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 There used to be a site called Grumpy's Golden Oldies, when I first found the site there would be several downloads a week of obscure tracks, the tracks were recorded at 192kbs, and filed as Artist name the Track Tile, I adopted the format for my files, now I save the files at 320kbs, later Grumpy's Golden oldies went over to taking requests, I would check the 'wants' regularly, one Boot sale that I had brought a number of records from, included a Procol Harum record on checking the wants list that morning some one had requested the Procol Harum record I had just purchased, I started the blog not long before the demise of Grumpy's Golden Oldies, the end of Grumpy's Golden Oldies  came when he said he had a trapped nerve and the site would not have any uploads for about a month, I thought the site would not return, my wife had a trapped nerve and despite many treatments she suffered with it for years, one day she was in Epsom and slipped on an escalator after the jolt the trapped nerve was released, my thoughts about Grumpy's site were unfortunately true and the site closed.

Fishing Brighton

 I was up very early, taking Biscuit for her walk at 03.00, the walk went without incident including the obligatory swim/paddle at the stepping stones, not surprisingly we did not meet any other people, in the past when my son was not living at home when I was going fishing I always took our previous two Golden Retrievers out early in the morning often we would meet other dog walkers.

For a change it was a fine day with virtually no wind, before we had got out of Brighton Marina I was putting on the factor 30, the destination was the Kingmere Rocks off Littlehampton, the area is designated a Marine Conservation Area, you are allowed to take four Black Bream there is a minimum size limit and surprisingly a maximum size limit, I do not take Black Bream home my allowance was either given away or more likely returned, the Black Bream were coming in at a constant rate, hen the person fishing next to me caught a small Smothhoud the first of the season caught on the boat, later I was into a fish and it did not behave like a Black Bream on getting it to the surface it was a Smoothhound, it turned out to be the best Smoothhound of the day, as it was 'in pup' it was returned straight away without being photographed, other fish caught were Mackerel, (small) Conger eels, Dogfish, Pouting and Ballan Wrass, in all a good days fishing.

I did not take any photos of the fish I caught as I accidently left both my phone and camera in the car, some photos were taken by the skipper, these have not yet appeared on the boats webpage, this is a Black Bream of similar to the ones I caught.

The Smoothhound I caught was much smaller.

I am out fishing again on Sunday 11th May this time from Gosport. 

Golly***s - Teddy Bears Picnic

 

The 'B' side of 'Parade Of The Jelly Babies', both sides were played quite often on the BBC's Light Programs Children's Favourites hosted by Uncle Mac.

  

The Gollywogs - The Teddy Bears Picnic

Boot Sale Oddities

 

At each Boot Sale there are often odd/strange items, I thought that at the last Boot Sale there were no strange/unusual items, the rules of the Boot Sales say you can not sell animals, firearms, food & drink, there are always some small amounts of food & drink on some stalls, there are some food vendors there these are arranged by the event organisers, however as I was going past one stall there were some tins glancing at the label, it said Mackerel and Potatoes, I thought that is a strange combination and I had never seen the tins on sale, I should have brought one or examined/photographed the tin. I can find no reference for tinned Mackerel & Potatoes so have no information on where or when they were produced.

The Fut - Have You Heard The Word

A 1969 release, the Fut were  Maurice Gibb, Steve Groves, Steve Kipner and Billy Lawrie (the brother of singer Lulu and Gibb's brother-in-law), Steve Groves and Steve Kipner were members of the group Tin Tin.

One of the cars I go past every day as I take Biscuit for her walk has Fut as part of its number plate, I always think of this record when I see that car. 

The Fut - Have You Heard The Word (1970)

First Bank Holiday Boot Sale Of The Year

 

I left home just after 07.00 getting to the Boot Sale at about 07.15, it is literally at the end of the road I live in, looking through the fence I could see it was not a very large Boot Sale, a bit disappointing, there had been a light rain shower just before I left for the Boot Sale, this may have put some people off, there were about 7 rows of cars about 4 or 5 had some records, but they were all out of my timeframe or were chart records, there was talk as one person had sold all the 45's he had for £40 to the first person who saw them, the dealers knew who he was and were trying to find him to try and buy buy some of the records from him, I spent very little there was one person selling some fishing equipment from him I brought 2 battery lamps and head lamp, another stall I got a beach fishing rod for £2 another stall I found a suitable reel for £3, another stall a bulk pack of 500 assorted size hooks for £3, in all I spent £20 probably the least I have spent at a Boot Sale in a long time, next Sunday I have a fishing trip booked from Brighton Marina, I will have to get up early as my son is away and I will have to walk Biscuit before I leave for fishing, the week after will be the May Bank Holiday and another Boot Sale.

Golly***s - Parade Of The Jelly Babies

Releases in 1960, the group name has fallen foul pf the politicly correct brigade, this record though not a hit remained in the catalogue for some time and turns up on both the red Parlophone label and the later black Parlorhone label, when I first posted this record I had a number of comments saying they thought it was/would be an early Creedence Clearwater Revival record, as pre 1968 the used the name Gollixxxs, spelling the name with of a 'i' instead of 'Y'.

 The Gollywogs - Parade of the Jelly Babies