Bestconcert I evervsaw was Little Richard. That was on a Thursday night. The previous Saturday was the second time I saw The Stones. They had just come back from America and the first time Brian Jones used the famous Vox white guitar in this country. That was a good week. Oh to be 14 again.
Remember watching them on Old Grey Whistle Test with my old man in the room. He said nothing for a bit then came out with 'I bet they've all got VD.'
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First time they were ever on main time TV was The Arthur Haynes Show. My old man, and a lot of others, would have saved a lot of arguments if he had said " They look good why don't you grow your hair like that?" As it would then have been the last thing I wanted. Of course he went on about don't think you are going to look like that so that was exactly what you wanted. It was academic anyway as most headmasters were equally determined you weren't going to look like that either. Looking at a clip from that show a few years later dads may have wished their kids looked like that compared to the way they did.
I went to see the Enduring Eye exhibition today. Its well worth the time to walk around, see the many photographs and read about the heroic struggle they had against the elements. I wish I could say a lot of the photographs were familiar but alas I can't. The cook, Charles Green, came to our school and gave a talk and slide show on the expedition. I wish I'd paid more attention but I was only 10 or 11.
Still wasn’t a tribute act, two of the band were still playing, you could say that when I went to see the Stones in Orlando because Brian Jones and Bill Wyman weren’t in the band.
Hull City of Culture 2017: Audience of five million for events 5 hours ago Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share please log in to view this image Image copyrightPA Image captionMade in Hull opened the 2017 events in Queen Victoria Square Hull's tenure as the UK City of Culture attracted an audience of more than five million people, £220m of investment and 800 new jobs, according to a report. The 2017 events brought "the national spotlight", more visitors and "unprecedented media coverage", the University of Hull said. An "extraordinary" 95% of city residents went to at least one cultural activity, it said. But only about 20% of visitors were from elsewhere in the UK, it found. The research was carried out by the University of Hull's Culture, Place and Policy Institute. Professor Glenn Burgess, the university's deputy vice-chancellor said Hull's population had had an "extraordinary buy-in" of the events. The help from volunteers had been "wonderfully heart-warming", he said, and had left audiences with an "overwhelmingly positive impression of the city". The report's key findings please log in to view this image Image copyrightOLI SCARFF/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Image captionThe 2017 cultural events included a parade of beasts, giants and shapeshifters There were more than 2,800 activities, installations and exhibitions during the year-long cultural celebration Younger audiences aged 16-34 years old were under-represented at events, though there was a high representation of people aged 55-64 The 800 new jobs created since 2013, in the visitor and cultural sector, were a result of £220m investment "fully or partly attributable" to the City of Culture award There was a "significant increase" in arts and culture participation and a new confidence in the city About 2,4000 volunteers provided an estimated 337,000 hours of help Annual visitor figures are expected to see a 1.3m increase on 2013, when Hull was chosen to be city of culture Council leader Stephen Brady said: "Investing in culture actually does bring about real change." Coventry has been chosen to be the UK's City of Culture for 2021.
Only 20% of visitors to events were from elsewhere in the UK. About 1.25 million. So less than Norwich.
What took you so long Castro, you are slipping in your condemnation of anything to do with Hull? On the other hand that's 1.25 millon (your calculations) that Hull wouldn't have had so a plus but of course you don't want that. I just wondered what you would do if you didn't had Hull to pull to bits, who would it be?
Just comparing figures to somewhere described as a dump with nothing to do. Not knocking Hull, just mocking the insular parochial attitudes which for years have held us back. Was expecting a bite but not from you.
Hull had more than it's fair share of **** thrown at it for the last 60 years or so that I can remember. I lived in Otley for a short period of time and was mocked for my accent from people who prefaced every word with the letter t. As in going t,shop, going t,park and so on, when on my travels with City all we were known for was fish. The likes of Smith & Nephew's, Reckitts and their products never came into it, and yet people know to link Coleman's mustard with Norwich but not to Reckitt/Coleman as it once was. And what's wrong in biting back, that's what you do it for don't you?
No. I appreciate other places and don't dismiss everywhere else as an inferior dump with nothing to do. And there are many things to criticise about where I live and the pig's ear the council are making of many things.
It has to be said I have loved the city of culture events and the impact on the city. Just walking around the revamped areas filled me with a ridiculous amount of happiness.
