Nostalgia at its best

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Sounds of the Sixties on tourTake a look back at yourself.

If you were a fan of the sixties or even loved or is it lived through what many describe as the best musical years of their lives, then you could be in for a night of brilliant memories when a

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OBE at the Sage Gateshead

795264024 BcmWT S OBE at the Sage GatesheadIf you’re ever in a pub quiz or even ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ‘and you’re asked “Who connects all these artists together, John ,Paul, George ,Ringo, Willy Russell and Gerry Rafferty?.

I can give you the answer providing you share the prize.

She became a well-known face on the British folk circuit of the late ’60’s and early ’70’s but changed course after

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Do you yearn for the good life?

792683845 fbtai S Do you yearn for the good life?Talk about ‘How Times Flies’

It’s hard to believe that it is thirty five years ago since the first appearance of one of the most popular programmes on TV.

In those days it was a compulsive watch as we were entertained each week by Tom, Barbara, Jerry and the infamous Margo.

If you can relate to the four character names then you

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Getting healthy for Spring

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As hopefully we head into spring and summer perhaps some of our thoughts turn to becoming healthier especially after the over eating we did over the festive period which may still remain.

And especially if we’re heading for our fifties or have already reached it.

It seems that a new series of DVD’s can help you keep in trim and combat weight gain and

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Milligans War

780744509 CvozM S Milligans WarYou either loved him ..or thought he was stark raving bonkers

I loved him.One of my greatest memories of Spike Milligan (apart from giggling at his ‘Puckoon ‘book) was during a production of The Bed Sitting Room in which he starred at the Theatre Royal .

During a very serious tense scene where he was not on stage he wandered out of the wings dressed only in a long nightie or

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Improve your life with Tai Chi

783715637 DGjTJ S Improve your life with Tai ChiTai Chi is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for health reasons.

Some of the training routines are well known to Westerners as the slow motion routines that groups of people practice together every morning in parks around the world, particularly in China.

Today, Tai Chi has spread worldwide.

Most modern styles of Tai Chi trace their development to at least one of

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Fishing in the extremes

779503789 YH4Fk S Fishing in the extremesI remember a life long pal with whom I used to go shooting with asking me to go fishing with him one time.

You’ll love it” he exclaimed, “Not for me”, I replied “I’d be sitting thinking about what I could be doing while I was sitting waiting for something to happen”. Truthfully I still feel the same.

However if anything may change my mind (and I

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The most notorious lady?

778468503 nL99X S The most notorious lady?A novel originally published in 1928 was not published here in Britain until thirty two years later, and then it caused a storm throughout the courts.

It has been later revealed the that the story came from events in the authors own unhappy domestic life from which he took inspiration from happenings that occurred in a village in which he lived. He originally wanted to call

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A night out with Tommy Cooper

773212324 dq3i3 S A night out with Tommy Cooper‘Jus like that’!

Catch phrases of entertainment legends are always easy to remember if they make an impression on you.

I’m sure you’ll relate to ‘Shut That Door’ (Larry Grayson), ‘I’m Free’ (John Inman),’Nice to see you to see you nice’(Bruce Forsyth) ‘You’ll like it…not a lot’ (Paul Daniels) and the memorable ‘Jus Like That’ that could only be the wonderful Tommy Cooper.

As

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Kenny Rogers The First 50 Years

There cannot be many people who have not heard of Kenny Rogers.

Be it his association with Dolly Parton, The New Christy Minstrels, his TV series of ‘The Gambler’ or the remembrance of his big hit with the First Edition, ‘Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town’ the majority of folk know who he is. (in certain quarters it has been said ‘he’ looks like me ,albeit what follows resembles us not)

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