“Went to Southampton with Nig – bought a pair of Trousers”
Flares? Baggies? Cargo pants? Jodhpurs? Loon pants? Bellbottoms? Jeans? Culottes? Turn-ups? Patch-pocket?
What did I buy?
Why must my memory be such a breech?
(See what I did – badly – there?)
Posts Tagged as ‘Southampton’
10-03-09
December 31st 1973
09-16-09
December 10th/14th/15th 1973
• “Day Off – Went to Southampton – bort Xmas pressis”
• “Work”
• “Out on Bike – No Tips!”
Can you see just how far I fell off my own diary’s radar towards the end of 1973?
3 entries, 6 days, load of rubbish written.
About the only thing worth noting is that the people I delivered to on [...]
06-17-09
July 31st 1973
“Went to Southampton – changed shoes – got smarter pair. Went into E.leigh in afty”
You mean £3.99 didn’t buy a smart enough pair of shoes?
Crap
06-13-09
July 26th 1973
“Trev came up in morning and in the afternoon we went to Southampton. I bort a new pair of shoes – quite smart £3.99″
Woah… hold on a goddarned minute….
Didn’t I just buy a pair of shoes?
This means that in a 3-month period in 1973, I bought more pairs of shoes than I’ve done in the [...]
06-12-09
July 25th 1973
“HAWKWIND – Top Rank”
Southampton’s Top Rank was part of a nationwide chain of dancehalls/nightclubs responsible – as history will attest – for putting on some of THE biggest acts in rock/pop during the 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s.
The Southampton location was also an ice-rink – presumably the ice was covered when there were live acts [...]
05-24-09
July 6th 1973
“Had Day Off. Went to Southampton with Nig. Oh the rain came down in buckets. Dad and me arguing over money”
My memory once again lets me down here.
I have no clue as to why I would have argued with my Dad over money. Perhaps he thought I wasn’t saving enough or spending too much on [...]
05-11-09
July 3rd, 1973
“Man Concert at Guildhall 7:30pm – BRILLIANT!
BANANAS!”
(Yes the word Bananas is in BIG writing on the diary entry)
I’ve written about Welsh rockers, Man, before. ( +1 more )
I don’t believe I have mentioned the cut Bananas. One of the band’s more popular songs.
There are some wags who think Bananas should be the National Anthem for [...]
04-28-09
June 19th 1973 (II)
“david Bowie – Guildhall”
If there was ANY concert I really wish I could remember anything about, it would be this Bowie concert at the Guildhall.
This was his infamous Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars tour, to promote the classic album of the same name.
Bowie would mean SO much more to me later on, but [...]
03-18-09
May 13th 1973
“Before going to Tibs went round Southampton to look at Jackets. In afternoon went to BR Open Day”
This confuses me (“what doesn’t?” scream readers in unison)
May 13th 1973 was a Sunday and yet I say I went round Southampton to look at Jackets.
In the UK Sunday trading did not kick in until 1994, so I am left [...]
02-08-09
April 12th 1973
“All work all day. Got wages for something 2.84 (wow!)” / “Roxy Music at Gaumont. Sharks support”
So, my third ever concert was Roxy Music at the Southampton Gaumont.
Nice of me to write so very much about it eh?
Naturally, I can’t remember anything about the night, even more surprised by my diary entry that Sharks were [...]
01-20-09
March 22nd 1973
“Roxy Tickets on Sale” / “In table tennis I beat Trevor 21-19″
In the current ‘technology’-led age its difficult to completely comprehend how we got our hands on concert tickets in the 1970’s.
There were a few methods, all of them seeming as antiquated – and honest – as possible.
A date would be given stating when tickets [...]
09-23-08
December 22nd 1972
“Went to Southampton to buy Xmas Presents for Mum + Dad” / “Bort smart trousers in E.leigh” / “Got cassette with Green Stamps”
Entrepreneur Richard Tompkins was the person responsible for bringing the concept of “Green Shield Stamps” to the UK in 1958. So, they are as old as me!
He’d seen the idea in action whilst holidaying [...]
06-02-08
August 2nd 1972
“Went up trev’s house for the day and we played snooker etc* On way home I bort airfix model *I WON”
Once again I feel appalled by my boastful attitude here. The addition of that awful ”I WON” in big bold uppercase letters seems so very unnecessary? Especially since the snooker game of which I speak was [...]
02-21-08
May 8th 1972
“derby county win football league div 1. Man City end up fourth”
So, ‘my’ team’s dream was shattered as the season came to a close, thanks mainly to a few crappy losses, but mostly as the result of a fan coming to see them play at Southampton.
I suppose that I must have been excited for a [...]
02-06-08
February 19th 1972
“Edwin Jones 9:20-10:45 – CANCELLED”
The uppercase was me SHOUTING as far back as 1972.
Yes, it was my big Scalextric “race off” against the big boys at Edwin Jones department store in Southampton, and… and… and…. it was bloomin’ cancelled!
However, when you think about it logically, there was no point in sending little plastic cars – controlled [...]
01-24-08
January 24th 1972
“Had letter about Scalextric cup”
At last, a random diary entry from 36 years ago that I have some level of conscious recall about!
For those not in the know, Scalextric is/was a slot-car racing ‘toy’, hugely popular with kids (and, I suspect, many Dads) in the 60’s and 70’s.
A couple of Christmases previous to 1972, my dear [...]
01-07-08
January 7th 1972
“Went to see Oliver. Trev came with me”
Erm….. what better birthday treat can there be for boy of 14 than go and see a dodgy musical?
Trev was my then best mate. 36 years later this positively SCREAMS “alternative lifestyle” doesn’t it?
Considering “Oliver” – the film – was released 4 years earlier, I can’t imagine it [...]
01-01-08
The 1972 Diary
As you can see, I have decided to remain coy about my real name by fuzzing out the incriminating evidence.
Not surprising when my hand-scribbled cover of this 1972 “personal memo diary”, printed by Northern Novelties (Pencils) ltd., from Bradford, is already proving incredibly embarrassing to the 50-year-old me.
Not only do I describe myself as a [...]
