Wednesday, September 30, 2009

I remember '30 days have September, April, June and November, All the rest have 31 except February, which has 28 unless it's a leap year'. It comes in handy - but not for giving you an extra day when you need one.

I remember taking the photos at the weddings of Chloe's sister, Julie and Derek McGrath and my cousin Carol. And our wedding, though I only did the big group shot. Handy things, tripods.

I remember when my first wife gave me the tripod, but whether it was for Christmas or my birthday, that I don't remember. Top of the range and still going strong.

I remember Pat Metheny's striped T-shirts.

I remember Keith Floyd, Troy Kennedy Martin and Mary Travers. Floyd's enthusiasm for food and the world, his cavalier attitude to the medium of television while showing total respect for his viewers; TKM's excellent television programmes, particularly Edge Of Darkness; and (Peter, Paul and) Mary's voice, strength and looks, particularly the way she flicked her fringe out of her eyes while singing.

I remember that the aforementioned Julie didn't like me singing PP&M's Puff The Magic Dragon because it made her cry.

I remember Thora Hird and Freddie Frinton in their sitcom Meet The Wife. But I seem to remember him more for his variety sketches where he would act drunk, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. Dame Thora obviously went on to be in everything.