Another quick turnaround, back for a day again and off to the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, a place we have not visited before but one I can thoroughly recommend as the entire place is like being in a time warp were it not for the people who have come in modern dress and the fact that you can’t get a pint for a wartime 1s/ 2d or about 7 pence in modern currency.
They also used to shoot Peaky Blinders there and although I never watched many episodes but here are a few images to give you the feel of the place, personally I only ever noticed the cars of my friends from the Bentley Drivers Club whose cars were used in the programme.
As you can see at the top of the road was a public house which was very conveniently situated for us to take shelter from the rain and to take part in the forties singalong.
When the rain stopped we had a quick ride on a bus with our friends and the leader of the Kalamazoo Dance band who we danced to in Woodhall Spa and also later in the evening here.
Finally, yet another photo of yet another pub in which we had to shelter yet again when another rain cloud hit us, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!
I am a retired actor, although to be honest I only retired because I wasn't getting any work due to losing my agent when I became a full time carer to my mother who had dementia. and the option of becoming an unemployed actor/waiter at my age was ludicrous, especially as my waiting skills are non-existent.
Having said I’m retired, I don’t think there really is such a thing as a retired actor for I am still available for work, I just don’t have an agent or any connections with regards to obtaining any worthwhile work.
I have over the years done student films when there is nothing else available, always low paid (if at all) the only incentive was always the promised copy of the finished film for your show reel which nine times out of ten always failed to materialise.
I spent many years looking after my aged mother and shortly after her death I was lucky enough to run into an ex-girlfriend of many years ago and our romance blossomed once again, resulting in us getting married in 2013.
My move to the countryside inspired me to write The Diary of a Country Bumpkin which tells of my continuing dilemmas in dealing with the rigors of the countryside from the unexpectedly large number of pollens, fungal moulds and hay products waiting to attack the unsuspecting townie.
I enjoy writing, see my play Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori on The Wireless Theatre Company, The Plays Wot I Wrote and The Battle of Barking Creek both available on Amazon.co.uk and am very fond of classic cars so my ideal occupation would be acting in a film I had written set in the 1930s/40s, we live in hopes.
I am delighted to say that since venturing to the countryside where space is not quite the premium it is in town, I have due to the availability of two double garages acquired more classic cars to form a small collection the pride of which are a 1947 Bentley Mk VI and a 2000 Bentley Arnage.
My various blogs and websites are continually evolving and I’m sure that by following the appropriate links you will find something which will edify or amuse.
I have written a number of different books all available on Amazon, so don't be shy should you feel the urge to purchase. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-Joe-Wells/e/B06XKWFQHT/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
The Diary of a Country Bumpkin 
Looks like a jolly time was had by all!
We had a fabulous time.