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A History of Pop Music – 1965

21st December 2018 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3340 Comments

Featured song: Gerry & The Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when [more…]

20th Century

Yon taile of Anthony Bliar: an Bayeux chronickle

20th December 2018 The Black Swan 4324 Comments

Anthony Charles Lynton Bliar wast borne in thon yeare of our Lorde, Nyneteen Hundrede and Fiftie Thrie, in yon burgh of Edin in yon lande of Jock. Thiss younge ladde greweth – in an mannere [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1964

14th December 2018 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3931 Comments

Featured song: Roy Orbison – It’s Over  This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. [more…]

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Murder on Meon Hill

14th December 2018 bobo 4733 Comments

Meon Hill lies in the valley of the River Avon, on the border of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. It is an outlier of the Cotswolds and, although it reaches only a modest 194m of elevation, it [more…]

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A History of Pop Music – 1963

7th December 2018 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3586 Comments

Featured song: The Beatles – Please, Please Me This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]

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A Sacrifice of Three

2nd December 2018 Jwp 1879 Comments

Robert Ryan was my great uncle. This fading photograph is the only one we have of him. He gave his life for King and Country when he died on 7th November 1942. He was 20 [more…]

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A History of Pop Music – 1962

30th November 2018 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3558 Comments

Featured song: Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again  This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began, up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1961

23rd November 2018 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3272 Comments

Featured song: The Shadows – FBI – as performed on Crackerjack (It’s Friday what do we all say?) This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper [more…]

20th Century

John Stonehouse

21st November 2018 Going Postal 2878 Comments

Today’s brief piece recalls a disappearing act that caused somewhat of a stir back in the day that I’m sure many of you will remember.  The brief career of a rapidly rising star and his [more…]

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