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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 [...]
In: Culture, Showbiz · Tagged with: Showzam!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
In: Culture · Tagged with: Muppets
