THE WORDS TO THE SONG/VIDEO ABOVE IS NOT JUST ABOUT FATHER/SON RELATIONSHIP, IT CAN BE APPLIED TO ALL LOST FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS.
Click on Hawk's Rockhouse above for the best Rock 'n' Roll Forum ever!Where do I begin….from where I was born, I suppose.
Braintree, Essex. We lived opposite a large green that sloped down (brill for rolling down) when I was very young and I can still remember the bad winter of 62, the snow was higher than me! Well, I was only 4 years old at the time.We moved to Chelmsford, all of 10 miles away when I was 6 and I’ve lived there ever since – although I have tried my very best to get out of the town, I can never seem to quite make a permanent effort of doing so, I’m still working on that one.I was quite fortunate to get a taste of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the early 70’s when my friends mother helped organise a youth club to get us youngster off streets, the name of the place was ‘Magnet Club’ given to draw people back time and time again – it was in my old school (that had been condemned as a school), we even had Gene Vincent perform there, I wish I’d taken a little more notice at the time – didn’t realise he was going to die shortly after his visit! I was at that age when I thought people would be around forever.I did what most girls did at the time – I went on to get married (far too young at 20) & had three wonderful children – that was the best bit of the marriage. I’ve yet to convince my kids that I would like at least one grandchild, as I think they are better off living their life first, which they are doing quite successfully.I have always worked full time and have had quite a varied working life. The best paid job I think I ever had was as a Divisional Sales/Office Manager, several years of hard work and use of a company car then they went bust, but I did achieve an awful lot in that period, hot air ballooning, brands hatch in a formula 1, war games, sailing, archery, clay pidgeon shooting - all corporate incentives. The most interesting but worst paid job I think I ever had was as a Travel Agent - with the bonus of cheap/free travel, which I suppose made up for the low pay. The most boring job I've ever had is the job I have right now. Thank God for the internet access whilst I'm working ! I'd much rather be up to my eyes in cement and grouting - tiling and mosaicing table and patios.Now that I don’t have to put my life on hold for domestic issues, I have the time to go out and enjoy myself and I have chosen to do this with the best person one could ever go to a Rock ‘n’ Roll event with – Tattoo Tom. We venture out as much as finances allow us to and we are surrounded by some fantastic people in the Rock ‘n’ Roll circuit – whom do not all lovingly agree on issues – which is why it is all so vibrant.Please forgive any bad spelling lack of grammar - I did type it very quickly and wanted it to sound as natural as possible..........Spelling & Grammar are only made up in the first place by someone who thought it all sounded good at the time and to any students horror - it has remained that way !
