Recent content by Bill123

Watch it! you'll catch "The Fever"

Certainly will!

Hi Eddie, John and Gillie Coghlan are good friends of mine and he is still playing with his band John Coghlans Quo. He has done a European tour for the last 2 years, back with Status Quo including Alan Lancaster the original bass player. To me that is the best ever Status Quo lineup, it...

We were in Birmingham city centre about midday on Sunday and was surprised at the number of people not wearing poppies. I would hazard a guess at around 1-2% with poppies, this was after the main event but even so seemed very poor.

Bones were collected and sold to manufacturers of bone handle knives and pipes etc.

Was the lavender polish called "Ronuk"?

We would say to the local "chippy", Got any chips left? Well that's your fault for frying too many!

I got my free pass at Monument Rd for swimming 1 length. We used to drink Cow & Gate or Horlicks after the session, I can't remember which! Also having to step into some kind of disinfectant before going into the pool (must have had foot and mouth), and sometimes having to hire those trunks that...

Anyone remember the DJ at the Alhambra called Dave Terrry?

Yes of course! Very painful if your fingers got in the way.

Crude method of castration perhaps?

Looks like "Venezia" (Venice)

It amazes me that most shops had their goods protected only by a pane of glass. I can remember looking at watches in the jewelers window, couldn't be done now. I once went to a party were they had a full and working cigarette machine on the sofa. I didn't ask any questions!

Am I imagining it, but did some cigarette machines sell packets in 19's instead of 20's if they cost more than half a crown for 20?

I started smoking after finding an Irish half crown in my change and me and a pal (both non smokers) decided to put it in a cigarette machine outside a shop at the top of Shakespeare rd, I think the cigarettes were called Sterling. It took me about 25 years to quit the habit.