I am a real statistics nerd and I wanted to work out which were the most successful English clubs of all time. The main issue with this was how to attribute points for different achievements. So I put forward a scoring system as follows. The main points were that winning is more than twice asContinue reading “Go Your Own Way”
Tag Archives: 60s
Though in truth we were at the sea
I would only read science fiction as a child. As soon as I had agency and birthday money I was buying books. That was my ninth birthday in 1974 where I solemnly picked out two Doctor Who novelisations, one Tomorrow People novelisation and a book about the search for the Loch Ness Monster. Dad managedContinue reading “Though in truth we were at the sea”
And it gets higher day by day
We were an outdoors family, whether some of us liked it or not😊 We were scouts, cubs, guides and brownies. We went on holidays to scenic places like the Lake District. In 1977 we camped at Seatoller Farm in Borrowdale, not far from Keswick. When we got to the site there was only one placeContinue reading “And it gets higher day by day”
It Makes Me Feel Like Crying
Straightaway it is another song produced by Phil Spector and the legendary Wall of Sound, like yesterday’s entry https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/11/23/ill-give-you-three/ . Dad and I toured Italy for 16 days in 2015. I was recovering from glandular fever, him from cancer. After Venice we spent a morning in Pisa looking at the Leaning Tower and the otherContinue reading “It Makes Me Feel Like Crying”
I’ll Give You Three
No one really talks about Moonlighting anymore. It wasn’t such a big deal in the UK at the time as BBC and ITV mostly ignored overseas product (Dallas and Dynasty being big exceptions), partly due to agreements with the acting union Equity. Moonlighting was on BBC2 and starred famous (but not seen for a while)Continue reading “I’ll Give You Three”
And we can’t build our dreams
Mike lived in Leicester for quite a while. The first time we went up to see him he was living on his own and I rifled his CD collection and found one that surprised me – an Elvis Presley compilation. Now I knew that he was hugely important in the history of popular music, butContinue reading “And we can’t build our dreams”
As a white knight on his steed
Doctor Who was born in the 1960s and, as fans know, the first episode clashed with the assassination of John Kennedy. Fortunately they repeated it before episode 2 the following week. (The original cast – Carol Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, William Russell and William Hartnell) It was not expected to last long and the factContinue reading “As a white knight on his steed”
People in Motion
Serial killers seem to exert a massive hold on the collective consciousness in the modern world. I think my first encounter with the concept was when I read the second volume of Sandman – The Doll’s House. After this there was The Silence of the Lambs (SOTL) and now there are films, TV series andContinue reading “People in Motion”
Words That Were Spoken In Anger
A band that I would have never considered until I was an adult. I first really picked up on the Hollies when they rereleased He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother in the late 80s. I got a best of the Hollies compilation in the 90s and they are seriously under rated. Beautiful vocal harmonies andContinue reading “Words That Were Spoken In Anger”
Take a Load For Free
Take a Load For Free I went to the Doctor’s in 2014 and they told me that I was pre pre-diabetic (yes two pre) – or just a bit above average would be another way of putting it. They advised me to cut out drinking orange juice (which I had been doing to stay healthyContinue reading “Take a Load For Free”
Five Miles Out 