Something to make you wonder where time has gone - Page 3

panther · 09-01-2008, 12:31

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Originally Posted by garinda

Elvis would have been 71 tomorrow, which just doesn't seem right.

just had to say that elvis would have been 73 not 71

, my mother told me

he was born in 1935

cashman · 09-01-2008, 22:57

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Originally Posted by panther

just had to say that elvis would have been 73 not 71

, my mother told me

he was born in 1935

correct Elvis Aron Presley born jan 8th 1935 tupelo, missisipi.

firth_dawn · 09-01-2008, 23:04

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

1968 i was in nappies after being born in 67. So cant remember much of that year!!! lol

same here. i was born in 67 so cant remember much of that year also.

ANNE · 09-01-2008, 23:32

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

It's a shame that people remember him most for the daft songs like 'My Old Man's a Dustman' and 'Does your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour?' because he did some really great ballads and some fantastic skiffle.

He had such energy and insanity at times too. And boy could he sing FAST! Anybody remember 'Rock Island Line'?

I liked that one best willow.

ossylass · 09-01-2008, 23:47

Panther- I remember the power strike in 1972. I'd just started a new job as an editor, after time off to have my three kids, and the first week there, I had to work by candlelight.

WillowTheWhisp · 10-01-2008, 07:55

I remember working by candlelight in the bank and one of the cashiers set fire to somebody's Kay's Catalogue payment and we had to go chasing after the customer to get duplicate details!

cashman · 10-01-2008, 11:15

was a wood machinst at the time of the power strike, so candlelight was well out of the question for us.

seem to recall we had a 3-day week.

Helen · 30-04-2008, 19:39

I used to live in Accy but emigrated to Canada in 1975. I'd forgotten there WAS a singer called Lonnie Donegan until I saw him mentioned on this site! It's amazing how many things you forget about until someone or something reminds you. I saw in another post that Moorhead is going to have yet another name change. It was Accrington High School for Girls when I attended it. Why the latest name change?

polly · 30-04-2008, 19:56

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I remember Lonnie Donegan singing that at the end of a show he used to do on TV on Saturdays. I can't remember the name of the show though.

You know I remember something very saimilar, definately Lonnie Donegan don't recall if it was the end or the middle of a programme. some sort of variety show?

MargaretR · 30-04-2008, 21:15

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Originally Posted by Helen

I used to live in Accy but emigrated to Canada in 1975. I'd forgotten there WAS a singer called Lonnie Donegan until I saw him mentioned on this site! It's amazing how many things you forget about until someone or something reminds you. I saw in another post that Moorhead is going to have yet another name change. It was Accrington High School for Girls when I attended it. Why the latest name change?

You may be interested in this thread
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...hool-8089.html
there are some recollections from the time before the name change

cashman · 30-04-2008, 21:16

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Originally Posted by polly

You know I remember something very saimilar, definately Lonnie Donegan don't recall if it was the end or the middle of a programme. some sort of variety show?

know fer fact Lonnie Donegan appeared on 6-5 Special @ Oh Boy many times, maybe thats what yer thinking of polly?

Eric · 30-04-2008, 21:57

I remember watching Sputnik in '57 ... it was on bonfire night ... and sitting up waiting for the first Telstar broadcast ... Remember the first tv appearance of the Beatles on Jimmy Saville's show ... and everyone who was alive at the time seems to remember what they were doing when they heard the news of Kennedy's assasination ... I was playing snooker at the Con Club in Accy when is saw it on the tv ... Black and white of course. And I was underage at the time. Beer tasted better when you were under age.

Eric · 30-04-2008, 21:57

Which reminds me ... time for a beer.

West Ender · 30-04-2008, 22:46

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Originally Posted by Eric

Remember the first tv appearance of the Beatles on Jimmy Saville's show ...

They first appeared on a programme called, I think, People and Places. It was 1962 and I had only been married a month or so and was staying with my parents as my husband was on a course with the RAF. I remember my dad and I were watching the programme and I said, "They're good." My dad, a former dance-band drummer, said it was a pity the drummer (Ringo) didn't know how to hold his sticks properly.

West Ender · 30-04-2008, 22:50

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Originally Posted by Eric

... and everyone who was alive at the time seems to remember what they were doing when they heard the news of Kennedy's assasination ...

I was nearly 8 months pregnant with my first child and was waiting for my parents to arrive at our home in Rutland. They were coming to stay for a few days as my husband was away on an exercise. When the news came on the telly, I cried.