Mom, I love you, even though I’ll never accept your friend request.....
Today is Mother's Day...
I woke up to lovely Barry Manilow singing...
Great start to the day :)
Now tea...↓
Cards & Present off my sons↓
After much messing about,
We finally got out of the house↓
I went to give my mum her present 💮
It was too late to go to a National Trust property,
Instead I visited somewhere...else↓
I got so many reduced items...
Plus free newspaper...↑
Back home for lunch....↓
My earrings for today↓
I had another gift off my kids↓
Home made Steak & Kidney Pie
Birthdays Time
Amelia Bayntum:
Was an English stage and television actress
(Carry on Camping,Carry on Loving).
She would have been 100 years old.
(She died aged 68 in 1988)
William Daniels: is an American actor, known for his roles as Dr. Mark Craig in the NBC drama St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Emmy Awards, and as Mr. Feeny in the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World.
He is also associated with his performances as the father of Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) in The Graduate (1967), as Howard in Two for the Road, as John Adams in the 1972 musical film 1776, as Carter Nash in Captain Nice, and as the voice of KITT in Knight Rider. In 2014, he returned to his role as Mr. Feeny in Girl Meets World, the sequel to Boy Meets World.He is 92 years old.
Richard Chamberlain:Is an American stage and screen actor and singer, who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966).
Since then, he has appeared in several mini-series such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983), and many successful films such as The Bourne Identity (1988) being the first man to play Jason Bourne, and he has performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre.He is 85 years old.
HerbAlpert: Is an American jazz musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass,Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert is also a recording industry executive, the "A" of A&M Records, a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold to PolyGram. He is 84 years old
Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken): Is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright who has
appeared in more than 100 films and television shows.
Walken has had roles in films such asAnnie Hall (1977), The Deer Hunter (1978), The Dogs of War (1980), The Dead Zone (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), Batman Returns (1992), True Romance (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Antz (1998), Vendetta (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Hairspray (2007), Seven Psychopaths (2012), the first three Prophecy films, The Jungle Book (2016), and Irreplaceable You (2018)He is 76 years old.
Rod Allen:Englishfounding member and lead vocalist of The Fortunes.Hits include, "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the US and UK Top 10s. "Here It Comes Again" and "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again"; continuing into the 1970s with more globally successful releases such as "Storm in a Teacup"He would have been 75 years old.
(He died aged 63 in 2008)
Douglas Wilmer: Was an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 TV series Sherlock Holmes.Some of his other films include: M. Desmoulins in The Battle of the River Plate (1956), as Al-Mu'tamin in El Cid (1961), Cleopatra (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), as Khalifa Abdullah in Khartoum (1966), as Maj. Gen. Francis de Guingand in Patton (1970), as Sir Thomas Fairfax in Cromwell (1970), and Antony and Cleopatra (1972). Other appearances include Jason and the Argonauts (1963) as Pelias, the Pink Panther films A Shot in the Dark (1964) and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), The Vampire Lovers (1970), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), and Octopussy (1983).He died aged 96 in 2016.
Chuck Berry released Johnny B.Goode in 1958.
We got the things ready for tomorrow's Wobbly Work Wheel...🎡
Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life - Steven Wright
Welcome to a sad wobbly work wheel🎡
*It's going to be a sad day for me*
It's a sad time at Job 1 as a teacher passed away at the weekend.The children will be told today :(
I am going to the Wake of a ex-postman I used to work with after Job 1.
I don't feel like smiling at the moment :(
Enjoys the first cuppa of the day↓
I gave everyone a sloppy 💋 before they all left.
I wore out my red trainers(walking 5 miles around the NEC).
I have to wear my boots until I get some money to get some more trainers!
I wore my new superhero's t-shirt...↓
Coffee and vitamin C time!
I sorted out my outfit for later...
Liquid Lunch time↓
As soon as I leave the house.
It starts to rain :(
New CD time..↑
It's getting warmer ↗↗↗
I had a message from my younger brother.
My dad(Who went to school with the late postman) isn't going to the Funeral. So my younger brother won't go!
GREAT!!!!!!!!
(Good job I am going to Wake!!!)
Birthdays Time:
Alex Higgins: Was a Northern Irish professional snooker player, who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the game. Nicknamed Hurricane Higgins because of his fast play, he was World Champion in 1972 and 1982, and runner-up in 1976 and 1980.
He won the UK Championship in 1983 and the Masters in 1978 and 1981,
making him one of ten players to have completed snooker's Triple Crown.Higgins came to be known as the "People's Champion" because of his popularity, and is often credited with having brought the game of snooker to a wider audience, contributing to its peak in popularity in the 1980s.He would have been 70 years old. (He died aged 61 in 2010)
Charley Pride:Is an American country music singer, musician, guitarist, recording artist, performer, business owner, and former baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley.He is 85 years old.
Bobby Whitlock:An American singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as a member of the blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos, with Eric Clapton, in 1970–71. Whitlock's musical career began with Memphis soul acts such as Sam & Dave and Booker T. & the M.G.'s before he joined Delaney & Bonnie and Friends in 1968. He is 71 years old.
Wilson Pickett:An African American singer and songwriter.
A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett
recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which
crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100. Among his best-known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (which he co-wrote), "Land of 1,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally", and "Funky Broadway". Pickett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, in recognition of his impact on songwriting and recording.He would have been 78 years old. (He died aged 64 in 2006)
John Phillips:Was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and promoter, most notably of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Phillips was a member and leader of the vocal group The Mamas & the Papas. He died aged 65 in 2001.
Jet Harris: was an English musician. He was the bass guitarist of The Shadows from 1958until April 1962, and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with the drummer Tony Meehan. He died aged 71 in 2011
Chuck Berry: An American singer, songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955),"Roll Over Beethoven" (1956),"Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958).He died aged 90 in 2017.
The Ramones are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002
It keeps trying to rain!
It was a very sad dinnertime.
The sun actually came out when I got out.
I got home and changed to go to the Wake.
I gets there.
Got myself a Lime and Lemonade (£1.15)
Few ex-postmen said "Hi" to me when they arrived.
A few of the arseholes I worked with, didn't and just starred at me.
One of them, I remember.....
(when I was pregnant with one of my children 20+years ago)
When I asked him a question:
"Am I going to be took off my duty nearer the time?"
He replied to that:"Do you expect me to take someone off their duty for you to go on it?"
*So I was delivering mail, carrying 16 kilos of mail when I was seven and half months pregnant!*
I enjoyed my table for one↑↑↑↑↑
After 20 minutes, of looking at empty glass and starring into thin air.
I left....
I got changed and enjoyed a coffee and nibbles↓
I went to Job 2
(The co-worker who had a free ticket to go to the NEC (Creative Craft event) didn't want to go on her own, so didn't go! )
I got back to have a no-meat Stir Fry↓
Netflix time!
Really good programme.
*It will be the 6th year this year I have been tea-total*
(I just fell asleep half way through the 1st programme!) Catch up with it tomorrow....
