Category Archives: memories of 70s

Journey to Ireland 1979 pt 2

Posted on April 28, 2019 by

Apparently the aboriginal people of Australia used to have the ability to find their way about the outback, even places where they had never been before. This seems less far-fetched when I consider my own abilities in the 70’s to … Continue reading →

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Song for Easter

Posted on April 21, 2019 by

Easter really is the best time of year, so preferable to the dank dark time around the over commercialised Christmas . Here is another song to make you feel even better. I came cross this literally this week on on … Continue reading →

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Rory Gallagher

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

Rory Gallagher was a constant throughout the 70’s. It was not that I would every get to see him, he was a little too big to play somewhere like Norwich. Occupying a place in the popularity ratings somewhere just above … Continue reading →

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Journey to Ireland 1979 pt 1

Posted on March 24, 2019 by

Summer 1979. Polytechnic had finished weeks ago and having returned to live with parents until a new term started time was starting to drag. For reasons numerous and complicated my head wasn’t in a great place. Wellbeing had yet to … Continue reading →

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St Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 17, 2019 by

St .Patrick’s day coincides with my daughter’s birthday, and it’s for that reason alone rather than a desire to celebrate some weird version of Irishness I have been forced to brave the revellers on an annual basis. If we were … Continue reading →

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Mark Hollis,The Reaction; and a mention of Peter Tork

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

Post Pistols there was a deluge of new bands starting up across the land. Not since the beat boom and so many young men, and women , been motivated to pick up a guitar and show off in front of … Continue reading →

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This is Pop…The Rezillos

Posted on February 24, 2019 by

The career of the Rezillos was short and punchy, just like their songs. Coming from Edinburgh they emerged fully formed, had a couple of hits, released an album that was in effects a greatest hits record and then squeezed out … Continue reading →

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