Archive for the ‘Memories’ Category
To all the Girls I’ve loved before…*
I’m in the process of replacing my car as my current Betsy is rapidly approaching 100,000 miles on the clock. After much thought, scouring the Internet and flicking through Parkers & What car monthly guides, I’ve taken the path of least resistance and chosen another not too used Skoda.
This will be the fifth vehicle I’ve [...]
In: Memes, Memories · Tagged with: Cars
“Tuppenny Rushes”
Saturday morning picture shows are looked back on with affection by many people over fifty in Britain. For a few pennies, children had the chance to spend an hour or two watching Westerns, cartoons and Serials with the cliffhanger endings that the hero always managed to resolve really easily in the thirty seconds of [...]
In: Memories, Shady stuff, Showbiz · Tagged with: Saturday Cinema
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
Simian stories
Having a blog with an extensive back catalogue means that every now and again an interesting email turns up when someone has googled something of interest to them. This week, Nivag Nosnikta has become my friend on friends reunited and someone researching into Planet of the Apes has been asking me for memories from when [...]
