornsea Inshore Rescue centre
Image shows two horses in a paddock with their barn behind them on a sunny New Mexico day
David Acaster

David Acaster

Flint and Steel

3 stories

Image of a bouquet of red roses on stems
Image of watercolour painting of Lighthouse at Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa with 50c postage stamp South African depicting the same lighthouse and a cancellation mark dated 6 September 1988 at Green Point, also displayed are four 1976 Guernsey Postage stamps showing various lighthouses
Image of 5 Books spread out with a Christmas decoration above and below made from textile material in red to hang from a tree
David Acaster

David Acaster

Nature & Environment

3 stories

European Common Frog surfacing after a period of winter hibernation in a pond
Image of old farm tractor’s lined up in a field on display
David Acaster

David Acaster

Poetry

4 stories

Image of a Little Owl peering out from behind part of a wall
Image of Clutter: A room filled with books packing all bookcases, tables and all along the floor with no room to move or access the bookcase safely
Image of a Catherine wheel firework alight spinning and sparks flying in Holland
David Acaster

David Acaster

Pets and Animals

2 stories

Image of a cat stretched out in the sunshine laid asleep on a pathway
Photo of ten week old Labrador puppy dog sitting to attention
David Acaster

David Acaster

About Me

2 stories

Sunburst Fender Stratocaster Guitar with Lizard standing on the scratch plate
Sunburst Fender Stratocaster Guitar with Lizard standing on the scratch plate
David Acaster

David Acaster

Short History

2 stories

Image of a portrait of Captain Frederick Marryat by John Philip Simpson 1826 with a A Code of Signals (Flags) for the Merchant Service either side of his portrait.
Image of a GB Postal First Day Cover depicting the 75th Anniversary of £10000 Daily Mail Circuit of Britain Air Race 22nd to 26th July 1911
David Acaster

David Acaster

The Weekly Special

1 story

Image of black and white photograph of rock singer Buddy Holly
David Acaster

David Acaster

The Riff's Album Of The Month

3 stories

Image of Long Playing records (LP’s) in a row of record racks in a popular High Street music store
Image of a customer browsing the racks containing long playing vinyl records in a High Street music retail store
Stack of vinyl long playing records with Willie Nelson’s ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ lying on top of a Hi-Fi System record deck in a music room
David Acaster

David Acaster

History

3 stories

A British Palestine Police wanted poster showing images of ten terrorist suspects, including Menachem Begin (top left). Image flanked either side by the Irgun logo depicting a map of Mandatory Palestine & the Emirate of Transjordan, a rifle and the acronym “Etzel” is written above the map, and “raq kach” (“only thus”) is written below.
Image of a GB Postal First Day Cover depicting the 75th Anniversary of £10000 Daily Mail Circuit of Britain Air Race 22nd to 26th July 1911
Black & White Photograph of the aftermath of the bombing of the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, by the Irgun on 22 July 1946 in which 91 people died
David Acaster

David Acaster

British, retired, loves reptiles & amphibians, keen on history, steam locomotives, travel, real ale and still trying to master that Fender Stratocaster.