We will soon be into December 2016, and this year Xmas time has a certain significance for me regarding birthdays, anniversaries, and certain events and happenings of the past.
I will be 74 years of age on December 11th 2016, and the year 1974 is memorable for a number of reasons as it was the year I got married, the year Triumph made some final minor amendments to the Mk 2 Stag, and also the year that the Swedish Group “ABBA” came into prominence when they won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Waterloo”.
My wife and I's Wedding Anniversary is on the 5th of January, which in the Canary Islands, and all of Spain, is the “Eve” of “3 Kings Day”, the equivalent of Xmas Eve in the U.K., and on Jan 5th 3 Kings on camels parade through the steets and throw sweets to all the children they see.
1974 was 42 ago now, and the year 1942 is the year when I was born in Chorley, Lancashire, in the midst of WW2 and whilst my Father was away fighting for his Country, and I didn't see him till I was 3 years old when the War was over.
14 days following my birthday is Xmas Day itself, which also happens to be my son's birthday, as he was born on December 25th 1978 in Chorley Hospital, and 1978 is another significant year as it was when my Stag was 1st registered for use by it's previous owner.
I know some on here don't, but I happen to like Xmas time, and just now, as I do every year at this time, have dug out an old Xmas DVD recording of mine, as it always makes me laugh and puts me in the mood for the festivities that will soon follow.
It's an old recording (a copy of a copy formerly made on VHS tape), so the quality is not very good, but I still think it's funny despite it's age, and have just uploaded it to YouTube in case some of you on here may wish to view it also.
It's a recording of an old Mike Harding TV show made at Blackpool's Grand Theatre (sometime in the 70's I think), and known as the “Xmas Budgie Sketch”,and lasts for about half an hour. However if you don't appreciate Lancashire Humour from the 60's and 70's you might not enjoy it.
On the original tape/dvd of mine there is also a recording of a Red Dwarf episode called “THE LAST DAY” (which Russ [alias Kryton] would probably have appreciated but which unfortunately YouTube have blocked they say for copywrite reasons.
The Mike Harding sketch has uploaded O.K. though, and if you want to take a look at it click on the Link below.
In the 60's I used to regularly visit Folk Clubs in the Chorley area where Mike Harding (and others) was performing and just starting out on his career, well before he became more well known and appeared on TV.
I know it's a bit early, as we are still in November, but have friends coming over in a few days, and am likely to be out quite a lot of the time in the coming weeks, so have decided to make the post now rather than later. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone on the Forum a very Merry Xmas.
https://youtu.be/0ugdGQeDz_Y
I will be 74 years of age on December 11th 2016, and the year 1974 is memorable for a number of reasons as it was the year I got married, the year Triumph made some final minor amendments to the Mk 2 Stag, and also the year that the Swedish Group “ABBA” came into prominence when they won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Waterloo”.
My wife and I's Wedding Anniversary is on the 5th of January, which in the Canary Islands, and all of Spain, is the “Eve” of “3 Kings Day”, the equivalent of Xmas Eve in the U.K., and on Jan 5th 3 Kings on camels parade through the steets and throw sweets to all the children they see.
1974 was 42 ago now, and the year 1942 is the year when I was born in Chorley, Lancashire, in the midst of WW2 and whilst my Father was away fighting for his Country, and I didn't see him till I was 3 years old when the War was over.
14 days following my birthday is Xmas Day itself, which also happens to be my son's birthday, as he was born on December 25th 1978 in Chorley Hospital, and 1978 is another significant year as it was when my Stag was 1st registered for use by it's previous owner.
I know some on here don't, but I happen to like Xmas time, and just now, as I do every year at this time, have dug out an old Xmas DVD recording of mine, as it always makes me laugh and puts me in the mood for the festivities that will soon follow.
It's an old recording (a copy of a copy formerly made on VHS tape), so the quality is not very good, but I still think it's funny despite it's age, and have just uploaded it to YouTube in case some of you on here may wish to view it also.
It's a recording of an old Mike Harding TV show made at Blackpool's Grand Theatre (sometime in the 70's I think), and known as the “Xmas Budgie Sketch”,and lasts for about half an hour. However if you don't appreciate Lancashire Humour from the 60's and 70's you might not enjoy it.
On the original tape/dvd of mine there is also a recording of a Red Dwarf episode called “THE LAST DAY” (which Russ [alias Kryton] would probably have appreciated but which unfortunately YouTube have blocked they say for copywrite reasons.
The Mike Harding sketch has uploaded O.K. though, and if you want to take a look at it click on the Link below.
In the 60's I used to regularly visit Folk Clubs in the Chorley area where Mike Harding (and others) was performing and just starting out on his career, well before he became more well known and appeared on TV.
I know it's a bit early, as we are still in November, but have friends coming over in a few days, and am likely to be out quite a lot of the time in the coming weeks, so have decided to make the post now rather than later. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone on the Forum a very Merry Xmas.
https://youtu.be/0ugdGQeDz_Y
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