Mephistopheles <no-fixed@address.net> wrote in
news:418182ds1ooch1s9ntgqpmboe4h19239u3@4ax.com:
> On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:38:59 GMT, WingedMessenger <Boy@Flying.high>
> wrote:
>
>>No Mephi, control yourself, you are not being treated to something
>>which will set the pangs of jealousy rampant!!! You will not see
>>things that are only dreamed of by those who desire to break all
>>records. You are however to be treated to a wonderous exciting
>>experience. NO not that either! do control yourself please LOL. Where
>>was I somewhere around the world at that time?? LOL. It was a
>>magnificent instrument (the organ again!!)three manuals and 14 sets of
>>pipes. And a seat for the player!! Sit back, listen, behave, and
>>relish the sounds of the organ resounding with a background of dirty
>>sea water washing up against the prom wall.
>>
>>Mercury.
>
> It's 9.35 pm & it's my first visit of the day to the newsgroups, &
> apart from here, nothing much seems to be happening anywhere.
>
> It's been such a gorgeous day, wall-to-wall sunshine, no wind &
> deliciously warm, so I spent the day almost till sun-down at my little
> beach hut. The local kids are on half-term so there was plenty of
> activity to watch. But I mention this largely because of the surprise
> I got when I popped in here &, while my "supper" was cooking, started
> downloading your organ pieces from the bottom up. So you can imagine
> how I laughed when the 1st track I played, No.22 was.................
> "Oh I do love to be beside the seaside...." LOL.
>
> And there was the 1930's cinema organ, playing wurlitzer-style from
> the "pit" in front of the big screen......remember those days! Never
> missed the Saturday morning matinees, me & me brothers, watching Buck
> Jones et al, & shouting out "Watch out, he's behind the door!" when
> our white-hatted hero burst into some baddie's den!
>
> I think the entrance price was 3d, thrupence. But for the adult,
> afternoon films, I would invariably approach a likely-looking bloke in
> the queue outside with "Please, sir. Will you take me in?" I must have
> been an enchanting little London urchin, for it always worked, & of
> course, the bloke paid for my ticket as well.
>
> Then came the War, the Blackout, the nightly air-raids......& the
> golden summers were over.
>
> Thanks for these "blue hills remembered".
>
> Mephi
>
>
>
Many sobs. Yes. A saturday morning at the 1d rush. On your birthday you
were called on the stage and thousands of screeching voices gave a
rendering of Happy Birthday, whilst those in the gods threw things at the
ice cream lady battling ladyfully with a tray of vanilla things with
little wooden spoons. When the organ rose (depending on who was st next to
you with roving hands, but all good fun LOL). Many an old codger took me
in, and I found the reward he wanted not unnacceptable!!!! Buck Jones, I
recall Buck Rodgers, his space ship with a window, a handle on the wall
which seemed to control everything. Poor old Ming, that man suffered
things that no man should suffer. He should have been beatified. I have a
special seat in our local coffee shop about 4 yards away from the glass
escalator!!!!!!!!! It's a treat in nice weather seeing what goes up and
down (the eescalator that is!!) My next post is the Platters followed by
excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan.
Anyway off you go and do something useful like throw your tv out of the
window. 200 channels and sod all worth watching. And what with bloody
football coming up, I hate football beyond all description so I think a
monastery is a good idea. Bloody footballers, overpaid egotistical
illiterate male prostitutes.
With that I will close, throw myself daintly on my bed and wait for Mr
Sandman, who appears to have been on strike for the past few months.
Mercury.
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