13th July 1977

Wednesday 13

Trip to York

Saw the Queen

My legs were on News at Ten

Went with a party of Germans (is that the correct collective noun ?)

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In 1977 it was the Queens Silver Jubilee and there was such a feel good factor in the air.

I have already covered this here

but I can't resist posting this piccie of my dear granny again taken in the nusing home (I am so pleased I have a blog and have posted what I have because when my old boy computer died it took with it loads of my most precious pictures, fortunately I still have some on hard copy and others on here or on Flickr)

Well I had a bit of a blonde evening this evening. Got home from work then trolled back into Manchester to go and see Young@heart at the Manchester International Festival. I had seen an email this morning and it said they were on tomorrow .... I thought the email came yesterday ... alas no the email was from Saturday......doh!!!

Hey ho we enjoyed what was left of the evening sunshine before the rain

.Manchester Townhall

I hadn't realised Lincoln had such big feet and hands????

Upside Down Trees aka 'Flailing Trees' by Gustav Metzger.. some great shots on the site

[just page forward there are some really interesting images]

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 !!!

1977 Silver Jubilee

Well I can’t ‘do’ 1977 without mentioning HM QE II’s Silver Jubilee, can I?

There is some stuff in my scrapbook that I collected at the time.

The year started off with a tad of embarrassment for Her Majesty when Princess Anne got booked for speeding. She was fined £40 for doing 96mph on the M1.

My memories of the festivities certainly are colourful because Mum bought a colour telly especially for the occasion. What a wonder that was. How different the world of TV looked. Didn’t you just love those old sets? No remote controls, we had to ask permission to switch over the channels and when the tube was going you would bash it on the top so the picture wouldn’t roll. It was always the case too when you ‘got the man out’ it would work perfectly!!!

So we had a colour telly and ITV decided to call a strike...... what no Rock Follies and racing from Sandown?? Thank goodness for the good old Beeb!

The Jubilee brought out the best in people, neighbours got together for street parties and there was bunting and flags everywhere you went. The sun shone and in my mind folk were happy.

The Queen did a tour of her United Kingdom through the summer and I went to see her in Liverpool and York. I had a nanosecond of fame as I was on News at 10 in the crowd at York as she shook the girls hand next to me.

Within the scrap book I have saved some adverts from the era.

Good old Max!!

But this is my favourite image of the Jubilee. It is my dear Grannie. She had a stroke in 1975 and was not very well at all but the home where she stayed certainly made sure that the residents enjoyed the Jubilee.