[... "Number One Singles of 1973" continued from Part III]
October to December
• David Cassidy – Daydreamer/The Puppy Song
Released as a Double A-side to (somewhat cynically I feel) extend its shelf life and radio play, this was teen idol Cassidy’s 6th UK hit.
It would prove to be his last Number 1 in Britain and spent three [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘denmark’
09-23-09
Number One Singles of 1973 (Part 4)
07-12-09
August 27th 1973
“Went to sea-side + 2 Sweden for 3 MINUTES!! Doctor in Charge on Telly”
As if to prove that I was ahead of my time, please note my “text speak” with the use of “2″ for “to”!
I’m not lying when I say we went to Sweden for just 3 MINUTES either. If we ever spent a [...]
07-08-09
August 23rd 1973
• “Went to tivoli, went on dodgems, not much kop. Nufin’ else done except eat, drink, eat, drink & eat”
Despite opening as early as the year 1843 Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens was not the world’s first ever “theme park”!
That accolade is actually held by Dyrehavsbakken (1669) - now known more simply as “Bakken” – in Klampenborg, also in Denmark.
However, Tivoli [...]
07-07-09
August 22nd 1973
“Nufin’ much done all day except eat, drink, eat, drink and eat. Mormors berfday – gave her painting and went for a walk around shops – sweaty feet”
The Danes really DO like to eat.
Unlike most Americans – and many Brits – though they seem to savour the time they spend at the lunch or dinner [...]
07-06-09
August 20th/21st 1973
• “Woke up, got in taxi, got on train, got off train, got in taxi, got on train, got off train, got on boat”
• “Woke up, got off boat, got on train, got off train, got on boat, got off boat, got on train, got off train, got in taxi”
Thanks to a glitch at WordPress, [...]
03-08-09
May 7th 1973
“Took bak Mormor in ‘new car’ – escort (Had day off school)”
Talk about feeling guilty.
For the second time in these diary entries I have referred to my grandmother coming all the way from Denmark to stay with us for a while… and for the second time I have barely mentioned her, or what we did [...]
05-28-08
July 30th 1972
“went down to pick up Mormor at London. When we came back she gave me a bludy smart jumper”
The word “Mormor” is probably an unknown quantity for most subscribers to this blog, so please let me explain.
I am half-Danish. Not the die-hard Brit most of you think I am. As Eddie Izzard once said of [...]
