Stories from your childhood

Is that the girl Pogue is eyeing up there Frank ..1969 i was 4 years old

Frank- if in fact that dude is me then it would have been early 1969, also the sleeveless v-neck cardigans and high waisted pants came into vogue around then. I think Cecil may have mentioned that poster of himself on the Grove Radio show (one of the ones that survived the fire?) If I'm right it was drawn by a girl named Margot somethingorother, lived around Seafield Road? Margo was as beautiful as her name. Not only was she a talented artist but you might remember her performing a few accoustic guitar songs at the Grove one night. Ahhh- I'm in love all over again.

Ah -we all looked cool back then, before we turned into Willie Nelsons. The main reason I think it is me is that my next door neighbour (Frankie's sister) worked in some clothing factory and made those leather jackets on the cheap for the entire gang so they didn't fit great but looked a bit different than off the rack stuff. Derek would remember if he ever comes on here 'coz he didn't take his off for about 10 years.

 

If I'm right that is the jax door, near the stage in the old Grove so would be my spot. Of course someone who knows might disagree and say it's St pauls or something and not even the Old Grove.

Edited by Pogue Mahoney - 16-February-2020 at 01:13

Having a nostalgic morning here in Cleveland, looking at the Grove documentary.  I know it sounds way too far-fetched but this looks a lot like me at the Grove, or else an identical twin with the same hairstyle and leather jacket. My wife is in 100% agreement for once in her life. Wonder if this was taken on the same night as the famous Cecil and Derek photo which would place it in the right time slot. Maybe someone on here can date it?  

Derek was our pioneer milkman. He paved the way for the rest of us and most likely it was through his influence that we got our helper jobs. Crazy days...I can't imagine today that you could send a child into a stable by himself to harness up a monster dray horse, then back him and the cart into the dock before the main man arrives. I think Derek stuck it out and made a decent career out of it. 

Here's my dad taking my sister and me to the Grove

Pat

Rahenyrhythm wrote: That's cool Frank, I read about half the wiki entry, will finish it later. You'd still need a bit if ingenuity to put together those crystal sets. Your mates were on a higher plane than mine obviously - while you guys were making radio sets, we were racing matchsticks along the gutter in the rain lol 😂

As a child some of the people I knew used to make Crystal Radio Sets .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_radio







Edited by monarch - 14-February-2020 at 13:42

I remember RinTin Tin well Frank, as does Annette. Looked at some of that clip, God, it brings me way, way back !