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Showing posts with label 1970s music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1970s music. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

The Twelve Posts of Christmas 2025 - Day One: The Christmas  Top 40 And The Number One We Waited All Year For

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The Twelve Posts of Christmas 2025 is my festive wander through memories, history, traditions, mishaps and moments — from childhood Christma...
Friday, December 5, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: A Time When The UK Top 40 Music Chart Was Only Announced Once a Week.

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  No streaming stats — just the suspense of Sunday evening on Radio 1 .   A long, long time ago, before Spotify charts , YouTube views or m...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: Every Town Had a High-Street Record Shop With Listening Booths?

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  We had HMV , Woolworths , and tiny independents where you could test a single before you bought it. Back in the early to mid-1970s, I wo...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: Flared Trousers Were Once So Wide They Got Caught in Your Bike Chain?

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  So yes, did you know that flared trousers were once so wide they regularly got caught in people’s bike chains? It’s one of those silly ...
Friday, October 10, 2025

How Son of My Father Found Its Name - The Story Behind a Book Title, and a Half-Forgotten Song

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In 2022, I wrote a book called Son of My Father. I remember the moment the title came to me. I was pacing around my home, thinking — search...
Friday, October 6, 2023

Is it Christmas Yet?

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Clearly not, but I was in a local charity shop earlier today and I noticed that the music playing in the background was a Christmas tune. At...