30th March 1979

Friday 29
Letter off Sam
He phoned at lunchtime
Fi went to her grand dads funeral in Cleveleys
My brother gave me £5.00 (wow all I can think of is that I used to charge him for doing his ironing and hemming up his trousers and this was he owed me, as it is highly unlikely he would have just given me money. Brothers just don't do that kind of thing!)
Did a bit of homework
Phoned Sam
Love him

On the front it says 'colour pin-ups' so I thought I would share the bevy of beauties they published. If you click on their pictures it will take you to a piece of their music from the 70s.

Alvin Stardust

Bay City Rollers - (wow Les McKeown must have been small just look at the size of his shoes!!)

David Essex - oh he looks 'hot' on this track

Elton John - what a tremendous track

Queen - having a good time - fabulous

Roxy Music - Let's stick together feat Jerry Hall ....

& last, but by no means least Donny (swoon)

I must say I have really enjoyed surfing for the sounds on this one :-)

25th March 1979

Sunday 25

Mother's Day
Got up at 11.20
Gave Mum her pressy and card
Walked around Ainsdale
Stayed in all afternoon
Fi rang
Sam left as usual at 7.30
Won't see him until 6/3/79
He phoned from Lime Street

some out takes from a 70s article ....

'If you want to be a pear then eat a pear! If you want to be a lemon then eat a lemon. So in other words if you want to be fruity then eat fruit! Sounds fun and would be fun if this was the case but unfortunately when they say you are what you eat they don't mean it literally. (70sEd - obviously an article targeted at the less than intelligent reader!!) It's more a case of eating plenty of fruit for soft unblemished skin,; dairy products for healthy bones and lots of meat for large tantalising muscles.'

'Perhaps it's just as well we don't turn into our favourite foods because you imagine a Les Gray buttie turning up at a concert with the rest of Mud?' (70s Ed - I think this guy was taking drugs when he wrote this)

'Les adores butties (70s Ed - yep it is buttie up here too, along with sarnie or aka a sandwich) be they filled with mangos, 'nanas or Smarties'


Pretty Lyndsey de Paul can never be called a 'fish face', even though she adores eating fish. She says " There is so much goodness and protein in fish. I particularly like fish such as herrings, bloaters & kippers (70s Ed - so if Lydnsey pops round be sure to have bloaters at the ready).

'Mr Barry Blue admits he thoroughly enjoys cooking his own meals and experimenting with assorted foods. " I am no Cordon Bleu chef or anything like that" he laughs "I just get loads of things together mix them up, cook them and hope for the best. My favourite dish is Egg Cocotte which is eggs, beans, chips and mushrooms all beaten to a pulp (70s Ed _ not according to Delia it isn't). Then I sprinkle this over with flour, bung it in the oven and leave to cook. I must confess that when it comes out it looks vile (70s Ed - you don't say!) but it tastes delicious. I don't think there is anything sissy in a man cooking his own food!" (70s Ed - just admit it Barry YOU CAN'T COOK)

'Donny Osmond (70s Ed - swoon) is a patriotic food lover at heart. His favourite snack in between his main course meals is a large scrumptious American hamburger - our Wimpy's are like peanuts in comparison (70s Ed - if that were true he would be humongous in size... who wrote this rubbish?? lol)

'Finally we come to that super hunk of male, Gary Glitter (70s Ed- now I know this guy is having a laugh!!), who everyone knows, loves curry - the hotter the better (70s Ed - I could have a field day here but I won't ;-) )
"Unfortunately curry and the foods I like most are always the fattening kind" laughs Gary "I'm always watching my figure anyway as I put on weight so easily - I only have to look at a doughnut and I'll gain a spare midriff!"

70s Ed -I wonder if he has just spotted a doughnut??

1975 Random entries

Thurs 27th March

It snowed ... I put a snowball down Pete's neck (now I know I wasn't going to mention his name again but had to get that in... what great satisfaction was that for a teen!!!)

Sat 29th March
Went to see 'Murder on the Orient Express' it was rubbish

Sun 6th April
Went to see Showaddywaddy at the Floral Hall.... it was top ( I am getting a bit concerned here it would seem my love of Donny is fading???)

Summer of '74 ~ week three day 2

Sunday 11th August

?

Well that is all there is in the diary for today!! Obviously couldn't be bothered. Probably stayed in bed listening to Donny.

So not wanting to waste a page (another fact about being brought up in the 60's/70's nothing was wasted, the waxed paper bread was wrapped in was carefully folded in a draw and used to wrap our sandwiches, you couldn't open another packet of biscuits until the last ones opened were eaten and if you got a ladder in your tights you used nail varnish to stop it running further,making them last a few more trips to school)

Anyhow here is the UK top ten for week ending the 11th August 1973.

Every Sunday my brother and I would listen to it on the radio and write down the top 20 as fast as the DJ was saying it ...... You had to do this as the Top 20 would always be discussed in school on Monday

1 Gary Glitter .........I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)
2 Peters And Lee.........Welcome Home (how dreadful and this is how it probably sounded like on my tranny)
3 Mungo Jerry.........Alright Alright Alright
4 Suzi Quatro........48 Crash
5 Carpenters.........Yesterday Once More (before the Karaoke.... singing into the hair brush material)
6 Osmonds............Going Home
7 David Bowie........Life On Mars (one of my favourite Bowie tracks ... full blast in the car!)
8 Al Martino.........Spanish Eyes
9 Goons............Ying Tong Song ( I am saying nothing!!!!!!)
10 Nazareth.......Bad Bad Boy

Just to get going

I have just found some entries in another diary that are before that summer (this is going to be more complicated than I first thought)

Tuesday January 1st 1974~ Misty Foggy and very cold

My friend Kate came round ........... she had a big pile of Pictures and Information on Donny and his brothers ( swoon).

Kate couldn't stay for tea but she came back later to play records and we drank half a bottle of Pomangne (champange cider) and ate twiglets!

Tuesday 8th January 1974 ~ Cold and Wet

Went back to school. Got results from tests ..... maths 57/100, Science 31/100, French 47/100 (mental note ... do not give teenge daughter a hardtime over her results)

Did Art instead of games, did record covers for the Osmonds and Mud

Sunday 13th January 1974 ~ Stormy and dull

Counted my Donny photos I have 1480

Monday 14th January 1974 ~ Cold

Went to school , did the kiss of life .. was a good laugh. Put pictures of Donny on bedroom wall it took ages, they kept falling down (obviously the age before Blue Tack)