tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post2933335845116226089..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Happy Birthday, Manfred and Sir Geoffrey!Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-23724142857982220762009-10-22T09:07:21.343+01:002009-10-22T09:07:21.343+01:00Or as Presuming Ed has so consistently pointed out...Or as Presuming Ed has so consistently pointed out, we have failed to paint it black. <br /><br />Cheer up, Malty, have a Camberwell Carrot.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-74024733802402324102009-10-21T18:08:24.184+01:002009-10-21T18:08:24.184+01:00Manfred Mann broke up. If only they'd stayed t...Manfred Mann broke up. If only they'd stayed together all would have been well...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-56504631084572536872009-10-21T18:03:06.623+01:002009-10-21T18:03:06.623+01:00Circa 1963-4-5 there was a pub on Blackheath commo...Circa 1963-4-5 there was a pub on Blackheath common, the name of which for the life of me I can't recall. Pre the Earth band, the Manfred Mann with Paul Jones gigged in the pub, these were the days of denim military style shirts, Mary Quant's Bazaar and Courage Directors.<br />Picture the scene, warm summer night, Blackheath common, Do Wah Diddy Diddy ringing in the ears, MQ drinking at the bar, Harold Wilsons brave new world, which we thought was our oyster.<br />What the hell went wrong?maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-18224708349446077652009-10-21T15:44:37.463+01:002009-10-21T15:44:37.463+01:00It was the great disappointment of my childhood th...It was the great disappointment of my childhood that I didn't share a birthday with Sir Geoff. Missed it by days. I share mine with Paul Simon and Margaret Thatcher.<br /><br />Or I don't, since my birthday was, of course, 13th May, 1956... Don't know what I was thinking!Uncle Dick Madeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124053234469634414noreply@blogger.com