The big screen

Sometimes you feel you were between ways of living not least as that boy as today it is rare for children to be taken a lot to the Cinema - in our day they were in town and city centres rather than vast retail and leisure parks out of town - as many opt to stream films on large screen televisions instead

The cinema is different for being a very much a social experience as collectively you all respond to the film, talk with others before and after it has ended with Ooms and Ah's, holding on to the plush fold down seat.

One thing there was were cinema clubs for younsgsters with discounts for Saturday matinee showings so it was the place to go with your mates armed with some money for the film and popcorn.

A thing that was starting to change when I was first introduced to the cinema watching classic Disney productions like The Aristocats was while we'd be put in our best, thankfully at that point in proper short trousers, later on children like adults stopped dressing up for that and the theatre wearing jeans or jogging bottoms.

Girls wore pretty skirts and dresses aided by their mums.

For a period that great christmas stocking filler, the Annual, might of contained one dedicated to the stars of the the big screen with features on the latest films and leading actors and actresses of the sort of films we watched.

And they were films back then, not Movies that was so so American and looked down upon.

There were rules about behaviour while there and if you joined a cinema club, specific ones that breaking could lead to you being banned from the club.

Sometimes I feel it is sad so many youngster don't get the buzz of a Saturday off whatching a film with their mates, being in a nother world for a few hours.

Ozzy Osbourne

 

Yesterday it was announced that Ozzy Osbourne heavy metal vocalist, major part of the pioneering group Black Sabbath and reality tv star died after a period of illness with parkinson's disease, two weeks on from the reunited for the last time concert of Black Sabbath at Villa Park, Aston, Birmingham.

It's fair to say Heavy Metal, particuary at it's more gothic end wasn't my main thing although I was well aware of their music but when I heard Paroniod issued as a single in 1980, I know I wanted it as I just loved the riff.

Mr Osbourne found playing the werewolf for the photoshoot for Bark At The Moon a sticky experience as trying to remove his hir suit took some doing but I loved this single when it came out in late 1983 taken from the album of the same name and his 1986 hit, The Ultimate Sin.

R.I.P Ozzy, you were great.

Please come this way, Joe

We are moving towards the great six weeks off we remember so well from our school days this does come into our world as adult  children as surprising we find they no longer resemble actual school children for that whole period.

Even if that uniform is a bit more up scale than many, one thing you can sure of is you won't see boys (or girl) about wearing them this summer.

This does have the knock on effect of making those of us who do still wear them rather stick out apart from posing the question "If we're still in that childhood, why are we still in our unforms now?"

Personally I feel at this time we're best staying in sync with them and wearing more contempary play clothes, t shorts and cargo/sports shorts and short socks while out unless we're going anywhere where "sunday best" or a retro school look is expressly called for.

It does mirror the reality - we didn't wear school uniform during the hols - and we are more likely to blend in in our own communities enjoying being who we are at this time of year.

Study time

Someone’s enjoying a informal study period, that’s for sure.

It ought to go without saying I’m a big fan of traditional lined short trousers either look great on my long frame or longs which when paired up with a white shirt and knee length socks are so much boy life.

Just being in them makes me feel alive as I resemble the adult middle I am.

Songs like this from the earliest days of recorded English verse were the stuff we learned as infants and while watching the Andy Pandy to Zebadee BBC children's television special on Sunday I found myself singing along along and making actions to.

If you are an adult middle studying, don’t forget to take breaks between your assignments so you’re refreshed so you can work to the best of your abilities not least in these warm summer months.

Sporty looks of the 80's

Phew  it was a very warm monday and that bright me back to the early 80's when having won the battle to any sort of shorts again what you might call play clothes given I was in my teens and most teenage boys stop talking about "playing" you might of thought what sort of thing did I wear.

Well it  was more like this, either footie shorts or the then in vogue angled cut sort close to what cyclists then went with  and either motif t shirts or vest tops although the branding given the illustration is from sears shows  American sports influence but then "common wisdom" was that american anything was cool and I still enjoy Baseball and did follow American Football for a period recording shows on the betamax video recorder.