The few years between 1988 and about 1993 are a bit of a blur for me both musically and personally. I can’t remember exactly when the wheels fell off, but by 1988 I wasn’t really married anymore. When trying to pin down music to a date one of my reference points is who I was […]
Entries Tagged as 'Life'
We got ourselves a convoy
February 22nd, 2019 · No Comments · Life
I went to my first biker’s funeral today. It wasn’t somebody I knew, but he was the husband of one of Jayne’s friends from her motorbike women’s group and from the Horsham motorbike group on Facebook. First of all we met up with the Horsham lot at Pease Pottage then rode down to Handcross where […]
1985 – Take On Me
February 22nd, 2019 · No Comments · Life, Music
A big year for me, it was when I got married. OK so that didn’t work out brilliantly in the long term but at the time it was all looking good. The wedding also led, indirectly, to my first experience of music TV. At the time I did not have cable or satellite television and […]
Tags: 1962Onwards
Credit (note) where credit is due
February 20th, 2019 · No Comments · Life
We are always quick to complain when we are unhappy with a shop or service. Social media makes it even easier, and bloggers are probably the worst. Never have there been so many ways to vent your consumer frustration, but when you get good service its nice to use the same channels to share that […]
Tags: Shopping
Walls old and new
February 18th, 2019 · No Comments · Life, Politics
While Donald Trump continues to try building his pointless wall, later this year it will thirty years since the Berlin Wall came down. Thirty years – where did it all go? It was an exciting time. One girl from our office went straight out and booked a flight to Berlin so she could see the […]
Tags: Nostalgia
Redefining local
February 18th, 2019 · No Comments · Life
I was just looking at the website of the Crawley and Horley Observer, the only remaining local newspaper in Crawley. It gives a lot of hints as to why local papers have been in such a decline.
Tags: Local Papers
1978 – Down at the Doctors
February 15th, 2019 · No Comments · Life
1978 really was peak disco year wasn’t it? Obviously there were the Bee Gees singles Night Fever and Stayin’ Alive, but also the other singles from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and the soundtrack album itself which was released towards the end of 1977 but still selling well and spawning singles in 1978. And then […]
Tags: 1962Onwards
Flowers for Valentines Day
February 15th, 2019 · No Comments · Life
Personally I have always felt a bit ripped off knowing how the price of flowers seems to shoot up on Valentines day, in the same way that restaurants charge a lot more for meals on that day. In the last year I have learned a bit about the florist business at third-hand and feel a […]
Shameless Plug for a local business
February 13th, 2019 · No Comments · Life
This afternoon Jayne brought to my attention the website lovebeanbuffet.com. Crawley locals may well be familiar with the Love Bean cafe in the town centre, especially if they are anything to do with the council. It is the nearest food place to the Town Hall and so is almost the staff canteen for the place. […]
Tags: Food
Think Local, Work Local
February 12th, 2019 · No Comments · Life
The Manor Royal BID people are holding a ‘careers expo’ in April. It is at the Arora hotel from 3pm to 8pm on April 4th and there are so many reasons why this is a good thing.
