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Seeing live bands.

I also like going to the beach.

Sunny afternoons in the park.

Visiting Colchester Zoo

Colchester Zoo

I'm interested in history and I spent 13 years tracing my family tree (until I put it to one side in order to concentrate on higher education).

My Family Tree

I've recently discovered the delights of foreign travel. July 2004 I went to Cork (Ireland)

County Cork

In August 2004 I visited Turin (Italy)

Turin

July 2005 I went to Albufeira (Portugal)

Albufeira

Then to Amsterdam

Amsterdam

July 2006 I returned to Amsterdam for a few days. I'd like to travel more once time and money permit me.

1984 What a GREAT year!

18th August 1984 I went to The Monsters of Rock concert at Castle Donnington.

The line-up was:

AC/DC
Van Halen
Ozzy Osbourne
Gary Moore (recorded as “Live At Monsters Of Rock”)
Y&T
Accept
Mötley Crüe
Tommy Vance (DJ)

Monsters of Rock

Here’s a video I found on Youtube of Van Halen playing “Hot For Teacher” at that gig:

June 22nd-24th 1984 I'd been to Glastonbury.

Acts performing included:

The Smiths
The Waterboys
Howard Jones
Black Uhuru
Fela Kuti
Fairport Convention
Joan Baez
Ian Dury
Weather Report.

Glastonbury

27th - 28th July 1984 I was also lucky enough to go to The Elephant Fayre in Cornwall.

Elephant Fayre

March 9th 1984 I'd also seen Hawkwind perform at The Gaumont in Ipswich, Suffolk. (11th November 1983 I'd seen Ozzy Osborne there on his "Bark at the Moon" tour.)

Another (more recent) memorable concert was on 5th December 2003 when I saw the amazing Sir Bob Geldof at Charter Hall in Colchester.

Bob Geldof

Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to have seen a wide variety of artistes, including:

Motorhead (Ipswich)
Joe Brown and the Bruvvers (Various venues)
David Essex (Charter Hall, Colchester)
Bad Manners (Various venues)
Mud (Charter Hall, Colchester)
Robert Plant (University of Essex)
Slade - minus Noddy Holder! (Charter Hall, Colchester)
Showaddywaddy (Charter Hall, Colchester)
Suzi Quatro (Charter Hall, Colchester)
Anastacia (Wembley Arena)
Steve Harley (Colchester Arts Centre)
Gordon Giltrap (Colchester Arts Centre)
Dr Feelgood (Various venues)
The Stranglers (Braintree Rock)
Helen Shapiro (Westcliff Theatre, Clacton)
Bucks Fizz - Not intentional! (Pontins Hemsby)
Ed Tudor Pole (Approx 2004, somewhere outdoors!)
The Levellers ‘Drunk in Public’ (Walton-on-the-Naze)

This is a favourite childhood song of mine full of the ‘feel good factor’.

Ken Dodd singing“Happiness”.

MY LIKES:

Aerosmith,

Blues / Rock from decent bands in general,

Eddie Izzard,

Billy Connolly,

Dylan Moran (Black Books is an all time comedy classic),

British bikes (that low rumble as they speed past),

Creepy crawlies (except spiders),

Southern Comfort (bacardi is the cheap 2nd choice),

Stella (cold & in a bottle),

Pandas / Gorillas / Orang Utangs,

Animal Planet (on Sky),

Blackadder,

Old British comedies like Fawlty Towers,

Monty Python,

Butterflies,

Cheese & onion crisps (I'm weaning myself off my addiction),

Quavers (ditto),

Ylang ylang (smell),

Jasmine (smell),

Running through dry autumn leaves kicking them about (big kid),

The feel of satin and/or leather,

Being on a beach (sound & smell of the sea),

National Lampoons Animal House,

Rocky Horror Picture Show,

Castle Park in the spring/summer,

Frosty mornings (when spider webs look like lace),

Sunflowers,

Gothic architecture / Victorian architecture,

Toasting marshmallows on a bonfire,

Jacket potatoes cooked in foil on a bonfire,

Latin / samba music,

Ponds & streams,

Snowdrops & bluebells,

Historical stuff (living in Colchester I'm spoilt for choice!),

Roller / Ice skating,

The colours of autumn (reds through to pale yellows),

T-Rex (T-Rextacy are very good),

A long soak in the bath,

White wine rather than red,

Willow trees,

Old sepia photographs,

Michael Palin (the man can do no wrong),

Playing Pooh Sticks on a small bridge,

Watching bees around lavender,

Microwave ovens (a godsend),

Magnolia trees (in full bloom),

Thatched cottages and dry stone walls,

Flying a kite,

Vanilla flavoured coffee,

Kingfishers,

Fossil-hunting on beaches (never was one for sunbathing),

Candles rather than lights,

Music festivals (not country or folk!),

The first cup of PG tips of the day (and 2nd / 3rd / 4th.....),

The reflection of the moon on water,

The smell of old steam / traction engines,

Jools Holland,

Watching bubbles floating in the air,

My electric under blanket when I come in from the cold after a night out,

Rainbows,

Cherry blossom,

Running across fresh snow,

Freshly cut grass (smell),

Orcas,

Exploring in woods,

Irish accent (soft not brash),

Daffodils (first sign of spring),

African / tribal music,

This surely has to be the cutest video clip ever!!

Baby Pandas in the snow

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MY DISLIKES:

Heights (especially high bridges over water),

Country Music (all dead dogs & divorces),

Folk music (will tolerate Bluegrass to a point),

Karaoke (under no circumstances will I tolerate it),

Football,

Lee Evans,

Norman Wisdom,

Pop Idol (and similar),

Big Brother (and similar),

Soap Operas (walk a mile in MY shoes!),

Mince Pies (or anything in pastry as a rule),

Girlie conversations about shoe shopping, babies and boyfriends,

People who don't bother to vote but whinge about the Govt,

Beggars who are just con artists,

People who moan about being fat while stuffing cake down their throats,

Kung Fu films,

War films,

Violence,

Being in a car with heater on & windows shut (get badly travel sick),

People so far up their own arse they can't laugh at themselves,
The taste of ginger,

Spam e-mail (if I want porn I'm quite capable of finding it myself!),

Jehovah Witnesses (or any religious group hassling me on my own doorstep),

Gnats (for reasons unknown they love to feast on me),

The fact I have no sense of direction (I'm one of life's permanently lost people),

Christenings (taking away a person's freedom of choice when they are too young to object),

Goldfish as prizes at funfairs (should be illegal),

Christmas stuff in shops in August!

Being in a confined space for too long (I get cabin fever),

Statistics (I’m hopleless with numbers, especially numbers and letters together),

Board games (get out more!),

The smell of cigarettes, cigars & pipe tobacco,

Line dancing (in God's name…..WHY?!),

You can find me via Friends Reunited.

Friends Reunited

You can also find me at Yahoo 360.

Yahoo 360

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