Les Dawson - Send Her Roses

 

 

Les Dawson 2/2/1931 - 10/06/1993 came to fame after appearing on the TV show Opportunity Knocks, This is the first of 3 singes from Les Dawson, with a 4th in 1982 telling the story of Aladdin, I also came across singles by the Les Dawson Trio these are from a different a Les Dawson. From memory Les Dawson died of a heart attack that  came several days after he was pushing his vintage car.

Send Her Roses - YouTube

On Friday I got back from walking Biscuit at about 11.30, there was nothing amiss with the cars parked outside, about 10 minutes later I looked out of the window and one of the parked cars had been clamped for no Road Tax, the owner quickly removed the stickers the car is still clamped, a few years ago a number of cars in the road were clamped for similar reasons, the road I live in is fairly close to the station and a number of people park their cars in it rather than pay for parking at the station, two of the cars were there unclaimed for a couple of weeks and later were towed away, sometimes it is cheaper to buy an old car and not tax or insure it, and if it gets clamped abandon it and get a replacement, I have my road tax on a Direct Debit and is paid at the beginning of April.

Easter Bank Holiday Monday Boot Sale

A box of  transformers/chargers

 

Today's Hook Road Arena Boot Sale, The sale took up about three quarters of the end field, there were a number of records I did not buy any, there was one I nearly brought but it was 2 for £5 I was not willing to pay that much, I did notice that there were a lot more people selling household items and cloths, perhaps a sign of the times, I did not buy anything an unusual occurrence. 

Simon Dee - Julie

 

Simon Dee real name Cyril Nicolas Henty-Dodd started as a DJ on Radio Caroline, in 1965 he joined BBC Radio, 1967 he progressed to his own chat show on BBC TV Dee Time, 1969 he left the BBC and transferred to ITV in 1970 The Simon Dee Show started after a short time he fell out with the ITV management and the show was cancelled.

The full story is on Wikipedia.

Simon Dee - Wikipedia

SIMON DEE - 'Julie' - 1969

It's the first Bank Holiday boot sale on Monday.

Stephen Lewis - Tickets Please

 

Released 7th December 1973, Stephen Lewis (17 December 1926 – 12 August 2015) was playing the part of Inspector Blakey in the comedy series On The Buses, later played the part of Smiler in Last Of The Summer Wine, I can not recall ever hearing this record being played on the radio.

I have some relations who worked on the buses in Sydney Australia, some of the stories of their exploits and things that happened were funnier than the TV series.

The fishing trip I had booked for the 25th March from Brighton was cancelled due the high winds, the next trip I  have booked is also from Brighton after Black Bream on the Kingsmere Rocks on the 15th April, the last time I got out fishing on a boat was August last year.

Stephen Lewis (Inspector Blakey) - Tickets Please

Shane - St Paul

 

Released in New Zealand September 1969 by Shane, this record also had an Australian release,

 Saint Paul by Kiwi singer Shane

Here is the Margot Robbie version, I was thinking this had been missed when the limited edition CD of Paul McCartney tribute songs, I found out that it was issuesd well after the CD was released and has not been issued on a 45 Single.

 Margot Robbie - Sanit Paul (Terry Knight Cover)

Memory Finaly Sorted

 

The failed 8TB SSD drive was returned to Samsung for repairs, it had a minor problem on its journey back, as the consignment it was in was turned back at Customs, it cleared Customs the next day, I had a message saying it would be delivered late in the day, it turned up at 09.00. The failed unit had been replaced with a new one. I had almost finished downloading the tracks from the original drives 2 x 4TB, 1 x 1TB and a 500GB when the drive failed, the download has been re started the 1TB & 500GB have been downloaded, the 2 x 4TB drives I have found it better to download it in chunks of about 25,000 tracks, even then it can take over 24 hours.   I also acquired a 4TB SSD drive at a reasonable price, for use a a general drive.

The 20TB HDD drive also failed, I went into Argos and was told they could not send it back for repairs as it had been posted to me, they could refund me the cost of the unit I took the refund and ordered anew one when I got home, in the 3 weeks since I brought the first one the price had gone up by £109, I was told in my local computer shop that the price of computer memory has sky rocketed due to the demand of it for AI, I noticed that some people were selling 4TB SSD memory for over £1,000.

During the week I had to go to the Pet Shop in Epsom, on the way out someone asked me if I could do a jump start, I said yes and he was most surprised that I had jump leads in the car, my son had battery problems with his car, I had never bothered to take them out of the car after he had the battery changed, when the battery cover was removed I noticed the white fur on the battery clamp and on the positive terminal, and also down the side of the battery, the battery was changed a couple of years ago, at its next service I was informed that the battery was leaking and needed replacing, the lady on the phone was not happy when I told her that it was a new battery fitted at the last service, saying it will be changed under warranty, it is a Varta battery and I hate Varta batteries (they always seem to leak), I used to watch YouTube videos of someone repairing old PC's, the PC's had often been standing around for a number of years and without fail every one that had a Varta battery the battery had leaked, none of the other makes of battery leaked. My car is booked in for the end of the month for a battery check.

A Word Of Warning

There is a lot of cheap Chinese SSD PC memory for sale i.e. 16TB for £13, the equivalent item if you can get it from a reputable manufacturer would cost in the region of £700+

Most places have sold out but a few were still showing it in stock at over £1,000+ some places are selling 8TB SSD divers for over £1,000, people are now asking over £1,000 for 4TB drives. it makes the cheap SSD drives look attractive.

A reputable SSD Drive

Do not Buy or Connect one of these cheap SSD drives to your PC, if you connect one and have other external drives connected the Chinese Cheap SSD drive will kill the other external drives.