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Thanks again. I have a CD, he seems to have been a very accomplished pianist, if a bit flowery for my taste, there’s a track where he plays “Mighty lak a Rose” very old fashioned. It’s a bit late for me. More tomorrow. Cheers

Maurice, have you come across this man? https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/feb/27/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries He seems to have been forgotten, whereas some of his contemporaries are well recalled.

The admission costs were on the ad, 1/6d (7.5 new pence) for adults and 10d (4 new pence) for kids. I have clear memories of Dad moaning when petrol got to cost 5/- (25 new pence) per gallon, and a small crusty loaf was the equivalent of about 2p. My first wage was £416 per annum but that was...

Great stuff, thanks! Sorry to say this, but my bro and I were six years old. Also, I see that admission for the four of us cost Dad all of 4/8d! No doubt my Mum would have made some butties, and with a couple of gallons of petrol for the Citroën Traction Avant a day out for four cost about £1/0/0d.

Thanks, Maurice. Don’t waste your time ploughing through archives, the thought that it could have happened is good enough.

Perhaps you can help me with what may, or may not be an accurate memory. Early in the 1950s at an exhibition (Ideal Home?) at the old Bingley Hall, I think I recall my parents taking me and my twin bro to see the Joe Loss band, which was playing as an add-on to the show. Does that seem possible...

Back in the days of the annual Police ball, Humph visited the Top of the World in Stafford and provided us punters with a memorable evening, his band making the resident outfit sound a bit ordinary. (Not difficult though.) The band did a concert at Keele, not long before Humph’s passing. He...

Don’t think much of Vaughn Monroe as a vocalist! The CD is dated 1997, I can’t remember where I bought it, but it was probably in the HMV shop in a place called Oxford Street, in a small town down south somewhere.

Old Mohawk’s picture #6 above contains a Morris Minor 1000 van introduced late 1956, and a Morris FF truck, introduced 1958, so the date has to move forward a bit from “early 50s”.

She certainly kept working during the bad times of the 1930s. This probably suits her style a little better, with Ambrose and his Orchestra. https://www.elsiecarlisle.com/my-kids-a-crooner-1935/

Hopefully this is not a duplicate. https://www.elsiecarlisle.com/on-a-steamer-coming-over/ There are several versions available on this link, I think that Henry Hall’s is preferable, Phyllis Robins is certainly a better vocalist than Elsie Carlisle, but that is just a personal preference.

My late mother in law, Audrey, b Newcastle under Lyme in 1920, used the epithet Nanny Goon to apply to someone who was a little bit behind the times in fashion, slightly less bright and more economically challenged when compared with the normal. (As you can see, I am having a bit of a struggle...

I have been watching “All Creatures Great and Small” to look at the cars! My mates and I are still trying to work out exactly which model that Riley is. The only -ve point to me is that “Mrs Hall” is about 100 years too young, and far too attractive. If you know the old BBC series, it is very...

Nose = dook. What did he give you? A punch on the dook. Anyone else come across this?

King Edward VI Boys Grammar School, Stafford? Now gone, however. https://www.ravenwing93.co.uk/2019/11/king-edward-vi-boys-grammar-school-stafford-october-2019

I have broken surface ice to launch my boat. All you need is a dry suit and a woolly bear! (Like a set of furry combinations.) Under the dry suit, of course.

Don’t worry about it. I haven’t been near a bike for about 50 years. It hurts if you fall off, whereas falling out of a racing dinghy is almost painless, provided that you can swim!

I have just seen Sospiri’s comment about the age rule. It’s news to me. Born in May 1948 I started at the grammar school in September 1958 and had finished my stint in July 1965. A third year in the sixth form was suggested, to better my rather spotty A-levels but I was attracted by what Alan...

I still haven’t got anywhere with the Shakespeare special. It seemed like a good plan to look up cyclecar manufacturers in the approximate area, but there were many. Also some now defunct larger car builders, but still. One possibility might be the “New British”, a friction drive cyclecar built...

A “brake” or “break” was a sort of horse drawn people carrier, and a “shooting brake” was to take you up to the grouse moor from t’big ‘ouse.