For fifty years!
(from Pete – cheers)
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Herbie Goins RIP
Chris has informed me he has died. Here he is on one of a number of Birdcage gigs
(that definitely is Mr B Thane – plus Mrs Cathy McGuigan, three across)
Golden Days before they end …
I’ve been walking in the Hampshire countryside today
Back to Keef
Mr Mook has emailed to ask about that Desert island Discs. At the end he does the usual thing choosing a book which is Doctor Dogbody’s Leg by James Norman Hall
Speaking about it, KR explains the book is a collection of tales about how the Dr lost his leg, and he adds something about him being an 18th Century sailor and “Portsmouth pbvsgfjfkfoe” – or something like that. Mr Mook cannot work out what KR says and neither can MRA or I …
Anyone got a clue? It’s at the end of this link
Does Oscar Know About It?
I’ve been to London and found a new book: Francis Beckett & Tony Russell** 1956:The YEAR THAT CHANGED BRITAIN
It seems rather fine (been reading it on the train back)
No pix but lots of stuff about politics, pop, movies, murder, cricket and Pompey – at least two mentions (1) Disappearance of ‘Buster’ Crabbe and (2) British Rock & Roll starts with Tony Crombie & His Rockets in Portsmouth
(** top Blues writer)
And talking of 1956:
Thursday Night
It’s a Long Story
Mick found this one on Facebook (Cheers).
The Pompey line-up from the King’s last night with a couple of cracking ‘strikers’
