On This Day

[Frank Manning]

On this day 53 years ago, Sue and I were married. It was a lovely sunny day, and we set off for our honeymoon on the.....no not St Kitts, not the Bahamas, not Mauritius....the Isle of Wight.

I had saved yes saved for a deposit for our first home together, Sue had saved for some of the furniture and when we returned from honeymoon we walked to our new home from the station, and I carried her over the threshold. We were so innocent and naive that we can hardly believe it now.

Off for a nice lunch today.

[Silver_Shiney]

Many congratulations, Frank and Sue, I wish you both every happiness.

[Jan Rosser]

Frank - what a lovely post - congratulations both. I well remember saving for the house deposit and furniture etc. and being happy to have the bare essentials although very lucky to have relatives who worked in the Hoover factory in Merthyr Tydfil and actually had an automatic washing machine and fridge as wedding presents

I hope you and Sue have a lovely day celebrating.

[Dancing Queen]

Congratulations Frank and a very Happy Anniversary to you and Sue.

Jan, I wonder if my husband knew any of your relations, he worked for Hoover for many years and spent a lot of time in Merthyr working on 'special projects' he loved his time there and was welcomed into the homes of many for meals etc not to mention being taken down to their local, ha ha you might have been unfortunate enough to meet him yourself

[Raybosailor]

Congratulations to Frank & Sue and enjoy your lunch.

[Raybosailor]

Frank - what a lovely post - congratulations both. I well remember saving for the house deposit and furniture etc. and being happy to have the bare essentials although very lucky to have relatives who worked in the Hoover factory in Merthyr Tydfil and actually had anautomatic washing machine and fridge as wedding presents

I hope you and Sue have a lovely day celebrating.

Whow !! Jan you were posh, we had to save up to buy a twin tub and we thought that was amazing compared to the single tub with the massive paddle in it that an uncle gave us.

I remember when my siblings and I all chipped in to buy our mother an automatic washer, I went round and plumbed it in for her and explained how to use it, within half an hour she phoned me to say "the washers broke Ray". My mum must have phoned me a dozen times before the wash cycle finished, "Its stopped going round","all the waters gone", "its started shaking","its filling up again and I haven't took the last load out yet", "its started shaking again", "its stopped but I can't get the door open","s*d this I'm going to wash the next lot by hand". That machine was worth every penny to us if only for entertainment value.

[Frank Manning]

Thanks for your good wishes. Twin tubs...ah the memories that brings back. It was the launderette for a while. Then my step grannie died and we had her twin tub. When our daughter was born in the summmer of 1967 I had two weeks holiday to look after her and Sue, washing terry towelling nappies, I can still see that twin tub chuntering its way across the kitchen. I was glad to go back to work for a rest

[Kenmo1]

On this day 53 years ago, Sue and I were married. It was a lovely sunny day, and we set off for our honeymoon on the.....no not St Kitts, not the Bahamas, not Mauritius....the Isle of Wight.

I had saved yes saved for a deposit for our first home together, Sue had saved for some of the furniture and when we returned from honeymoon we walked to our new home from the station, and I carried her over the threshold. We were so innocent and naive that we can hardly believe it now.

Off for a nice lunch today.

Many congratulations Frank and Sue. No wonder you have such fond memories of the Isle of Wight.

Best wishes

Maureen and Ken

[Frank Manning]

Thanks Maureen. My love of the island stems from being born at Cowes. Luckily Sue loves it just as much now. We will be over to see you all again soon. Best wishes

[Onelife]

Congratulations to you both Frank....l was going to send you some keefy chocolates but I've missed the last post..ah well l'll raise a glass to you both as I'm just about to have me a glass of port.

Hope you've had a loverly day.

Best wishes

Keith

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[Raybosailor]

20th. October.
1714 The Coronation of King George I after the death of Queen Anne, he was succeeded by his son George II after his death in 1727.

1720 John "Jack" Rackham better known as "Calico Jack" a pirate operating in the Caribbean was captured by the Royal Navy. He was given the nickname for the calico clothing he wore, he was the one who designed and flew the "Jolly Roger" flag on his sloop, Jack had two women crew members on board who dressed as men Mary Read and his lover Anne Bonny. Jack and his crew were taken to Spanish Town, Jamaica, in November 1720 where they were tried and convicted of piracy and sentenced to be hanged. The two women had a stay of execution because they were both pregnant, Mary Read died in prison from childbirth complications and nothing is recorded of Anne Bonny's fate.

1822 The first edition of the Sunday Times newspaper was published.

1910 The hull of RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Olympic had a long career spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935 and was used as a troop ship in the First World War.

1946 'Muffin the Mule', a wooden puppet operated by Annette Mills (sister of actor Sir John Mills) first appeared in a children's television programme on BBC TV, I can't believe I used to sit glued to the screen watching a puppet dance across the top of a piano.

1968 Former USA First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

1973 The iconic Sydney Opera House is opened by Queen Elizabeth II, it had taken 14 years to build it.

1982 66 people are crushed to death at the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow as fans stampede on a stairway.

Births.
1632 Christopher Wren, he was responsible for the rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral following the Great Fire of London.
1822 Thomas Hughes, English author who wrote Tom Brown's Schooldays.
1891 Sir James Chadwick CH FRS, a physicist who discovered the neutron.
1904 Dame Anna Neagle, British actress and former chorus dancer.
1934 Timothy Lancaster West,actor and husband of Prunella Scales his mate in the narrow boat series.
1938 Kathy Kirby (born Kathleen O'Rourke) the glossy lipped curvaceous singer of the sixties was often likened to Marilyn Monroe, she represented the UK in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest finishing 2nd.
1961 Ian Rush, Welsh international and Liverpool footballer.

[Raybosailor]

Thanks for your good wishes. Twin tubs...ah the memories that brings back. It was the launderette for a while. Then my step grannie died and we had her twin tub. When our daughter was born in the summmer of 1967I had two weeks holiday to look after her and Sue, washing terry towelling nappies, I can still see that twin tub chuntering its way across the kitchen. I was glad to go back to work for a rest

Two weeks holiday from work to look after your wife and newborn child Frank, these days both parents can take up to a year off work for maternity and paternity leave, what state would this country be in if those benefits were available to us back then ?.

[Frank Manning]

Thanks for your good wishes. Twin tubs...ah the memories that brings back. It was the launderette for a while. Then my step grannie died and we had her twin tub. When our daughter was born in the summmer of 1967I had two weeks holiday to look after her and Sue, washing terry towelling nappies, I can still see that twin tub chuntering its way across the kitchen. I was glad to go back to work for a rest

Two weeks holiday from work to look after your wife and newborn child Frank, these days both parents can take up to a year off work for maternity and paternity leave, what state would this country be in if those benefits were available to us back then ?.

Tut tut! Don't forget Ray. We are to blame for all the supposed problems. At least that's what the young keep telling us, via their social media addictions, their i phones, tablets. cars at 17, down loads of rap etc. Riding their skateboards with their baseball caps on back to front.

[Raybosailor]

21st. October.

1797 The 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched In Boston Harbor, she is still classed as being in active service and is crewed by six officers and 46 crew of the United States Navy.

1805 In the Battle of Trafalgar a British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve.

1854 Florence Nightingale was among a staff of 38 nurses that are sent to the Crimean War.

1879 Thomas Edison invents the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb, these bulbs are now being phased out in most of the modern world and replaced by more energy efficient types.

1940 The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

1944 A Japanese fighter plane carrying a 200-kilogram (440 lb) bomb carries out a kamikaze attack on HMAS Australia off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began. She was forced to withdraw from active service and sailed back to Britain for repair. The Japs hadn't seen the last of HMAS Australia though as she was part of the Commonwealth fleet used in the post war occupation of Japan.

1966 Today is the 50th. Anniversary of the Aberfan disaster: A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren. The whole nation was in shock as news of the disaster broke through and there are services today to honour the victims. On Wednesday night we all sang a hymn at our folk club which was written about the Aberfan disaster.

Births
1833 Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize.
1877 Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist, one of the forerunners in DNA research.
1922 Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist, considered to be the worlds richest woman and a major shareholder of the L'Oréal empire.
1926 Leonard Rossiter, best known as Rigby in 'Rising Damp'
1940 Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and commentator.
1940 Manfred Mann (born Manfred Sepse Lubowitz) keyboard and lead singer of the group called er!! Manfred Mann, they sang songs that we could all understand like "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" right ?.
1944 Mandy Rice-Davies, English model who was caught up in The Profumo Affair with Miss Keeler.
1967 Paul Ince, English footballer and manager.
1971 Jade Jagger, French-English model and jewellery designer, daughter of Mick Jagger.

[Raybosailor]

22nd. October.

1707 Four British Royal Navy ships run aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and thousands of sailors drown.

1797 – André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from 3,200 feet above Paris.

1859 Spain declares war on Morocco.

1878 The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.

Births
1811 Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer.
1923 Bert Trautmann, German goalkeeper played for Manchester City.
1929 Lev Yashin, Russian goalkeeper.
1949 Arsène Wenger, French footballer and present manager of Arsenal.

[Frank Manning]

Couldn't you sleep Ray?

[Raybosailor]

Couldn't you sleep Ray?

I'm always up early Frank but I have a busy day today so not much time for blogging today, I'm sat having a cuppa waiting for a delivery that should have been here at 07:30.

[qbman1]

Hope you're not expecting a visit from the stork, Raymondo !

[Raybosailor]

Hope you're not expecting a visit from the stork, Raymondo !

I think Cheryl would be surprised Cubie, come to think of it I would too I had my firing pin took out 35 years ago.

[Raybosailor]

23rd. October.

1295 The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris. Nicola Sturgeon is sorting through the drawers at Holyrood trying to find the document.

1843 Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square was finally completed to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.

1942 World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt.

1944 World War II: In the height of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the bloodiest battles in maritime history between the Allied Navy's of Australia & USA and the Japaneses Navy. More than 1000 allied sailors and air crew were killed but Japan suffered heavy losses of more than 28 ships and an estimated 12500 dead, they also lost an estimated 300 planes some of them in kamikaze attacks.

1954 Britain, the US, France and the USSR agreed to end the occupation of Germany.

1958 An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, reducing the death toll to 74.

1987 Lester Piggott was jailed for three years for tax evasion.

Births
1698 Ange-Jacques Gabriel,the French architect that designed the École Militaire the Military College in Paris which is still one of the most magnificent buildings in France.
1873 William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer who played a major part in the development of the early X-Ray machine.
1931 Diana Dors,(born Diana Mary Fluck, no wonder she changed her name) English actress and singer, of all her many films my favourite was the 1955 film " A Kid For Two Farthings", who remembers this ?.
1938 Alan Gilzean, Scottish footballer and manager, played for Dundee, Aldershot and Tottenham.
1940 Pelé, (born Edson Arantes do Nascimento) Brazilian footballer who scored 1281 goals in his career.
1976 Cat Deeley, English model, actress, and television host.

[Frank Manning]

Great player Alan Gilzean, fabulous target man up front with a cultured abiliy to fliclk the ball left or right to Jimmy Greaves.

Kamikase attacks were less effective agaist our carriers which had armoured flight decks.

[Raybosailor]

Great player Alan Gilzean, fabulous target man up front with a cultured abiliy to fliclk the ball left or right to Jimmy Greaves.

Kamikase attacks were less effective agaist our carriers which had armoured flight decks.

I think you are right about our ships Frank, HMAS Australia built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank in 1927 was one of the ships to be attacked by a Kamikase pilot and despite the loss of a few crew she was able to sail back to the UK for repair.She couldn't return to an Australian port for repair because they were full of ships from the Pacific campaign.

[Raybosailor]

24th. October.

1857 Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in Sheffield, England, although they are the oldest association football team in the world they didn't adopt the F.A. rules until a few years later making Notts County the oldest Football Association team in the world. Sheffield FC have played on several grounds around Sheffield and were the first football team to play at Bramhall Lane which was originally a cricket ground, they now play in Dronfield.

1901 Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive, she died at the age of 82 and the cause of her death was said to be a fall from slipping on an orange peel.

1911 Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds over North Carolina. With such a short flight I wouldn't imagine there would be a bar service or duty free.

1945 Founding of the United Nations after WWII, there were originally 51 member states, now 193.

1964 Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the UK and becomes the Republic of Zambia.

1987 Heavyweight boxing champion Frank Bruno knocked out Joe Bugner at White Hart Lane, London. Bruno took home £750,000, Bugner got £250,000, I'd let someone ko me for quarter of a million "Know what I mean Harry".

2003 Concorde makes its last commercial flight from New York to Heathrow.

Births
1632 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist who is considered to be as the Father of Microbiology.
1895 Jack Warner, English actor famous for the film "Blue Lamp" and "Dixon of Dock Green","evening all".
1921 Ted Ditchburn, English goalkeeper who played 418 times for Tottenham and 6 for England.
1923 Robin Day, tv broadcaster well known for his spotted bow ties.
1930 The Big Bopper (born Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr) singer most famous for his song "Chantilly Lace". He died in the same plane crash as Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.
1933 Reginald and Ronald Kray the gangster twins who operated in the East End of London in the 50/60's.
1936 Bill Wyman, bass player of "The Rolling Stones".
1948 Paul and Barry Ryan twin sons of singer Marion Ryan who had several top 50 hits of their own.
1966 Roman Abramovich, Russian owner of Chelsea Football Club.
1985 Wayne Rooney, England and Manchester United footballer.
1997 Claudia Fragapane, "English gymnast and Strictly Come Dancing" contestant.

[Raybosailor]

25th. October.

1760 George III becomes King of Great Britain and reigns until his death on 29th January 1820 at Windsor.

1828 St Katharine Docks open in London, the docks were named after the 12th century hospital St Katharine's by the Tower which was demolished to build the docks designed by Thomas Telford. The hospital was not the only building to suffer in the development as 1250 houses were demolished and around 11,300 inhabitants mostly port workers crammed into unsanitary slums lost their homes.
Steam engines designed by James Watt and Matthew Boulton were used to keep the water level in the basins about four feet above that of the tidal river Thames.
The tide has turned on the docks in recent years as it has been redeveloped into modern office blocks and housing around what is now a marina.

1854 The Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War which featured the infamous "Charge of the Light Brigade" who suffered heavy losses due to miscommunication.

Births
1825 Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and son of Johann Strauss I, like his father he composed several waltzes the mos famous being "The Blue Danube".
1838 Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer of operas, his best known being "Carmen".
1840 Helen Blanchard, American inventor, she had several patents but her most significant work was the invention of the overlocking technology in sewing machines and its modern form is still used today.
1962 Steve Hodge, English footballer who played for several top clubs including two spells with my local club Forest, he is infamously known as the player who swapped shirts with Maradona who illegally punched the ball into the net against England in what is known as the "Hand of God" match.

[Raybosailor]

26th. October

899 It was thought that Alfred the Great, English king died on this day.

1825 The Erie Canal opens,originally built to connect Albany, New York to Lake Erie and was 363 miles long.

1859 The Royal Charter is wrecked off the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead, it was returning from Australia with passengers many of them gold diggers returning with their riches.

1863 The Football Association, the oldest football association in the world, is formed at The Freemasons' Tavern on Great Queen Street, London.

1989 The re-built Globe Theatre in London reopened for the first time in 350 years.

Births
1942 Bob Hoskins, English actor,who started life as a porter and window cleaner before his acting career took off, he is well known for playing Cockney parts in film and theatre.
1947 Hillary Clinton, ex USA First Lady and now joint contestant for the Presidency.
1973 – Austin Healey, English rugby player.