Nice read up Marian, I used to like making list's (probably still do)
but not as many as Jeff does 
March birthdays
Great to hear from you Amanda. You have a vivid memory. I was probably excited about some new metal cars I received for my 7th birthday. And I probably received some 45s of childrens songs, which would have excited me. I bought my first pop 45s (Surf City, Wishin' and Hopin') with my own money. Yes, Graham did tell me about your brother moving to California. I trust he's excited about that.
Very interesting about your lists, Marian. You were very organised and dedicated. I didn't start writing down the charts until I was 12. I still have those notebooks, but I'm getting close to recyclying them. But I will never throw out my personal charts or the top song sheets from the local radio stations that we would pick up at the record stores. I loved getting those!
As well as my old Billboard magazines, which I want to keep. I think you would score high on Singstar, Marian. I remember your rendition of Moondance at the pub in Hayes.
Hello everyone Amanda here, thanks for replying!
Oh Marian.... lists don't you just love them! Graham used to write lists of every movie he had seen (and we aare talking thousands!) when I first met him. He had this little orange book that was his little film bible I would say and he loved entering details in that, he started that when he was 13.
My Grandad who loved the names of pubs had a big thin dark blue hard back book and he would take that in the car and write the names of every single pub he passed. I often thought when I was little gosh Grandad likes his beer! But he didn't go in the pubs he just liked the names.
I'm afraid I'm a post-it junkie and I have them everywhere to remind me to do things. I used to have a diary in my younger days and I used to love writing in journals - pre-children.. but that's about it for me!
Jeff - gotta ask you this, much debate between my brother and Graham on this have you heard the new U2 album? Any thoughts? I am interested in the Billboard magazine, when I was little I loved magazines. My favourite was Look-in which was a pop-culture mag in the Seventies/Eighties. I once drew a picture of Madonna from the Borderline 45 single and they printed it! Holly loves competitions too. We are always entering them!
Perhaps they should do a Crooners Singstar and feature Born Free! Holly knows all the words.....AX
Oh Marian.... lists don't you just love them! Graham used to write lists of every movie he had seen (and we aare talking thousands!) when I first met him. He had this little orange book that was his little film bible I would say and he loved entering details in that, he started that when he was 13.
My Grandad who loved the names of pubs had a big thin dark blue hard back book and he would take that in the car and write the names of every single pub he passed. I often thought when I was little gosh Grandad likes his beer! But he didn't go in the pubs he just liked the names.
I'm afraid I'm a post-it junkie and I have them everywhere to remind me to do things. I used to have a diary in my younger days and I used to love writing in journals - pre-children.. but that's about it for me!
Jeff - gotta ask you this, much debate between my brother and Graham on this have you heard the new U2 album? Any thoughts? I am interested in the Billboard magazine, when I was little I loved magazines. My favourite was Look-in which was a pop-culture mag in the Seventies/Eighties. I once drew a picture of Madonna from the Borderline 45 single and they printed it! Holly loves competitions too. We are always entering them!
Perhaps they should do a Crooners Singstar and feature Born Free! Holly knows all the words.....AX
Hello Amanda,
Great to see you and of course Holly on the forum. If you would like to register it would boost our numbers!!!
What do I remember about being seven? I remember my teacher from school Miss Rees, she got married while I was in her class but I don't recall her name afterwards, she was always Miss Rees to me.
I have a birthday card from my granny in the shape of a seven that I still have, as well as an eight and nine too.
I remember my friends next door, who I played with every day, the mountains that surrounded the valley in South Wales where I lived, and the sheep that should have lived on the mountains, but lived on the streets instead.
I remember I did well in school that year and got a prize at our school Eisteddfodd, a book, Bambi that I still have too.
I did enter competitions too later on in life though, although I did win a Junior Mirror Jewel Box when I was quite young.
Marian (the other one!)
Great to see you and of course Holly on the forum. If you would like to register it would boost our numbers!!!
What do I remember about being seven? I remember my teacher from school Miss Rees, she got married while I was in her class but I don't recall her name afterwards, she was always Miss Rees to me.
I have a birthday card from my granny in the shape of a seven that I still have, as well as an eight and nine too.
I remember my friends next door, who I played with every day, the mountains that surrounded the valley in South Wales where I lived, and the sheep that should have lived on the mountains, but lived on the streets instead.
I remember I did well in school that year and got a prize at our school Eisteddfodd, a book, Bambi that I still have too.
I did enter competitions too later on in life though, although I did win a Junior Mirror Jewel Box when I was quite young.
Marian
(the other one!)
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I love reading about other people making lists-I do not feel quite so crazy.
But some time after I started makng lists in books-I became slightly bored of copying the same ones over and over, to get into alphabetical order---so I was really excited when I came across a packet of "Record Cards" and a little box to keep them in, plus some alphabet dividers--I genuinely thought that they were made especially for people to list their records on----and I transferred all my lists onto these little cards.------it was ages before I realised there was a different meaning to "records", and it did not mean my sort of records at all. I still carried on using them, for many, many years.
But some time after I started makng lists in books-I became slightly bored of copying the same ones over and over, to get into alphabetical order---so I was really excited when I came across a packet of "Record Cards" and a little box to keep them in, plus some alphabet dividers--I genuinely thought that they were made especially for people to list their records on----and I transferred all my lists onto these little cards.------it was ages before I realised there was a different meaning to "records", and it did not mean my sort of records at all. I still carried on using them, for many, many years.
Mariana
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Thank you Gray, It's a long story, John is a much loved nephew, but more than anything, as a son caring for his sick mother and elderly Grandmother that includes everything physical plus all household chores, hospital visits and appointments and miraculously holding down his job. He's specially unique.