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Happy Birthday, which leg would you prefer pulled?

I started off with “Bless You” on a 78. Long gone. BTW, “Whispering Grass”, Don Estelle, incongruous juxtaposition of funny little geyser with a lovely voice!

The Ink Spots did “My Prayer” in 1939.

Never could stand Frank, though. Don’t know why, he just didn’t float my boat at all. Now this -

BTW, rip Geoffrey Palmer, who played the sort of blokes who could either create or cure a cock-up on the catering front.

Thank you for that, Maurice. I’m basically a 5/16 Whitworth sort of a bloke, so the ways of the artist are a bit beyond my understanding, which doesn’t stop me from liking the music they play. We haven’t got to my favourite Waller track, but I’ll leave it a bit, trying not to miss the milkman in...

An edition from the thirties of a song from this genre of American music. This is not my favourite recording, if you like the tune there are better versions, but you do get to see the man! Thomas “Fats” Waller - Your feet’s too big. I don’t know much about him except to have listened to his...

I don't know, the real “Opelisation” of the Vauxhall range was somewhat later, starting with the HA Viva of 1963 and the FD Victor of 1967. Both firms were part of GM, at least the FB Victor didn’t look like a shrunken Chevrolet.

I decided that since I now pay more in annual road tax than I earned in my first year at work, I was jolly well going to keep my plate with my initials on it, so there!

The F went through two iterations following the original 1957 introduction, I had one of those original ones, 3908E, supplied new, but not to me, by Attwoods of Stafford. There was a mini redesign, tidying it up a bit, and getting rid of the swage in the back doors and the exhaust through the...

It is not an FB, it is a Model F Series 2. This is an FB: - https://www.carsaddiction.com/en/specs/vauxhall/61-vauxhall-victor-fb

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/cigarette-packet-sullivan-powell-275509143

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/smoke-craven-a-107-c-ead4835aa1 !!! My maternal gran used to smoke these. About three a week. Some of their advertising refers to cork tips, but you would need lungs like a carthorse to take a good drag, I think. I used to smoke Sullivan Powell Special...

My great uncle, and my uncle were both at the carriage works. I remember my great uncle as reasonably well off, in Victoria Road, but his wife, who was my gran’s sister, was stricken with arthritis, their daughter died shortly after the birth of her daughter and unc had to look after them all...

The Jack Wilson CD: -

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.