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I once owned a 56-56 Spencer.
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I once owned a 56-56 Spencer.
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That brings back a lot of memories; not all of them good, but that's the way with reminders, ain't it
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What is it they say about if you can remember the '60s ...?
I remember the '60s, but mainly because I wasn't yet old enough to get into too much trouble.
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What is it they say about if you can remember the '60s ...?
I can remember the 1960s very well. I was active in Chelsea and Soho. Why can I remember?
My recreational drug of choice was pints of bitter and I had a formidable capacity - then.
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I think I was in that same league, although I was in the RAF, so a decent ability to sup ale was a given. I would not describe it was "formidable", though.
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What is it they say about if you can remember the '60s ...?
I came of age in the 60s, hanging out in Greenwich Village in my teens and active in the Civil Rights and the Peace Movements. I do remember the 60s, and I was there, but many of the memories are of the beginning and ending of things; the middles have disappeared in substance-induced clouds and paroxysms. Nothing quite matches waking up stuck in a dune at Montauk Point with a vague recollection of "driving to England."
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When I was transferred to Devonport Dockyard, the accommodation office put me into a Temperance Hotel, as they did all new people for that department. It was a triumph of hope over experience for them.
At the end of the first week I was invited to join the bachelors' night out. We had a Royal Navy people-carrying lorry and a list of public houses for that night. At the final stop I drank 14 pints of Newcastle Brown. That made me an acceptable addition to the department's strength.
Unlike the RAF we had access to copious supplies of duty-free alcohol and Navy Rum. A formidable capacity was an asset.
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My day job in the '60s was as a writer in an ad agency; by night I played in the house band of one of the more successful clubs. Drinking was compulsory in both jobs.
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My day job in the '60s was as a writer in an ad agency; by night I played in the house band of one of the more successful clubs. Drinking was compulsory in both jobs.
My first job after college was similar. Drinking wasn't compulsory, but liquid lunches became advisable the longer you stayed with the company.
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My first job after college was similar. Drinking wasn't compulsory, but liquid lunches became advisable the longer you stayed with the company.
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My first was as research assistant for a WHO field study. Drinking was necessary.
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We were not permitted to drink - at all - while 'in training'.
Periods of Leave (Furlough) however. . . .
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Binge Drinking!
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Make the room stop spinning and I promise to never drink again.
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Hold on tight!
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Is that the "whirling Dervishes" I heard about when I was a kid ?
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Yes indeed, HP. And the American Cult, the Shakers, also practiced transcendental whirling. I couldn't find a vid of that dance, but remember in "Simple Gifts," "'til by turning, turning we come down right." You twirl until you fall and experience the 'spiritual' results.
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From what little I have learned of them, I'm a trifle confused by the allegation that they should indulge in "celibacy" but I guess we could all use a bit of that from time to time.
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Aye, the girls get dizzy and the blokes get sore hands . . .
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A pity you don't get to see the clogs.!
Of course, where a leather shoe, with real steel nails, could cause some real nasty fire in a cotton Mill, the Mill folks used to wear clogs. Here's a bit of a dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxRmIwyrOQ
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Clog Dance from La Fille Mal Gardee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT9naCq0fdE
Andre Rieu Dutch Clog dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVkrGJxdhuI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT9naCq0fdE
Andre Rieu Dutch Clog dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVkrGJxdhuI
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