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Entries Tagged as 'Nostalgia'

Betta Bilda

January 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Life

In one of those strange coincidences I had some thoughts about toy building blocks this morning, specifically Betta Bilda bricks, and then in the afternoon a colleague raised the topic of Lego in a conversation, giving me the opportunity to voice my recently-formed theory about Betta Bilda.

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What a difference four years makes

September 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on What a difference four years makes · Life, Music

Midge Ure 1976 with Slik You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Midge Ure in 1980 with Ultravox! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Is it OK to admit that I not only remember Slik well from then, but quite liked them and still […]

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Anorak paradise

April 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Life, Technology

Jayne and I went to Amberley museum for the second time in three days today.  They do a deal whereby if you keep hold of your tickets you can return for free within 5 days, so we did.  When we went on Saturday we left without seeing everything because we had to do some supermarket […]

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Top of the Pops

April 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Top of the Pops · Life, Music

Like many people, I have been wathcing those old 1976 TOTP episodes on BBC Four with some interest.  I must have watched TOTP every week, or nearly every week for the couple of years around 1976 so I’m amazed to find quite so many performances I had entirely forgotten, sometimes by artists I had completely […]

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Me and Liz Taylor

March 23rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Me and Liz Taylor · Life

It was a while after I heard about Liz Taylor’s death that I remembered the time I met her and how it was splashed across the pages of the tabloids.  I’m not sure, but it might have even been on the front page of one of them.  If so it must have been a slow […]

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Just like the 80’s

December 3rd, 2010 · Comments Off on Just like the 80’s · Life, Politics

I have mixed feelings about the 80s.  I know that dreadful things happened and the seeds were sown for a lot of today’s problems but personally I really enjoyed that time.   I was lucky enough to be in what turned out to be a secure job that paid OK, I had no health problems and […]

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Never had it so good

November 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life, Technology

Notwithstanding the crass insensitivity of Lord Young’s remarks, there are many ways in which life is better these days .  Even though these are not going to be much consolation to anybody who finds themselves suddenly turfed out of a job and then systematically hounded by the government… but this is not political: just a […]

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Wallowing in it

September 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life

I have been putting off going through my photos for a while because it was a bit daunting, but now I have started and it turns out to be a much better way to pass an evening than watching TV and I have already scanned in some of my favourites from two albums which cover […]

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Thank you for the music

July 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Music

I did something a little bit upsetting this evening: I got rid of all my remaining vinyl. With all the preparations for moving house I realised that it was not sensible to take a load of old records out of one loft just to have them consigned to a different loft. I had already let […]

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Devil in Disguise

July 15th, 2010 · Comments Off on Devil in Disguise · Life

One last Vine review to clear the backlog.  This time it is Devil in Disguise by Julian Clary. I enjoyed it on a couple of levels. Apart from the story, there was a more personal level of enjoyment which was an element of nostalgia.   Molly ans Simon, the two main characters, met while at Goldsmiths […]

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