It was skiffle and rock which made the difference. Before then it was all ballads. I remember taking my (then) girl-friend to see Rock Around the Clock and watching the girls dancing in the cinema ai… (View Post)

Our Rag committee booked Acker Bilk JUST before 'Stranger on the Shore' became big! (View Post)

I remember driving one damp-ish night in, IIRC November 1962, along a road in Oldham and seeing a long, long queue of what seemed to be very young women queueing for the theatre, which in those days … (View Post)

'MrTambourine Man' for me. (View Post)

From the Guardian, on alleged new Government guideline.... "Housebuilders will be legally required to install solar panels on the roofs of new properties by 2027 under the plans." About tim… (View Post)