Julie’s Musical memories
1959 - The first edition of Juke Box Jury aired on the BBC. The show’s host, David Jacobs, lead a revolving panel of guests...
Julie’s Musical Memories
1956 - The first Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland. The event was the brainchild of Marcel Baisoncon of the European Broadcasting...
You Can’t Be Serious – ‘The Wedding …’
I attended a wedding last week. It was a ‘grand wedding’, a ‘lovely wedding’ or a ‘great wedding’ – depending on who you were...
What Turns a Poacher into a Gamekeeper?
Reality doesn't always cooperate with our plans and ambitions. Life, to the inexperienced, happens in straight lines. Some of us older folk can't even...
What Will Our Pensions Be Worth? by David Aitken
We must presume, or I must anyway, I am often accused of being presumptuous, that job opportunities were limited in the past. Before fire...
