Fifty Years Ago Part Twenty Two

Don't remember some of this stuff at all. I'm sure we just had Coke in the pub while the parents had beer. Loved the Muppets as a kid and had their first album on vinyl which had a great gatefold cover and got played to death for several years.

 

NEXT WEEK- Part Twenty Three

 

 

Fifty Years Ago Part Twenty One

That was a patio and pathway that stretched the length of the garden to the corner where the compost heap was. We used to have bonfires every few months in that corner. My Dad would get an old cardboard box and draw a door and windows on one side so we could pretend it was a house on fire and break out the toy fire engine. My teacher missed a few spelling errors there... perhaps her brain was full of 'soment'!

 

NEXT WEEK- Part Twenty Two!
 

 

Fifty Years Ago Part Twenty

Mummy news... 

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Fifty Years Ago Part Nineteen

 More Doctor Who adventures...

 I loved going to Burnham Beeches as a kid, there was always something new to see and explore. We used to go on long walks to a big lake there through the idylic woodland. Some of the trees are so old they resemble bones which I later went back to in the early 90s and sketched.

 

 

 

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Fifty Years Ago Part Eighteen

 Don't remember much about this except playing with a Colt 45 replica. It was great as it had fake bullets you could take in and out of the chamber, unlike the children's cap guns we played with at the time. Researching online I have found an artist called Terence Gilbert who could fit the profile of the 'Terry Gilbat' mentioned here. Born in 1946, which fits with my parents generation, he did commercial illustration before moving on to commisioned paintings in the mid 70s. Is it the same chap? I have no idea but if you fancy a look at some of his work his website is here: 

https://www.terencegilbert.com/index.html

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Fifty Years Ago Part Seventeen

 

I loved the Planet of the Apes franchise as a kid (still do) but only ever had the one action figure. Despite my amazingly artistic interpretation of General Ursus, here's what he really looked like in 1976-

 

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Fifty Years Ago Part Sixteen

 

NEXT WEEK- PART SEVENTEEN