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Formerly known as By God I'm Blue
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No not quite plus it was the old Liverpool Corporation parks department - 2nd only to Edinburgh in the UK - the growers I worked with in the 1970s came from there - so skilled for HUDC & the KMBC in reorganisation - I never did any until 1986 when I moved to a top job - I overlooked it in my job description I thought I only had to grow them as I did in my last job - it was a bit of a con when I got four weeks notice & two designs on carpet bedding were handed over to me to do - I just queried it with the Parks manager}
I went to a local library { no internet back then } & my next door neighbour a carpenter made me a large 6ft wooden compass with a wedge to slid the distances etc -
Working On a 6 ft plank & cushion working from the 12 ft circle I found dead centre & worked out wards - each bed with two staff were made in 4 days to plant out to scale two different carpet beds of different annual organisations & clipped with pinking shears all summer - The parks manager pulled up & tried to rollick me & I just passed him my tools & stated you put stringed squares circles on the bed I was fuming and replied to him if you want to & I will gladly go back to my Nursery & youi can attempt that .....
6 months late his department won the top award for the very carpet bed he argued over taking to much time etc -
I & my team were invited down to the mayors parlour to accept the award on behalf of the council a cup from the WRVS as the best in the UK
He said to me I knew you were correct - just testing your character
I wanted to say is their a bull in this room as I can smell bull crap , but refrained from doing so He raised my profile later on & gave me a deserved promotion .....with top pay ...... as a reward for my all round skills as a Nurseryman ...
…I’ll definitely buy that, thanks for the recommendation.
….Pete Best outside Casbah, West Derby Village;
Paul Macartney a few years ago gave him a substantial amount of money of record royalties he felt he was owed - as he felt he had been hard done by being kicked out of the band.... ,,,,
….not sure McCartney ‘gave him money’ but he received substantial royalties in ‘90s;
Pete Best received a substantial, multi-million dollar payout following the 1995 release of
The Beatles Anthology 1, which featured 10 tracks with him on drums. While figures are often debated, estimates suggest he earned between £1 million and £4 million (or up to $8-9 million in some reports) in royalties from the album, documentary, and associated media.
- Anthology Royalties: The 1995 Anthology 1 release provided the bulk of his financial compensation from the band, as it featured his performances on early recordings, including the Decca auditions.
Still a big revenue for him - after in the book he was unfairly dismissed....
In the book by the late Alan Williams {a recommended read}their first manager who did all the ground work to make them come to fame - The Man who gave the Beatles away - real insight to how Pete Best was treated so badly by the new management - after the Beatles could never find a drummer who would stay with them - to how Pete Bests Mum & Dad gave them a cellar to practice in at their house - Pete was sacked for may reasons by the accounts in that book unfairly in the authors related story - & Ringo Star was the luckiest guy on earth to take his place ....
Then later Cilla Black rise to fame as Beryl Marsden was four times a better singer than her .....
…..Woolton Vill;
….John Bagot Hospital. I remember it well from my childhood, I’d be sure my older sister had her adenoids taken out there;
Ballyholme Road on Bangor, Northern Ireland. Not many motor vehicles on the road gives you an idea of the date of this photo.
However the Dormer windows with the clear sides in the buildings beside the two gentlemen on the right still exist today. Amazing how long they have lasted.
….fabulous photo. Like you, I love picking out features that are still evident today, thinking they’ve seen some things over the years.
Those Dormers in the photo I posted would have seen the D-Day landings practiced on the beach across the road. Amazing thought