he 70's-The Hits and the Trivia

Seventies S The 70s The Hits and the TriviaIf you’re interested in music of the past, who sang what and when, then this new publication from Ted Yates will be a real fascination.

It is one of those books that once started it becomes hard to put down.

With over three hundred and fifty two pages it is a glossary of

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Boris Karloff-More Than A Monster

1180221957 QiPZM M Boris Karloff More Than A MonsterThe Elegant Mr Pratt ?

Born William Henry Pratt in East Dulwich to middle class parents, family tradition suggested that a career in the Foreign Office would be his career like his two brothers.

Young William had  other ideas so he ran off  to sea and washed up in Canada where he caught the

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George Clarke’s Home Bible

1120265477 K5mX9 S George Clarkes Home BibleAs we now return the festive decorations to their home in the attic, or a darkened cupboard our humbug thoughts often relate to more storage space.

Not only that but perhaps even thoughts on improving our abode either with a colour change in the living room, new shelving in the kitchen or

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Tasting the country life

653615206 J2Yxv S Tasting the country lifeOn todays shows there’s lots of mentions if you’ve joined me on our American Connection Facebook page.

I’ll be telling you how by just sending me an e-mail you can win a pair of tickets to see Rosanne Cash in Concert at the Sage Gateshead ..and it’s her only British date.

Our Album of the week is more

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Many holiday makers who head to America or Canada and make a special trip to see one of the worlds most viewed places in Niagara Falls, would have been disappointed if they visited in 1903 as the falls ran dry that year.

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When it comes to World links by telephone the first underwater telephone link was laid in 1891 by a submarine called ‘Monarch’

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In 1963 hit maker Gerry Marsden of Gerry and The Pacemakers was fined £60 for trying to sneak a German made guitar into England without paying Customs duty on it.

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In 1967 the making of Elvis’s film entitled “Clambake’ was halted for two weeks when Presley banged his head on a bathtub

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If Chico Marx from the Marx Brothers who starred in classics like ’Love Happy’, and ‘Duck Soup’ was still alive he would have celebrated his 122nd birthday next month

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Newspaper Headline….Twenty year friendship ends at Altar