elidesss:

Peter and mine’s friendship was always a very magical thing. The time we used to spend together and the things we used to do. […] I do love Peter so dearly. Ever since I first met him – he had this innate ability to just charm someone. To me he’d say ‘I know you’re working class, with a violent past, but a poetic sort of temperament’, and I thought ‘wow, yeah, you really know me’ [laughs] So endearing, so beautiful.

– Carl Barât (x)

I don’t think we ever told the story of Peter And The Cake did we @missoneminute? When we checked into our first hotel in Margate (the one a couple of doors down from the Albion Rooms), one or both of us was wearing a libs t-shirt, so the girl at reception noticed and told us that “he” (Peter is just “he” to everyone in Margate haha) goes to the hotel “when he’s hungry” and “steals all the cake”. We were a little concerned lol but she did clarify that he pays for the cake at least, haha, but she said something like he “scoops it up” which gave us a delightful mental image of him shovelling it all into a bag and disappearing with his haul, lol.

If you go into any establishment in Margate wearing libs attire, the staff are more than happy to regale you with plenty of anecdotes about Peter’s escapades around town! He’s a regular in the second hand shops, of course – as @missoneminute said in her post before, he’s bought up a bunch of mannequins, typewriters, and also record players that he keeps breaking and going back to buy more, lol. He’s clearly giving the local economy a real boost! I thought maybe people in the town would be annoyed by fans wandering around poking their noses in, but everyone is super friendly and welcoming and chatty, it’s such a lovely place. Carl’s chosen well!

I’m still not caught up on Tumblr yet but I’m impatient to start posting stolen shit some photos from Wheels & Fins so if anything has been posted before I’m very very sorry, please let me know so I can reblog instead of reposting!