Another year has passed and so here are my observations from 2022! If you received a card, Kelham Island is one of the 51 coolest places in the World!
Last Year of the Trams
A weekend with Malcolm and Anne to the West of Newcastle included a visit to the Beamish Museum. That weekend they had a special exhibition of trams and buses. Here are a few:
Red Tram
Big Green Bus
Red Bus
Blue Bus
You'll gather I haven't a clue what any of them are! They're all from the North East.
However, one of my business network groups has started to meet at theSouth Yorkshire Transport Museum. There I found out what I was doing on 8 October 1960. My father took us to see the last night of the trams - a procession of every tram, We stood on The Moor and my father put a threepenny bit on the track. I still have it! The only tram I remember was the last in the procession, the snow plough tram. But I found this video, recorded in April 1960. If you know Sheffield, it's fascinating. If you don't watch it for the 1960s hyper-dynamic music!
Remembering the Well-Known Departed
Without a doubt, 2022 will be remembered for the death of someone who seems to have been around for all of my life ... Bernard Cribbins. He is the only person to play 2 completely different companions to Doctor Who. But I remember him from childhood, he was a brilliant children's entertainer. He recorded 2 songs in the 1960s, here's the one that was most influential:
While we meander down Memory Lane, who remembers gonks? Maybe a few ancients amongst us. But there's a word in search of a new meaning. Any ideas? Any reference to politicians will be discounted on the grounds it's too obvious.
It's impossible to forget one other loss this year - Leslie Phillips. He has a reputation as playing rather louche characters and so some may be inclined to disregard him. But I remember him as Lieutenant Phillips in "The Navy Lark", with Stephen Murray Jon Pertwee (incidently the third Doctor). I couldn't find an excerpt with the original cast and so here is an episode or two. (More can be found on BBC Sounds). The music in this series if brilliant!
Who could ever forget:
Phillips: "Right hand down a bit!"
Pertwee: "Right hand down a bit it is, sir!"
Loud rending noice as HMS Troutbridge collides with something.
Fungus of Pitsmoor (and Sheffield)
Captions left to right: top of my road, Ellesmere Road, Abbeyfield Road, Abbeyfield Park, Broomhall, Ecclesall Woods.
More Travel: Highly Recommended
There's been a lot of debate about the possible closure of the Doncaster Sheffield airport. This is somewhat puzzling. What's not to like about Yoirkshire Airlines? For those who are not familiar with Yorkshire culture - it's a ferret and that's mushy peas.
Books of the Year
If you would like to purchase books online, please use use your local independent bookshop. Waterstones is fine, if like in Sheffield there's nothing else. For online purchases I prefer Bookshop, who turn round orders immediately. You can designate a local independent bookshop to take the profit or else it supports the website. Waterstones take 3 - 4 weeks they say, in my experience it takes longer - I don't know how much longer because I've always cancelled. If you use Waterstones you can find out whether a book is in stock and reserve itm which is useful, when it's possible.
These are books I have read in 2022 and recommend:
History
Stories and Language
Food
Natural History
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