Enjoying The Lights!

Do you like Pina Colonics and getting caught in the rain? -

Homer Simpson

Welcome to my Saturday in Blackpool 🗼

Had a good night's sleep in the lovely bed!

Gets dressed.

Nice breakfast.

Then on goes the rain hat and rain mac.

It's going to be a wet day!

Off to the tram stop we go.

While waiting for the tram.

An ex-boyfriend I went out with 22 years ago walks past me, wearing a big lumo coat.

His partner was wearing a yellow lumo hat with the name of my ex-boyfriend on the front of hat in big red letters......

Oh dear, I had a lucky escape!

The tram arrived.

They got on the tram further up.

We stopped on the tram until Fleetwood.

We got off and it was still raining.

Off to look around Fleetwood Market.

I found a Bling market stall.

Got chatting to some women in there.

They hadn't visited Cleveleys, I told them there is some great Charity Shops there.

I bought myself some Bling!

Out of the market we went.

Got the newspaper.

Popped into Fleetwood Fabrics.

Got some bits.

Moved onto the Holistic Shop.

Got some nice crystals.

The only downside was, their card machine wasn't working.

Hubby went off to get some cash out of the machine.

I managed to scrape the amount together.

Once I bought them, out in the wind and rain I went to find hubby.

Met up with hubby, and had enough of this wind and rain.

Nice Pillar Box topper↓

We didn't look further at anymore Charity shops and hopped onto the tram to Cleveleys. 

Once we got off the tram,

It's Charity Shop time....

Loads of nice bargains we got.

Then it was Coffee Time!

After that liquid refreshment.

Onto the next Charity Shop, where they were playing some 50's and 60's music.

I started to sing along like you do.

The woman behind the till asked, "Who was singing this song?"

I replied, "Fats Domino!"

"Correct!" She said.

Then a woman came over, wagging her finger at me.

It was the woman at Fleetwood Market from earlier, she finally discovered the Charity Shops at Cleveleys!

We carried on looking at one side of the road, crossed over and looked at them on the otherside of the road.

We got some nibbles from Poundland.

Then back on the tram back to the hotel.

Time to wear yet more sequins!

Now out for some dinner.

Nice views from the top of the Velvet Coaster.

We caught the tram from the Pleasure Beach down to Starr Gate.

We got off at Starr Gate.

We caught the tram to Little Bispham

Got off and got back on.

All the way back to the South Shore.

Then back to the Hotel to pack up ready to leave for tomorrow.

Quick look in the newspaper...

UK No.1 on this day in 1977:

Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie.

US No.1 on this day in 1966

Question Mark and the Mysterians - 96 Tears.

Now to use the big bed.....

Night all x

 
 

 

 

Looking In The Mirror!

There is no such as a little garlic - Arthur Baer

Welcome to my Saturday 👍

I woke up at 5.50am.

I got up and made a brew.

I listened to "The Sounds of the 60s" while writing yesterday's blog post. 

Sleeping Beauty woke up and we enjoyed breakfast.

Then to wake up son to drop him off at his work.

Dressed.

 It was my hubby's late mum's 81st Birthday today.

(She passed away 26 years ago)

Then out!

Drops off son.

Then off to Stratford Car Boot.

We had to park in the overspill car park.

Spot the Eastenders Characters!

Now to look around....

Here is the conversation I overheard...

Buyer: The view is not nice in this mirror..

Seller: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Buyer:I'm interested in this mirror

Seller:Give me an offer for it

Buyer: There is a bit missing of the mirror, no thanks, and he put the mirror down!

I found another Black eyed Susan vine.

Red flowers on it.

It was only £2.50!

Bargain!

Another look around.

I went past a old Singer Sewing Machine...

It looked good...

Bit the hand's man off for how much it was.

It was heavy, hubby had to swap hands taking it back to the car!

The boot full.

Now off to visit Alcester.

There was no price on anything....

I got a card and balloons for my friend who is 70 today. 

We enjoyed a fishcake and chips lunch.

Now to deliver the balloons and card!

He wasn't in, so I tied the balloons to the door handle.

(I'm sure he will be pleased when he came back!)

Back home to unpack the car 

&

Have a much needed coffee!

Here is a pictures of before my house and garden looked like 12 years ago, and now.

Now out to get a lucky bag from Morrisons.

Then for tea. 

Yummy.

Quick look into today's newspaper.

Windsor Davies  was a Welsh actor whose career in film and television spanned forty years. He is best remembered for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981) over its entire run. The show's popularity resulted in Davies and his co-star Don Estelle achieving a UK number one hit with a version of "Whispering Grass" in 1975. He later starred with Donald Sinden in Never the Twain (1981–1991), and his deep Welsh-accented voice was heard extensively in advertising voice-overs. 

He would have been 91 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 88 in 2019 

 David Soul (born David Richard Solberg) is a British-American actor and singer. He is known for his role as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the television series Starsky & Hutch from 1975 to 1979; Joshua Bolt on Here Come the Brides from 1968 to 1970; and Officer John Davis in Magnum Force in 1973. In 1977, he scored a number one hit single with "Don't Give Up on Us".

He is 78 years old 🎈 

 

Now for some Sleep Tea...

As normal we carried on watching something on Netflix, and fell asleep!

Upstairs to bed as off to visit another car boot tomorrow!