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1. Del Shannon – Runaway – 05-61 2. Dion – Runaround Sue – 11-61 3. The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow – 02-61 4. Bobby Vee – Take Good Care Of My Baby – 11-61 5. Neil Sedaka – Calendar Girl – 02-61 6. Billy Fury – Jealousy – 09-61 7. Elvis PresleyContinue reading “1961 Top Thirteen”

1960Psycho – A Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employer’s client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Spartacus – The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic. The Magnificent Seven – Seven gunfighters areContinue reading “1960s Movies”

During the years Britain was at war (1939–45), life was frequently hard and people lived with with fear, injury, death and destruction. Families were often separated due to evacuation and fathers going away to fight. The British had to endure the bombing of their towns and cities in the Blitz, as well as attacks fromContinue reading “Britain in the 1940s”

Tina was a huge influence on my musical tastes, right back from Nutbush City Limits in 1973, and I followed her from then, loving her skillful meld of rock and soul and fascinated by her style, energy and phenomenal performances. For my 40th, I became Tina at a fancy-dress Halloween party – ran 3 miles,Continue reading “Tina – Simply the Best!”

When it comes to guilty pleasures, you cannot whack Eurovision for splitting the country in the same way marmite does. For the longest while I’d been kinda take it or leave it, but the past couple of years, with proper parties have been such fun. And apart from the love for Graham Norton and aContinue reading “Euro-what?”

Goodness me this one took a lorra, lorra research, but hopefully, I’ve only included enough to give you an immersive experience and not bored you with all the details which fascinated me. So much stuff I never knew about Enigma codes and Bletchley Park (I even spent in a day a the place, cramming inContinue reading “Release of Time Kicks Back”

I’ve shown both of these to a number of my fabulous team, and so far it’s a tie.Which one do you prefer? Add a comment below. Ta xxx Prologue 1 – 1940.“Neighbours, you are tedious.” Leonato attempted to sidestep the deranged constable, but he blocked the path. “If I were as tedious as a king,Continue reading “Which Prologue would entice you to buy?”

Clothes rationing had ended by 1949 and by the early 1950s women in particular wanted dresses and skirts made with a huge amount of fabric to make up for the meagre amounts they had endured during the war. Men’s suits became narrower, straighter and less fussy. Most men opted for conservative grey suits and didContinue reading “1950s Fashion”