The 3 Sarahs’
are leaving for
GOOD. Say ta-ta
to them at the
Three_Headed_Sarahs
G’day,
Let me with thought and music try to remember more that is lodged somewhere in my memory.
Josephine Baker, singing mostly French, got that Flubucket?*
Remember trying to sing this once, but can’t remember where. Not in school. Think it was a picnic once in the Peak District of Derbyshire. I lived only a few miles from it and the Ficticious Rev. Toby lives in it.
From the dams used in The Dambusters film and in 633 Squadron to The Shivering Mountain, which really does shake in the wind, the place is magic for anyone with a car, a family, and a sun in the sky.
The Blue John Mines, described in a previous blog (umm, perhaps not, will do so another time. MEANWHILE LINK (without my personal bits) and well-dressing with flower-petals and other natural objects. (ditto previous blog) If you think I am searching for the links, too bad, might one day, might by the time you read this, but I want to write not link.
Anyway, I am drifting. Derbyshire. Tintwistle Moors, added to the county since my birth, yes, we went camping there with a Chief Superintendant (re: of the police) and his family. Between us there were 7 under the age of 7 and 4 between 7 and ten. His grandchildren and my children, camping on a lonely moor! Amazingly, we never once got a “this is SO boring!” as we expected, though they did bring a sheep back one evening, saying it looked lost. As if they didn’t know anything about sheep*. The senior copper took it back and met the farmer who said “Agnus loves people!” I asked the Super did you charge the farmer for bestility? (It’s a old farmer’s tale, partly true, that sheep that has been shagged grow to love humans).
Please don’t ask!
*In those days we let kids between 7 and 10 roam lonely moors by themselves, now I won’t even let my 6 year old grandson go to the shop by himself and I live above the shopping mall!
Yes, that was a great week, rained twice, once when we were in Holmfirth, where I inteviewed (another time) the stars of the TV hit series about bored old men who acted like big kids. “Last Of the Summer Wine” has been running now for 34 years. Most of the original actors are now dead. Peter Salles, has been there from the start and is going strong. He was the voice behind “The Wrong Pair Of Trousers” and the follow-ups.
Anyway, stop rambling with no boots on, at Holmfirth we met
Charles Aznavour of all people. He was amazed that three adults and one child knew him in a South Yorkshire town.
Hey Flubucket, you met him? He was there to see a collection of saucy postcards! Bamforths made these British humour cards of fat women, timed men and rude puns and sold them at seaside places. Typical one: Fat lady to timid husband. (She is looking in a seaside rock shop, he at a young skimmy-glad blonde lady) “I’m thinking something hard will be nice to eat”
Anyway, there is some wonderful countryside in the Peak, I expect America can do ten times better, but the children loved being brought up there even if three of the five now live nearish me now, in Oxford!
Bakewell Pudding, also in my blog, never Bakewell tart! It’s really a pudding to eat with a spoon, and for a couple of whiles, I lived 15 miles from the original shops (web-site will say more). Yes, I miss that pudding, if I had the money I’ll get it sent to me, mind, if I had the money I’ll go back to Derbyshire and be a full time writer.
Couple of whiles, because I lived in both Matlock and Hathersage, both about that distance away.
Links links links, like a bleeding golf course. When my putter broke, I said to my friend Bob Hope that I need a new golf club, so he brought me St Andrews.
Been busy on my SURNAME lists, insane I know, but compelling!
My mind has gone blank, so this has better be it!
Terry.
Comments (21)
Baaaaaaaaaaah! lol! Just jokeing. I’m in a giddy mood…
I do not speak French but find myself listening anyway now and again…
Great fun! It makes me feel…. slinky!
D
Hope all is well. (((hugs)))
Oh, dear, and when our ‘puter broke, we no longer knew what to do with links!
So much in that computer in our gray cells that come and go …. flashes of memories lost and regained….emotions still found in the recesses of our heart…nothing is really lost…it is just hidden sometimes.
Happy Springtime to you my friend 
In the back, next to the hot dog stand. Be careful, the Mexicans who work there don’t take kindly to strangers.
That’s a lot of links …
Flattery will get you everywhere Clowne- I’m old enough to have grandchildren, so thanks for the compliment. Now this post is very like a newsletter isn’t it, a 3am stream-of-consciousness one, with all those links too… Thanks for the Cafe Press link – there’s a lot of t-shirts and one book, it looks like. Hmmnnn… *hugs* -:)
Thanks for commenting. You are quite interesting as well, which is obviously why I’m subscribed to you.
Is Flubucket a surname?
The Wrong Pair of Trousers is an adorable claymation. I’ve watched it serveral times with my grandchildren. I have four children and eight grandchildren- the oldest 2 are boys being 8, then three 6 year olds 4, 3, 1. I cannot find the video!! Sends me looking. We found that when the first boy was born, Winfield is his name, a family name. ~ interesting post
Thank you for the Easter well wishes! I wish you a well Easter too even though it is too late.
I love your mood of this day…I *smile*
Make sure that wherever the 3 headed sarahs land, send us a note as to where and we’ll be sure to follow.
Your mind skips about like a flea, not that i don’t enjoy it .I get some amusement from you and I need a bit of cheer occasionally. Glad your giving the 3 Sarah’s the old heave ho! its enough catching up with your other identities. I expect you were really clever before your stroke ,not that you aren’t now, perhaps a little weird at times, aren’t we all Cheers Marj
I do have some new poetry up. Do tell me what you think of it. Meanwhile, I shall try to get Toby (The Clockwork Man) to post more…it has been a while since I’ve seen him. Perhaps he is visiting the rest of the FFers?
Lordy, you’re well on the way to finding the missing link. Don’t stop now.
Friend, Come visit my post and read like a road map?
Have I to understand I am lodged somewhere in your memory with Josephoine Baker and Charles Anavour ???
You are too much kind !!! This is flattering , for the least .
I wish good success for the book ” Bubble and Streak ” . I think many speaking English people will love it and buy it .
In friendship
Michel
ps : you are a lover of France ?
Camping is a great experience…I never got the “I’m bored” from my kids either.
I’ll have to talk to my Daughter Amber about the song titles you mentioned, she would know them, I can’t place them. :0)
Well such a flamboyant style of writing and a lot of links will have to get to them Thanks for visiting me, I wish I could write such compelling stuff as you. take care
Angela
OMG you managed to mention two of my favorite things…I used to listen to Charles Aznavoue and swoon and the Dambusters were my heroes as a teenager. When I went to Skegness to stay after Bern died, a man friend took me to Woodhall and several of the airports involved in that sortie. It is one of the most fascinating stories of WWII. In Woodhall, the officers and crews were billeted there. The Germans bombed and destroyed one of the bldgs, but instead of the officers, they got the crews. There is a gorgeous monument to them in the center of the village.
For a female singing in French, I always loved Edith Piaf.
I am so glad you enjoyed your holiday!!!
What is a Tonkinoise? Is that…Tonkinese…i.e., Vietnamese? Hm. Keep it copasetic. Peace.