by steve | Dec 22, 2017 | Membership
‘Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet...
by steve | Dec 15, 2017 | Membership
Driving Home For Christmas … How I wish I was. That song has been in my head – and on the radio – a lot of late, not least following Chris Rea’s collapse on stage last weekend. Not Chris Rea! Cheggers has gone too soon but not Chris Rea! Too many memories....
by steve | Dec 4, 2017 | Membership
‘You’re losin’ all your highs and lows Ain’t it funny how the feeling goes away … ‘ Desperado, Eagles. I understand. Life is full of highs and lows but this is getting ridiculous! Last week was not good. Absolutely choked with something...
by steve | Nov 22, 2017 | Membership
Thirty-two years ago, in the summer of 1985, we had just returned to Edinburgh after living in London for a year or so. We had bought our first flat in Comely Bank Street (for £28,000!) and life was good. David Cassidy was in the charts again, after a long break,...
by steve | Nov 15, 2017 | Membership
A week of highs and lows, as ever, but one constant is the temperature – it’s freezing! One other thing – I can barely read this and, as far as I know, the font is no different. Slightly worrying … Right, back to my notes and be buoyed by the fact that there...