Dreaded 'save the date' wedding invitation for next year.......

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I missed my sister's second wedding for Glasto a few years ago.

Just had to up vote your commitment. I once left a funeral wake rudely too early in order to get to Glastonbury at a reasonable time.

[tigertoo]

thank you for your up vote Yog I am new to posting as you can see so i am very flattered ! though I have lurked for many years here ( and before that on the official site, not sure how many of us remember that !).

yes i think leaving a funeral early could be embarrassing, had the coffin disappeared yet ?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

thank you for your up vote Yog I am new to posting as you can see so i am very flattered ! though I have lurked for many years here ( and before that on the official site, not sure how many of us remember that !).

yes i think leaving a funeral early could be embarrassing, had the coffin disappeared yet ?

Are you going to keep up posting? I hope so - the more posters the better in my books.

As to your question - I didn't leave the funeral bit, just too early at the after funeral drinks bit.

As an aside, I think, no know, that the most depraved funeral I ever attended saw a female friend of mine making a pissed up pass at another woman, who had only earlier that day buried her dad. The other woman didn't object to having her tits rubbed, but balked at the French kiss that was attempted after this.

[tigertoo]

FABULOUS !!!

Prior to my sisters own first wedding she was asked to be bridesmaid for a friend but when she realised she was pregnant gave backword. The unfortunate bride to be then asked another friend who also subsequently fell pregnant but didn't have the heart to back out. She thought she would manage to squeeze into the bridesmaid dress with the aid of a girdle. Come the big day she passed out in the middle of the ceremony demolishing a large and lovely flower display. from what i can remember this was not an uncommon carry on in the 70's

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

FABULOUS !!!

Prior to my sisters own first wedding she was asked to be bridesmaid for a friend but when she realised she was pregnant gave backword. The unfortunate bride to be then asked another friend who also subsequently fell pregnant but didn't have the heart to back out. She thought she would manage to squeeze into the bridesmaid dress with the aid of a girdle. Come the big day she passed out in the middle of the ceremony demolishing a large and lovely flower display. from what i can remember this was not an uncommon carry on in the 70's

Well, if you ask me, those 1970's flower displays had everything they got coming to them. lol

[salvador wali]

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Perfectly pitched.

[tigertoo]

this was not the usual 70's wedding arrangement but certainly was the kind of thing that haunted homes around the country at that time !!

How did we survive that era ?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

this was not the usual 70's wedding arrangement but certainly was the kind of thing that haunted homes around the country at that time !!

How did we survive that era ?

Do you remember these babies? I so so wanted one.

[tigertoo]

i vaguely remember them ! i am very impressed by the speed of posting retro images on here despite some of them recalling unwanted memories. The 70's was quite a peculiar decade to grow up in.

it was all avocado bathroom suites, hornsea pattery, and wild geometric orange wallpaper !

[tigertoo]

hornsea pottery that would be !!

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

How did we survive that era ?

We were blessed. It was the first time someone thought to put a magnet in one shoe and a compass in the other, to boost their shoe sales. We had I Spy books, so knew very well that those two things were important if you were to survive amonst the deadly jungle that was your neighbours gardens.

Well, that's how it started anyway. How it ever got to putting bangers, with home made slow fuses, in to people's front porches I'll never know. If I look back, I kind of feel comfortable knowing that I was too young to understand the reality of what was going on at this time of bombardment.

The things to wear at the time were stars and stripes jumpers and flares with side pockets on them. I covetted these items but was never allowed to have them. I once got a pair of trousers which, kind of, very loosely could, in a certain light, be classed as the de rigueur type of trousers. I walked in to school wearing them thinking I was the dogs bollocks. I'd taken my eye off the ball. The coolest kid in the school ground came in the same morning with flares that not only had side pockets, but also had about a zillion extra, and unecessary, buttons on it. That's when I knew life could be cruel. lol

[tigertoo]

ha fantastic !!!

yes my older sister had a boyfriend who took her to wigan casino for northern soul nights and he had about a zillion buttons on his trousers I was impressed and a bit scared all at once to be honest. mum and dad were most definately not impressed ( and i dont think they even guessed at the substances they took to keep dancing for 9 hours at a time)

[tigertoo]

yog did you grow up in the north or was this going on all over Britain at that time ?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

yog did you grow up in the north or was this going on all over Britain at that time ?

No, I was born and bred in Birmingham. That kind of clothing was all the rage and in loads of shops etc that I must admit, I assumed, was a national fashion thing.

On the Norther Soul thing, my brother told me about one of the night clubs in Birmingham kicking the white sock brigade out of their club at the obligitary 2am, only to open up again (but not selling alcohol) for a Northern Soul night at about 3am until 7 or 8am. Yes, they had no need for alcohol really, with what they were apprently on.

[tigertoo]

wigan casino had run its course by the time I would have been old enough to go but we still have an affection for it up here. For many years my other half has put together a northern soul compilation than we play in the car as we leave glasto. it also helps to while away the hours it takes us to travel down to Somerset. By the time we get to Brum we are only half way there, so we need some musical sustainance.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

wigan casino had run its course by the time I would have been old enough to go but we still have an affection for it up here. For many years my other half has put together a northern soul compilation than we play in the car as we leave glasto. it also helps to while away the hours it takes us to travel down to Somerset. By the time we get to Brum we are only half way there, so we need some musical sustainance.

I am as uneducated on the music of northern soul, as I am of any music - I've never gone to a festival for the music. Someone recently said to me that Billy Ocean's Red Light Spells Danger is an example of nothern soul. Is this true? The song / music is just incredible and has provided me with many a happy memory.

[jonodillieono]

ha fantastic !!!

yes my older sister had a boyfriend who took her to wigan casino for northern soul nights and he had about a zillion buttons on his trousers I was impressed and a bit scared all at once to be honest. mum and dad were most definately not impressed ( and i dont think they even guessed at the substances they took to keep dancing for 9 hours at a time)

watched that film Northern Soul about Wigan Casino last night actually, shocked me that people used to do speed to soul music and dance so strangely, I mean where's the drop? You oldies just don't understand

(Would a Craig Charles dj "funk and soul" dj set classify as northern soul because I enjoy them immensely?)

Edited January 3, 2015 by jonodillieono

[tigertoo]

yog i don't know the Billie ocean track you mention I must look it up.The thing about northern soul was that it was a lot of random tracks from many many artists that were just great to dance to. One of my favourites is 'do i love you, indeed i do' frank wilson and the legendary 'out on the floor' by Dobie Gray but there are so many others, too many to mention.Craig Charles plays many of them on his weekend radio 6 show.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

One of my favourites is 'do i love you, indeed i do' frank wilson and the legendary 'out on the floor' by Dobie Gray

I think I know the first one, but will now go off and check. Will look that other one up too. Back in a bit.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Nope, I didn't know the first one or the second one. I kind of think I know where you are coming from though in terms of expressing some of the music / gentre of northern soul. I think I was exposed to a bit of it at the Moseley Dance Centre ( now no longer) in Birmingham. I think I like a selected few tracks but couldn't really deal with the most of it.

I have heard about, but never listened to, Craig Charles on the radio. Maybe it's something I should listen to, in case my pereption above, is completely wrong.

[gooner1990]

For the record......didn't get tickets first time round, but will be trying for tickets in the resale.

Four people who have invites to the wedding are also doing Glastonbury and will be driving up and back on the Saturday - hopefully a few more of us will get tickets and we can take a couple of car loads.

[russycarps]

For the record......didn't get tickets first time round, but will be trying for tickets in the resale.

Four people who have invites to the wedding are also doing Glastonbury and will be driving up and back on the Saturday - hopefully a few more of us will get tickets and we can take a couple of car loads.

That's absurd.

A curt "Sorry, I'm going to Glastonbury that weekend so am unable to attend. Hope you have a fantastic day" is all that's required.

[Mezhyp1]

That's absurd.

A curt "Sorry, I'm going to Glastonbury that weekend so am unable to attend. Hope you have a fantastic day" is all that's required.

I certainly wouldn't be leaving the festival on the Saturday, that's a waste of a ticket, weddings can happen all the time, tell them to try for tickets and get married at glasto

[payneruk]

I suppose it's depends how well you know them.

Thanks for posting though as it's reminded me to check my save the dates for the summer.