Where should Jimmy and Grandad go this weekend?

Jimmy and Grandad at Blackpool LightsIt's been a little while since Jimmy and Grandad have been out.

I think they are feeling just a little upset by having their house moved from my nice warm study out into the garage, so I should probably make it up to them by taking them out.

But where?

We are going to the theatre in Manchester on Saturday night, but I'm not sure I can get away with flash photography in the Royal Exchange . Might be fun to try though.

Jimmy and Grandad Pictures on SlideFlickr

Came across SlideFlickr today so thought I would share all of the Jimmy and Grandad pictures with you:

I had a bit of a strange experience writing this post though. When I pasted the SlideFlickr code into Windows Live Writer is decided that it would be a great thing to go off and open loads and loads of browser windows.

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Jimmy and Grandad Return

Grandad waits for an exciting callFor those of you who have missed Jimmy and Grandad - they have returned. They've always been here, I've just been too busy to observe their daily adventures.

For those of you who think the pictures are a bit dark - it is winter here, which means it's dark most of the time .

I have never been lost...

I have never been lost...

Today I shall be wearing the proud words of Christopher Columbus:


“I have never been lost…but I will admit to being confused for several weeks”.


Sounds like much of my life.


(I’ve added some Jimmy and Grandad pictures to flickr)

Quiet Week

Jimmy and Grandad take Editorial Control

Next week will be a quiet one from me.


Jimmy and Grandad will be going on tour and so I need to accompany them. I’ll be taking the camera along to make sure that you don’t miss out on any of the adventure.

Would I buy an Origami?

Jimmy and Grandad struggle to get back into the house

Would I buy a device in the form-factor of the Origami – yes, and probably will, but probably not yet.


Having watched the video is look like it will be a great piece of equipment for having around the house. The predominant view seems to be that we will want them in landscape format, but I think I would prefer it in portrait because I see myself doing a lot of reading that way. In portrait format it feels a lot more like a book.


(PS: Jimmy and Grandad eventually made it back into the house. They needed some assistance though.)

Jimmy and Grandad on Flickr

Jimmy and Grandad contemplate going for a hair-cutJimmy and Grandad now have their own Flickr Set please feel free to comment on their adventures.

Jimmy and Grandad

Jimmy shows Granddad his unique light blue iPod-Video-MP3-Photo-Telephone Thingy

I’ve had a few questions about “Jimmy and Grandad” and there current showing on Oak Grove well here is an explanation.



In a house at the end of a cul-de-sac in a quite corner of Lancashire's newest city is an upstairs room. Some would look at this room and believe that it was just an ordinary room. It has four walls, a window and a door, nothing special there. In one quite corner of this room though is a four storey wooden house. It has a basement with a garage for the car. It has bedrooms for the inhabitants. It has a bathroom in the attic. It has everything that a modern family could possibly want.

Jimmy tries to ignore Tyke's requests for a walk

In this house lives a wonderful extended family; Grandma, Grandad, Mum, Dad, Jimmy, Emmy and Tilly the baby. There is even a full set of pets rabbit, cat, and everyone’s favourite Tyke the dog.


Most of the time they are just an ordinary family doing ordinary things in an ordinary way. But like all ordinary families they are really extraordinary. When Jimmy and Grandad get together anything could happen and it regularly does. Jimmy is a lover of gadgets and technology, Grandad his somewhat slower side-kick. Physical slowness isn’t a problem for the quick minded Grandad though and he gets it faster than Jimmy most of the time. In this world it’s mental agility that counts.


They may not look cool, they may never change their clothes, they may never comb their hair, they may be made of wood, but they are extraordinary.


Welcome to the adventures of Jimmy and Grandad.

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