7th May

Saturday 7 1977
Went to Liverpool with 'J' and her sister
Bought a bag, a patch to put on it, art equipment, ribbon and a sketch book
Saw my Auntie Joyce and cousin Doll and her 2 kids in Liverpool
Saw 'Our Kid'
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It was definitely the fashion in 1977 to put patches on everything (we were in a fabric shop on Monday (buying material for a blind for the bathroom & buttons) & I pointed out to Teen the patches on a rack and said 'hey look patches, you could get some and decorate your clothes'... I got 'that' look that only teenagers can give ... 'I guess not then?' I will give a her a couple of months at 6th form and she will come round lol

In 1977 I can guarantee it was probably one of these patches
I am 99.9% sure I chose the peace fingers that day ...
In the Jackie Annual of 1977 they encouraged 'patching' to brighten up your clothes.. I must say I have tried hand patching and quilting and it is quite laborious to say the least

This brings me nicely onto a programme I came across this evening 'Kirstie's Homemade Home' on C4.... Kirstie Allsop is doing up some home in Devon by hand .. buying discarded furniture and painting it, distressing it also making curtains et al from remnants of fabrics .... oh and there is knitting too. Bugger I have been doing that for years .... why am I not famous??

My vision is to open a fabric shop with workshops for those who have not been taught to sew/knit/ make do as they were growing up (my teen has certainly not been taught to cut out a pattern and make a garment, where as I was taught it and can make most things).. along with a coffee shop where artists can display their wares ... I have not the money to do do this but in this time of recession I think it is the way forward. mmm I wonder should I be on 'The Apprentice'?

Oh almost forgot 'Our Kid'... a Liverpool group discovered on 'New Faces' in 1976 ... a one hit wonder but my mate Annie Mouse has never forgiven me for seeing them back in '77 although I have no recollection of it .. apart from when is written in my diaries !!!

20th April 1979

Friday 20
Worked 11-5
Not very busy
Bought a pair of white mules £2.99

Sam phoned at 8.00 pm
He worked 9 - 9pm
He phoned me again at 10.00 from home
Fi phoned


Last week I posted a few from

Here are the rest

I wonder if they are brothers. Not found a lot about this band except they were Scottish and split up in 1979. This album cover does look familiar though

nice tune




This article appeared in the 1978 Jackie Annual. It would seem he was married then. But I suppose saying you want to kiss your wife is not a thing teenage fans want to hear! Tragically in 1979 his wife was killed in a car crash ( I do seem to remember that!) . He married again in 1984 and has 6 children


They had similar hair do's!!


Again??? Who is this bloke?? Ok can you tell the difference ?




awww but Rudolph is so cute :-)


& last but by no means least

A local Southport lad. Sailor, singer song writer who won Opportunity knocks in 1977. He was voted in for 13 weeks.
He only lived about 1/4 mile from my house & I do remember cycling up there with my mates to his house to see if we could catch a glimpse of him. Never did! Although (& don't tell anyone) I snogged his brother at a disco eek!!
As you know I lost my 1977 diary but found it again. I have just had a quick flick through ... because I would have written about it.... can't see it so it will have to wait for '1977 ~ the revisit'

But you know what I did see Saturday 7th May 1977

' Liverpool with 'J'. Bought a bag, patch to put on it, art equipment, ribbon & a sketch book. Saw my Auntie, her daughter & her two kids. Saw 'Our Kid' '

Annie I actually saw Our Kid would you believe it ???

Anyway back to Berni Flint.... he got to number 3 in the UK charts on 23/4/1977 with this song. Still know all the words lol

18th April 1979

Wednesday 18
Worked 9.30 - 5.30 = busy
Sam phoned
Watched T.V. & not very memorable (what?) (that is not a 70s Ed that is what was written?)
Phoned Tony R (why?)
Fi phoned
Went round and stayed at Fi's


You may have noticed (hard not to have *snigger*) but an old school mate has been keeping me company on here these past couple of weeks.
She is not a blogger so comes up as Anonymous (aka Annie Mouse)
and she has a far better memory than me for bands and TV programmes.
Recently she has been doing some research for me whilst she has been recouperating after an operation.

Annie has also been to stay a couple of times and we have had such a laugh dancing to 70s stuff (& drinking copious amounts of wine!!)

Well the poor gal is hitting reality on Monday. It's back to work time .....
I certainly know how that feels. 2 years ago I was off for 3 months when my back failed me.
The thought of returning to work has that bitter sweet taste to it. You want to get back to the normal routine (not to mention the money) but you also feel you don't want to leave the carefree, 'please yourself routine' that soon develops.

So Annie this is for you, to ease your journey back and to thank you for all your help :-)

I bet no one recognises these chaps?....
Annie will! because she had a 'thing' about them like I had about Donny.
Oh that's when she wasn't swooning over Cliff Richards (eek!!)

Any guesses?? No?? Take a look at this clip!!


These young lads were a manufactured boy band in 1976 from our home town of Liverpool.
In May 1976 they won New Faces (1970s version of X-Factor!!).
In the show they scored an amazing 118 points out of a possible 120.... but unfortunately their fame was fairly short lived as the school authorities said the lads were spending too much time performing and not studying.

Earlier this year 3 of the chaps were hunted out and made to do the 'dance' again .... this is how they look now now


I wonder what happened to Kevin Rowan???