Awwww Slinky - I remember those well.
Originally Posted by Rexi:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Even Sprouty recalls New York, New York 'cos she got slung out! 
Pfffft - could have been any one of a number of songs I reckon Actually I feel a bit ashamed. My father in law is 90, fought in WW2 and I roll my eyes a bit when he starts on his war stories
I resolve to listen a bit more to my mums ramblings!
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Remember when they used to do coloured vinyl for 45's...?
I've definitely got a couple that are bright orange.
I've definitely got a couple that are bright orange.
ello Cos x Yep... i had a gold coloured 'Band of Gold' a bright blue 'Can't Stand Losing You' and a lilac 'Up the Junction (with no centre piece cos I nicked it from the pub jukey while they were updating the records) Happy days....
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by Rexi:
Cosi 
My friend's great-aunt, who is 90, wrote her memoirs in longhand. My friend typed them, then had them published and gave a copy to all her family. She (my friend) is my son's godmother, so she gave him a copy of the book too. It is an incredible read
See...? This is the type of thing I mean. Rexi that sounds wonderful My friend's great-aunt, who is 90, wrote her memoirs in longhand. My friend typed them, then had them published and gave a copy to all her family. She (my friend) is my son's godmother, so she gave him a copy of the book too. It is an incredible read
How many of us forget events..? yet the most obscure or bizarre moments are remembered SO easily because of the music playing at the time? Even Sprouty recalls New York, New York 'cos she got slung out!
Originally Posted by Rexi:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Even Sprouty recalls New York, New York 'cos she got slung out!
Pfffft - could have been any one of a number of songs I reckon 
Originally Posted by KaffyBaffy:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Remember when they used to do coloured vinyl for 45's...?
I've definitely got a couple that are bright orange.
I've definitely got a couple that are bright orange.
ello Cos x Yep... i had a gold coloured 'Band of Gold' a bright blue 'Can't Stand Losing You' and a lilac 'Up the Junction (with no centre piece cos I nicked it from the pub jukey while they were updating the records) Happy days....
Does anyone remember the floppy free discs that came with magazines?
I still have one of those as well.
They were the original floppy discs cos that is exactly what they were!
I still have one of those as well.
They were the original floppy discs cos that is exactly what they were!
Originally Posted by sproooot:
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
3 minutes to play it... 3 months to find it!
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
I used to have loads of little plastic 'adapters' that converted juke box cut singles to normal singles.
Oh.. I didn't know you got them... i had to press the centre out of another single if I wanted to play a jukey rescue disc. I also remember taping a penny to the stylus head when I needed a new 'needle' and it kept slipping.
Originally Posted by sproooot:
What can I say
Yeah......it's all coming out now
Originally Posted by Cold Sweat:
3 minutes to play it... 3 months to find it!
Originally Posted by Issy:
My Dad wrote some of his memoirs - round about how he met my Mum and he printed them out and gave us all a copy.
Dad was stationed abroad in the war and he and Mum wrote to each other ... they kept all the letters - around 500 and we have them all.
My Mum kept daily journals for over 30 years - right up to when she died... They are an amazing history of our family..
Something very special to treasure, Issy. Dad was stationed abroad in the war and he and Mum wrote to each other ... they kept all the letters - around 500 and we have them all.
My Mum kept daily journals for over 30 years - right up to when she died... They are an amazing history of our family..
Originally Posted by Rexi:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Even Sprouty recalls New York, New York 'cos she got slung out!
Pfffft - could have been any one of a number of songs I reckon Actually I feel a bit ashamed. My father in law is 90, fought in WW2 and I roll my eyes a bit when he starts on his war stories
Are you saying our Sprout's worked her way through the charts top 100...????
You'll just have to veer your pa in law onto the subject of the music, Rexi - I bet he'll start serenading you if you're a good girl.
Ask him who his fave was - Vera Lynn or Anne Shelton. Originally Posted by sproooot:
Yeah......it's all coming out now
Well put it back in madam cos this is a family thread don't ya know!
Originally Posted by Issy:
Does anyone remember the floppy free discs that came with magazines?
I still have one of those as well.
They were the original floppy discs cos that is exactly what they were!
yep.....used to get them with 'disco 45' mag.......I still have one of those as well.
They were the original floppy discs cos that is exactly what they were!
there used to be a booth in b'mth bus station (like a photo booth)..you shoved the money in.....sang......then you'd get a floppy disc of your recording........was acers!!.....
Originally Posted by spongebob squarepants:
Originally Posted by sproooot:
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Rexi:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Even Sprouty recalls New York, New York 'cos she got slung out!
Pfffft - could have been any one of a number of songs I reckon Actually I feel a bit ashamed. My father in law is 90, fought in WW2 and I roll my eyes a bit when he starts on his war stories
I resolve to listen a bit more to my mums ramblings!
Originally Posted by Rexi:
I've got a psychedelic copy of Young Girl ... Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Maaaaaaaaan! this song is amongst my top FIVE best of all time!!
My Dad LOVED Nat King Cole and Dean Martin.
My Mum loved Deanna Durbin
Both of them were fans of Glenn Miller.
My Mum loved Deanna Durbin
Both of them were fans of Glenn Miller.
Originally Posted by Cold Sweat:
3 minutes to play it... 3 months to find it!
Originally Posted by spongebob squarepants:
Originally Posted by Issy:
Does anyone remember the floppy free discs that came with magazines?
I still have one of those as well.
They were the original floppy discs cos that is exactly what they were!
yep.....used to get them with 'disco 45' mag.......I still have one of those as well.
They were the original floppy discs cos that is exactly what they were!
there used to be a booth in b'mth bus station (like a photo booth)..you shoved the money in.....sang......then you'd get a floppy disc of your recording........was acers!!.....
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by spongebob squarepants:
Originally Posted by sproooot:
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Are you saying our Sprout's worked her way through the charts top 100...????
You'll just have to veer your pa in law onto the subject of the music, Rexi - I bet he'll start serenading you if you're a good girl.
Ask him who his fave was - Vera Lynn or Anne Shelton. Serenaded by my blind and deaf father in law?? Hmmmm, might skip that one
Originally Posted by KaffyBaffy:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Remember when they used to do coloured vinyl for 45's...?
I've definitely got a couple that are bright orange.
I've definitely got a couple that are bright orange.
ello Cos x Yep... i had a gold coloured 'Band of Gold' a bright blue 'Can't Stand Losing You' and a lilac 'Up the Junction (with no centre piece cos I nicked it from the pub jukey while they were updating the records) Happy days....
Kaffy Baffy
I also remember taping a penny to the stylus head when I needed a new 'needle' and it kept slipping.
Me too, although I never had the wit to tape any down so would just cross my fingers that the little buggers wouldn't fall off and go on their own little merry-go-round ride before bashing into the stylus!
I also remember taping a penny to the stylus head when I needed a new 'needle' and it kept slipping.
Me too, although I never had the wit to tape any down so would just cross my fingers that the little buggers wouldn't fall off and go on their own little merry-go-round ride before bashing into the stylus!
Originally Posted by Issy:
My Dad LOVED Nat King Cole and Dean Martin.
My Mum loved Deanna Durbin
Both of them were fans of Glenn Miller.
My dad loved Dean Martin but even more so Tony Bennett. Sunday mornings (the only time he had for leisure away from work or the pub) we were woken up to the smell of bacon and sausages and 'I Left My Heart in San Fransisco' from the record player.My Mum loved Deanna Durbin
Both of them were fans of Glenn Miller.
Happy days
issy it was great fun.............me and my sister were convinced we were the uk's answer to the partridge family..........course she sounded like a budgie.and i sounded like a cat wailing....
...course she sounded like a budgie.and i sounded like a cat wailing....
Oh lord, the record booths!!! There was one on Victoria or Charing X station and the racket you used to hear. They weren't soundproofed very well.
Can everyone click the "rate this" at the top of the page.
I think Issy's done us a cracker of a thread.
Can everyone click the "rate this" at the top of the page.
I think Issy's done us a cracker of a thread.
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Originally Posted by KaffyBaffy:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Remember when they used to do coloured vinyl for 45's...?
I've definitely got a couple that are bright orange.
I've definitely got a couple that are bright orange.
ello Cos x Yep... i had a gold coloured 'Band of Gold' a bright blue 'Can't Stand Losing You' and a lilac 'Up the Junction (with no centre piece cos I nicked it from the pub jukey while they were updating the records) Happy days....
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Oh lord, the record booths!!! There was one on Victoria or Charing X station and the racket you used to hear. They weren't soundproofed very well.
Can everyone click the "rate this" at the top of the page.
I think Issy's done us a cracker of a thread.
*Goes to do*Can everyone click the "rate this" at the top of the page.
I think Issy's done us a cracker of a thread.
Originally Posted by Issy:
I used to tape the hit parade on a Sunday evening from the radio.,... it had to be absolute silence in my bedroom but invariably my Dad would barge in and ask a daft question..
Issy.. me too.. and my sister once barged in when I was taping and I was frowning madly at her to shut up and get out. To this day I can't hear Hot Chocolate sing 'So you win again.. without expecting to hear the words 'I'm flipping SORRY!' and a door slam.
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Issy:
My Dad LOVED Nat King Cole and Dean Martin.
My Mum loved Deanna Durbin
Both of them were fans of Glenn Miller.
My dad loved Dean Martin but even more so Tony Bennett. Sunday mornings (the only time he had for leisure away from work or the pub) we were woken up to the smell of bacon and sausages and 'I Left My Heart in San Fransisco' from the record player.My Mum loved Deanna Durbin
Both of them were fans of Glenn Miller.
Happy days
He always did Sunday tea and it was just wonderful. He could never make a cup of tea for any of us without stirring it vigorously first and then tasting it
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
I think Issy's done us a cracker of a thread.
So do I ... but I have to go to bed now ... night all 
Between the 3 of you, you've got every colour vinyl known to man
Originally Posted by Rexi:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
I think Issy's done us a cracker of a thread.
So do I ... but I have to go to bed now ... night all Sleep wellOriginally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Issy:
My Dad LOVED Nat King Cole and Dean Martin.
My Mum loved Deanna Durbin
Both of them were fans of Glenn Miller.
My dad loved Dean Martin but even more so Tony Bennett. Sunday mornings (the only time he had for leisure away from work or the pub) we were woken up to the smell of bacon and sausages and 'I Left My Heart in San Fransisco' from the record player.My Mum loved Deanna Durbin
Both of them were fans of Glenn Miller.
Happy days
I'm gonna make a playlist up of them shortly Originally Posted by Issy:
My Dad used to listen to the radio show "Sing Something Simple" on a Sunday afternoon while he was making tea.
OMG - we used to listen to this every Sunday "D D D Daisy" etcNo ... stop entertaining me - I must, must go to bed