Oztalgian 3,296 Posted February 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 23 hours ago, DJ360 said: Here's my source Oz....: I saw that too DJ360 and I can assure you there are no coconut palms in Temma Harbour in Tasmania. I acknowledge that it can be cold enough to freeze your nuts off. Obviously he did not do his homework. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 13 hours ago, Rob.L said: Love Sculpture might have vanished as a band, but both Dave Edmunds and Terry Williams certainly went on to bigger and better things. As did Adrian Gurvitz from Gun. Indeed.. The lads dun good... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Whilst typing about Russian criminality and war crimes in Ukraine.. I have..oddly, been listening to The Byrds. "Chimes Of Freedom" Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. In the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched With faces hidden as the walls were tightening As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain Dissolved into the bells of the lightning Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind An' the poet an the painter far behind his rightful time An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. In the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales For the disrobed faceless forms of no position Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts All down in taken-for granted situations Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute For the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Even though a clouds's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale An' for each unharmfull, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended Tolling for the aching whose wounds cannot be nursed For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,296 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 How strange, I am having a bit of a folksy evening and was just listening to Judy Collins version of Turn, Turn, Turn. https://youtu.be/rcFBmID3R2Q Haunting and appropriate at this time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 808 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Just listening to an old instrumetal from the 60s Cast Your Fate To The Wind. My dad recorded 100s of songs off the BBC onto the old 12 inch Philips real to real tape recorder and later transferred them to cd which i listen to when i am working in the garage great music. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 Must dust me 'Trilby'' off........and get down Town...... Bar...smoke...drink.....plus a ''Long tall woman'' in a black dress......who could ask for more........ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 107,077,136 views can't be wrong - happy tune Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 808 Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 I've Got Rythem who could ask for anything more. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 Must try a ''Pina Colada''..........often been caught in the rain''' Love another blind date.....with the Mrs.........At the 'Bodega'' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 I must confess I've never drunk a cocktail. Have I missed out? I've never been to a cocktail party. Nobody invites me to any sort of party now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 Neither have I, Phil. Are you throwing a party for your next (big) birthday? All of us on Nottstalgia could come round yours. I’m sure someone could mix a few cocktails for it, and the females (or any gender) could all root out their “little black dress” for the occasion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,151 Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 Might even offer you "Sex On The Beach", if you behave. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 I doubt I'll be around for my next birthday. Probably we'll all be nuked before then! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, Beekay said: Might even offer you "Sex On The Beach", if you behave. Last time I had that I had to be pulled out of the quicksands at Gibraltar Point. Very embarrassing! I lost my shoes. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 Phil, you may possibly be right about nuclear bombs but I think we need to just carry on with our lives and make our usual plans for the future. In 1948, C. S Lewis said the following which is quite prophetic (part of the quote) “This is the first point to be made: and the first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts—not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.” Makes sense to me…. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,296 Posted March 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, philmayfield said: Probably we'll all be nuked before then! If you want to watch a film about the aftermath of a nuclear war watch the 1959 classic "On the Beach" from Neville Shute's book of the same name. World III has devastated the northern hemisphere and clouds of radiation drift southward. The film ends in Melbourne with Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner in a clinch on a beach. If you want to make a film about the end of the world then Melbourne is as good a place as any to do it. You could always read the book. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 808 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Thats probably not the only thing you lost phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,419 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Oztalgian said: You could always read the book. Read it as a teenager, one of the few books to make me cry... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 521 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Mmm cocktails. Can remember having Pimms at the County Hotel near the Theatre . As it was demolished n 1975 I must have started early as I would only have been 20 then! Have progressed to Pina Colada in later years but only when I’m on holiday otherwise they could be quite addictive as too nice. Mrs B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 This is nothing to do with Nottingham, but I think a lot of Nottstalgians will recognise in it something about their younger days. It's photos taken in the Cavern Club, Liverpool, in the late 50s/early 60s. All the people are now in their 70s ! https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/gallery/28-pics-nans-grandads-youth-23335700?fbclid=IwAR2o0bQvK2cL1SK0m8ck-bEJT7n3rciixw2jUOhlOVSThc4MALELS_wPrBY 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 894 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 11 hours ago, MargieH said: Neither have I, Phil. Are you throwing a party for your next (big) birthday? All of us on Nottstalgia could come round yours. Yay, tractor/trailer rides round the paddock. Archery contests,(targets in the trees). Someone must own a big gazebo we could use with a table full of dandelion and burdock, vimto etc. We could all chip in to rent a line of portaloos and surely there's someone who's got the DJ gear. And I would solemnly promise to not wear a baseball cap. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 The idea's starting to appeal to me now. The trouble is my birthday's in January! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 . Whisky-Mac for me..... Babycham with two cherries for me girlfriend.. Snowball fa Mam..... Pint a Bitter fa Grandma....... thats 7/6 sir....... And tell ya Granny 'No fighting tonight'' 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Memories of the Red Lion on Nuthall Road; had a Pimms or two then. Following later on when I went down hill drinking Merrydown cyder in Stonehouse in Plymouth at pubs; The Longroom, Vitualling Office Tavern and the Vine, forming the 'magic triangle'. Merrydown cyder was only served in red wine type glasses at a shilling (1/-) per glass. potent stuff! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Cider can have have strange effects. It seems innocuous at the time but then it gets to you. I must make make some more this year. I purchased all the kit some 20 years ago. I’ve got a scratter for chopping up the fruit, a largish press and a load of big bottles plus an orchard of trees. After a poor apple crop this year we’re due a glut this autumn. Watch this space! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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