About Me



I've been playing around with html since 1995 and PHP since 2002 (yes, I know I have not improved much!). I'm not trying to get slow, flashy effects, just pages that load at a reasonable speed and have something on them that may be interesting.
I'm not trying to sell anything, just show a little bit of what I like to do.
I am a Christian (not affiliated to any church or denomination), a radio amateur, an amateur photographer and an amateur astronomer.
I used to be a camera technician, then in a tech support team but now I am the Data Support Manager for Johnsons Photopia .

All of the pictures within these pages have been taken by me, apart from maybe an odd one or two.

I have found both astronomy and weather satellites interesting for years. I often 'sky watch' in my back garden either with no optical aid , with binoculars or my 8" sct telescope. I do a little bit of astronomy from France when I can.

I don't record weather satellite pictures now, so my weather satellite page is not provided as a 'look at todays weather' but more of a 'look what you can do if you want to ' page.

My website used to be spread across several Internet providers (including Freeserve, BT, Lycos, IC24 and Freenetname) but now it is hosted mainly on PG54.com . I do have some images hosted on Flickr and elsewhere that link to pages here.
Most parts of the site are not updated often, but the Fat Cat pages, Aircraft and wildlife pages are.

There are thousands of photos, a sort of 'historical record', of the bands that I have seen play at the Limelight Club in Crewe, but since it closed, I am now trying to do a similar historical record at Fat Cat in Hanley
These band photos are not meant to be 'classic rock shots' or top quality 'photo shoots' of the bands, but rather my record of who they are/were and how they looked.
There is no written review of each gig, just a review in photos.
I would love to cover other local (Stoke/Newcastle) bands at other venues. I don't charge, but can't always get to every gig, so please be patient if I say I can't get. I should be able to cover you eventually.


Martin Kessel