Mean Talking Blues. My favourite Woody Guthrie song….
Tonight’s live band in Norton’s Red Lion.
Hans Knot’s website features Andy Archer’s account of his time on board the Mi Amigo between 1972 and 1974. It is quite an amusing read. The Johnny Jason he refers to is the same John Jason who is now a BBC World Service newsreader.
I have this 78 of Frankie & Johnny and was going to make an attempt to upload it but it’s already been done…
Live in The Red Lion, Norton.
Live tonight at The Red Lion, Norton.
Dark Was The Night – Cold Was The Ground was one of the musical tracks included on the Voyager Golden Record…
From a BBC Radio Merseyside phone-in quiz Hold Your Plums.
Tonight’s live band in Norton’s Red Lion.
A Wetherspoon’s pub in Middlesbrough better known as The Empire Hotel in Linthorpe Road. The Swatters’ Carr was the name of a field nearby where fairs were held and Middlesbrough football club played their earliest games. It was also the original name of the hotel on this site.
A mobile phone picture… a better image will follow, I hope.
Live at The Red Lion, Norton tonight.
Moe and Lou…
Strictly speaking I shouldn’t be on this photograph of fifth and sixth formers in May 1971, but I had somehow missed being on the one of the lower school earlier that day (dental appointment I think) and was told to join this group. Front row second from left. This will be just before Ann joined the school but I bet she can recognise many of the teachers…
Rockin' Brian 