Monica Rose - Down At Our Battersea Boozer

The 'B' Side of Monica Rose's 1972 release.

 A number of people try to make Battersea sound more up market by referring to it as South Chelsea or by changing the pronunciation of Battersea (Bat-Ter-Se-A).

I attended to my appointment at St Georges Hospital Tooting, not knowing how long the journey would take I left in plenty of time to get there, I ended up getting there very early, it took me almost as long to find the part of the Hospital I needed as the journey there, the clinic opened at 09.00 I was second in the queue, they were seeing the people in the order they arrived they carried out various tests and I was informed that a blood vessel behind the eye had burst, I was discharged at about 10.30 and referred back to Epsom Hospital, During the week I had a call they had an appointment for me at St Hellier Hospital on Thursday, my sight is gradually returning to the eye.

Monica Rose - Down At Our Battersea Boozer 

Hermione Gingold & Gilbert Harding - 'Oh Grandma'

 

Released 1953 at this time the Phillips Label were only prouducing 78's, it would be a few years before they started producing 45's, most of the other record companies were producing 45's though often in small numbers.

Gilbert Harding was well known in the 50's for his appearances on radio, at one time he was described in the tabloid press as 'The Rudest Man in the World', he died in 1960 of an Asthma attack, he was 53.

During the week I picked up some more records 136 singles, 2 LPs and a CD one of the LPs was Hughie Greens Christmas Party, a record that had eluded me for some time I thought I had found a copy some time back when I took the record out of the sleeve the first thing I noticed was the Tamla Motown label and thought Hughie Green was never on Tamla Motown, the cover had a Marvin Gaye record in it, I sometimes wonder did the records get swapped and did someone think they found a Marvin Gaye LP only to find Hughie Greens Christmas Record.

I spent yesterday afternoon at Epsom Hospital as on Friday evening as I virtually lost sight in my right eye Friday evening, I was referred to St Georges Hospital, Tooting, while I was on the bus returning home St Georges Hospital phoned me with an appointment at 09.30 today Sunday. Yesterday they were running a number of vintage buses on part of the 293 route, it was free to travel on these buses, I still had to get the regular 293 as the free buses terminated at Epsom Clock Tower, the regular 293 bus terminates at Epsom Hospital.

Gilbert Harding 'Oh, Grandma' 1953 78 rpm

Monica Rose - Number 900 Perpendicular Street

 

For some reason every time this record is posted it is quickly taken down, Monica Rose appeared as a contestant on Double Your Money hosted by Hughie Green,  she won £18 her questions were on famous women, she was so popular that there were requests for her to appear again, she became one of the hosts.

When I started the original Blog I was after a title like Worlds Worst Records that title had already been taken, the person who ran that Blog Darryl Bullock, had a massive collection of records that put my collection into the also ran category, I did have a link to his blog, I noticed that nothing new had been posted for sometime then the dreaded words appeared that the Blog had been removed, at that point I removed the link, earlier this week I found out the sad news that Darryl had passed away he was 60 years old.

WFMU: The World's Worst Records Radio Show with Darryl W. Bullock: Playlists and Archives

Arthur Haynes - Not To Worry/ Looking Aound

 

Released February 1962, I found a stock copy of this record, then a short time later a job lot of comedy singles was listed on a certain auction site, the listing had all the titles listed, quite a few were on my wants list, I won the auction at the listing start price, the Arthur Haynes record was amongst the listing, it was not mentioned that it was a promo, when the records arrived there was one more that was not on the listing, so matching up the titles to the list, the extra record was Hughie Green - The Puppet Song, I already had a copy of that record however the new copy was in much better condition than my original copy, there were 21 records in the job lot, only one was in poor condition.

Arthur Haynes 19th May 1914 - 19th November 1966, I remember watching the Arthur Haynes Show on TV, his catch phrase "Up to my neck  in muck and bullitts for the like of you" and his tramp character, his co stars Dermot Kelly, Patricia Hayes, Rita Webb and Nicolas Parsons.

While running the original blog I had the BBC contact me, they wanted to use my recordings in a documentary about Arthur Haynes as their copy was in poor condition, the documentary was produced and shown on BBC but did not in the end include the records. 

I was going to post this record before Hughie Green record.

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Hughie Green - The Puppet Song/ Valley Of Peppermint Springs

 

Released 1961, the second single from Hughie Green, it gained fame when it featured in Kenny Everitts 30 worst records of all time.

Hughie Green hosted the TV show Double Your Money and later Opportunity Knocks, one of the winners of the show was Lena Zaberoni, I was looking at some record curio's among them was a copy of one of Lena's LPs nothing unusual it was however on the Stax label, there was also a Bing Crosby LP also on Stax, I was tempted to buy them but resisted, they were issued in an Asian country where the record company they were with did not have a presence and were issued on a label that did have a presence.

Note there are a number of other tracks that follow the Hughie Green ones.

 HUGHIE GREEN - 'The Puppet Song' + 'Valley Of Peppermint Springs' - 1961 45rpm

Mondays Boot Sale

Today's Boot Sale was about the same size as the last Bank Holiday one again not many records, I brought five at the Boot Sale and a CD, in the past I have brought over a hundred but that was in the days of 10 for a pound, I got there at about 07.30 and left at 08.45, the heat was beginning to get unbearable.

Jimmy Clithero - Jim Plays Hookie

The 'B' side of Jimmy Clitheroe's 1965 release.

I do not recall ever playing truant from school, my Mother insisted that all my appointments for the Dentist's etc. were out of school hours, I would make the follow up appointments during school time specifically to miss certain lessons and to make sure I would miss the lesson I would  dawdle and use the longest route back to school.

One of my early girlfriends and 2 of her friends decided to play truant and were seen by the School Attendance Officer and duly reported and parents informed, for a long time she was annoyed that only 2 of them were caught, the 3rd girl got off Scott free.

Jimmy Clitheroe. Jim plays hookie. 1965

Jimmy Clitheroe - They All Blame Jim

 

Jimmy Clitheroe 1921-1975, appeared on Radio from 1957 - 1972 as the Clitheroe Kid broadcast Sunday Lunchtime usually after the Navy Lark (a program I never found funny), the Clitheroe Kid ran for 290 episodes with audiences of up to 10 million. There were a couple of TV series staring Jimmy Clitheroe with Molly Sugden playing the roll of Jimmy's Mother from memory only one episode survives of the 52 made.

Jimmy Clitheroe died 6th June 1975 on the day of his mothers funeral of an accidental overdose of prescription medication.

Jimmy Clitheroe. They all blame Jim. 1965

Deryck Guyler - The Great Gnome Robbery

I was after this 1971 record for some time I had it on my eBay watch list, I finally got a notification that a copy had been listed been listed with a buy it now option within 3 minutes I had signed in to eBay the record had already sold, sometime later a second copy was listed, this time I brought the copy. 

Mondays Boot Sale was larger than the previous Bank Holiday one and twice the size of the one held the day before, again I came home with nothing, there were some records but nothing stood out, In the picture the hedge is the original boundry of St Ebba's Hospital.

On the right hand side is the course of the old railway that served the Hospital cluster, for some reason the siding to St Ebba's boiler house was never built and the coal was unloaded at the passing loop and taken by cart to the boiler house there was a plentiful supply of labour (the patents), recently houses have been built on the old trackbed, when the railway was removed in 1950 the home owners whose houses backed onto the track were given the opportunity to buy the plot at the end of the garden for £25. 

I managed to get out fishing on Wednesday from Brighton, it was the first long journey for my car since it was repaired last August, it got up the hills without slowing down and going into limp mode, I had thought it was water in the fuel tank it turned out to be a blocked fuel filter, the diagnostic computer came up with the same fault low fuel pressure from fuel filter and low fuel pressure at injectors. I got to Brighton with plenty of time to spare and had a breakfast at McDonalds, then back to the car get the fishing gear out and walk down to the boat, the journey to the Kingsmere Rocks was uneventful once the boat was anchored up the fish started coming in at a steady rate, one person had a Tope take his Bream bait and managed to get it to the boat, it's not uncommon for Tope to take the Bream baits they usually bite through the light nylon trace, I had a double hook up of a smoothound and a bream and after that had a steady flow of Bream. The area we were fishing has a bag limit of 4 fish per angler, everyone on board was told this at the start of the trip and a tally was being kept, however one angler was putting his fish into his personal box and was asked how many fish he had, he later admitted to having 9 these were moved to the communal fish box, their were 11 anglers so the max was 44 fish when that number was reached we moved to a different area where there were no bag limits, getting back to Brighton it was noticed that none of the other boats had gone out that day.

Walking along the pontoon I remembered back to a number of years ago when I had got back from a trip and walking along the same pontoon fighting for breath and thinking I'm going to have to give up sea fishing, a few weeks later I collapsed on the way home from work and was taken to Hospital, it was there that they discovered I had a Pulmonary Embolism, I spent almost a week in Hospital while they treated it.

Deryck Guyler - The Great Gnome Robbery - YouTube

 

Deryck Guyler - (You Can't Kill An Old) Desert Rat

 

Deryck Guyler in the guise of Potter the caretaker the character he played in the TV series Please Sir, the series and the spin off series The Fenn Street Gang produced 2 more records one by the Fenn Street Gang the other by Carol Hawkins which for some reason has always eluded me.

Deryck Guyler - (You Can't Kill An Old) Desert Rat / Ruby (1971) - YouTube

Jackie Pallo - One Little Packet Of Cigarettes

When I was young almost everybody smoked you were the social outcast if you did not smoke, smoking was allowed almost everywhere many tobacconists had cigarette machines outside, by the late 1960's early 70's people were becoming aware of the health problems linked to smoking and were giving up smoking, today I only know a few people who smoke. When I was buying some Lottery Tickets at Christmas people were buying packets of cigarettes I was taken back when the cashier said the price £19.70 substantially more than the last packet I brought 2/11 (15p).

 Jackie Pallo - One Little Packet Of Cigarettes - YouTube 

Jackie Pallo - Everyone Should Get What I Got

 

Jackie Pallo real name Jack Ernest Gutteridge 12/01/1926 - 11/02/2006. A professional Wrestler, when ITV started broadcasting on 22/09/1955 the BBC had managed to get all the major sports under contract leaving very little for the new broadcaster, I recall motorbike scrambling, then the wrestling followed by the football results, Bonanza (thought this may be later) the Adventures Of  Robin Hood staring Richard Green, then over to BBC for Dr Who.

The Wrestling was narrated by Kent Walton other wrestlers that came to mind are Mick McManus & Les Kellett, the front rows were full of old ladies and if a wrestler got thrown out of the ring they would start hitting him with their handbags. As other sports came out of their BBC contract ITV managed to get rights to them the motorbike scrambling disappeared and wresting was moved to a late evening weekday slot.

Wednesday's fishing was cancelled due to wind, I got the message as I was leaving Wing Yips having just brought a number of boxes of squid for bait, they are now in the freezer for future trips, I have rebooked the trip for 6th May, I also got a phone call did I want to go fishing on Saturday from Gosport, unfortunately Saturday is the most difficult day, would have to take Biscuit for her walk at 03.00 I have done it before, my son does a Park Run and does not tend to get back till about 13.00, it was a good thing I declined as on Friday I developed a high temperature and it was still there Saturday.

Jackie Pallo - Everyone Should Get What I Got

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.

Terry Knight - Saint Paul

 

A 1969 release, the story I head was that when the Beatles Abbey Road LP was released there was a rumour spreading that Paul McCartney had been killed in a car crash and that a he had been replaced in the band by a ringer, the cover of the Abbey Road LP was the first part of he announcement Paul McCartney has no shoes and the number plates of the cars parked in the road gave the rest of the information.  I can not recall where I first came across this track, possibly on a CD of reply/novelty or Beatles related tracks, I did get a limited edition CD that has 2 versions of this song and 2 other Paul McCartney tribute songs, I have since found a third version of this song, I do not know how limited the CD of Paul McCartney songs is as my copy is #66 other copies have been listed and they always seen to be #66.

"Saint Paul" - Terry Knight in Full Dimensional Stereo