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Playing with fire

We went to Blackpool on Saturday, to visit some of Showzam 2010. (We went last year and had a good time).
Showzam Central had an exhibition about P T Barnum, as well as the 50’s sideshows and a couple of interesting additions. We had arranged to finish off the evening with the Ukulele Orchestra of Great [...]

Posted on February 25, 2010 at 12:00 pm by Shades · Permalink · One Comment
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Teas and Coffees

Yesterday was a very busy day. It was Mervyn’s Funeral in Loughborough and we had an evening show in Manchester- Hazel O’Connor’s Beyond Breaking Glass.
The funeral was well attended and there were flowers from the regulars at his watering hole, The Swan in the Rushes (arguably the best pub in Loughborough).
One of the Regulars has [...]

Posted on November 14, 2009 at 7:42 pm by Shades · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Culture, Memories, People, Showbiz

Mervyn Stockbridge Gould

A very good friend died recently and I’m getting lots of communication from others who knew him.
I was asked to write this Obituary which might possibly appear in The Stage next week.
I knew him for more than twenty years and admired him without knowing him for nearly as long before that from his widely published [...]

Posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:12 pm by Shades · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Arkleseizure, Culture, Memories, People, Showbiz, Techy

Non-celebrity deaths

I’m fairly indifferent to the two big name deaths in the news today. I didn’t know them and they didn’t know me.
However, I got to hear about two people who I knew slightly having recently died.
The first is Mrs. Margaret Beatrice Millican, who died in March. I only met her for fifteen minutes but she [...]

Posted on June 26, 2009 at 8:45 pm by Shades · Permalink · 2 Comments
In: Culture, Memories, People

Happy Fathers Day

Breakfast in bed this morning, David came up first to make sure I was awake (& for a quick bout of all in wrestling).
When it is Mum’s turn she gets smiley pancakes and a song, I got toast, a mug of coffee and some assorted mild abuse.
I did get a card and a present though, [...]

Posted on June 21, 2009 at 11:43 am by Shades · Permalink · 2 Comments
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