John Marwood
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The Picture House matchstick salesman was blind and used to whistle
circa 1969
circa 1969
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Sadly missed? Blasts from the past - A reminder of Stafford's past
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John Marwood
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I only know it was 1969 because I was over from the Missionary and the Very Rev. decided we should go and see a nature film called Kes
I had no idea Britain had fallen so far
Apparently the director likes the French
Says it all really
I had no idea Britain had fallen so far
Apparently the director likes the French
Says it all really
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
I think that was very early care in the community
and The Saturday Club was a kind of group Asbo
and The Saturday Club was a kind of group Asbo
John Marwood
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I prefer Mr Oi, but I won't get upset this time
I think you might find that the sweets were fired from the stage with perhaps more gusto than needed into the pack of baying children. This I took to be representative of the authority required to harness such teen spirits
However,Bob and Marcia sang that great Nina Simone record in 1969, Young Gifted and Black, and that is how I remember the Odeon. ( Wolves stole it later )
I think you might find that the sweets were fired from the stage with perhaps more gusto than needed into the pack of baying children. This I took to be representative of the authority required to harness such teen spirits
However,Bob and Marcia sang that great Nina Simone record in 1969, Young Gifted and Black, and that is how I remember the Odeon. ( Wolves stole it later )
Why such a negative attitude? As you were there in 1969 then you would realise that everyone had a fantastic time. If you felt that they fired the sweets from the stage with gusto then it must have been at the likes of you for having such a negative attitude. Why do you want to put such a negative thought on good memories.John Marwood said:
John Marwood
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Did'nt mean to sound negative but now you mention it..
Probably because Lady Maud was rejecting my advances at this stage and I had yet to work out how to woo her . I was right out of Chelsea boots that year due to a shortfall in funds arriving from Mombassa
Probably because Lady Maud was rejecting my advances at this stage and I had yet to work out how to woo her . I was right out of Chelsea boots that year due to a shortfall in funds arriving from Mombassa
basil
don't mention the blinds
They also had that electronic buzzer comp which i guess was a lot trickier than it looked. I thought the Double Deckers was only on TV. The CFF always began with pigeons startled in Trafalgar Square then proceeded to have scruffy kids running up to grown-ups asking in shrill voices "Oi mista av you sin a bobbie on a bike"? Then calling to each other "Meeting, everyone down the den", where they would hatch a cunning plan to stop the Jewel Thief/Cat Burglar/Property Developer (who wanted to turn their playground into a car park) this usually involved bags of flour, itching powder and marbles. Even in the 60s from what i could make out they had bomb sites to play on, surely these locations would have been dangerous even in monochrome........
......and it was fun, you're right about the double deckers i think, mighty mouse was a regular, as i said previously, flash gordon, can you remember any others? I still see some of the friends that I made at the 'Saturday club', some are even on my facebook page.basil said:
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Was that thehome brew shop? Many happy memories of making lager from there, then selling it around school in old grolsch bottles....Gramaisc said:
John Marwood
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A Stafford summer was not complete until you had skimmed coins at passing Pageant floats from a high vantage point outside the orchard at the entrance to GEC
Pakki Lichfield, resplendant in an open top car complete with big hair, lead the parade and was therefore prime target if I recall, with Miss Stafford (?), ( perhaps a sales girl at Rumberlows ) getting less points for a direct hit.
I did think it was all rather extravagant at the time, in other parts of the world we used to pick up coins rather than throw them
Pakki Lichfield, resplendant in an open top car complete with big hair, lead the parade and was therefore prime target if I recall, with Miss Stafford (?), ( perhaps a sales girl at Rumberlows ) getting less points for a direct hit.
I did think it was all rather extravagant at the time, in other parts of the world we used to pick up coins rather than throw them