Around May of 1987, things for us were going Alright after our Move to Norwich, we had got the Kids, Nathan and Natalie into a Local School, which was about 10 mins Walk to.
If I remember correctly Susan used to walk them to School and I used to pick them up after, or was it vice-versa, I used to pick them up in the Van!
I can only remember one of our Neighbour's, that was "Bill" he was a "Laugh", he was about 65 years old and His stand out thing was He had a "Great Big Hooter" it was all Red and Blue, but He was a Nice Bloke, more than I can say for all the other Morons who lived around that area!
I also Recall "Bill" was a bit of a "Boozer" to say the least, one particular incident happened, one Afternoon, he came Home from the "Pub" and was Speaking to us, near our Front Wall, which was about 3 feet High, all of a Sudden He Fell Head first over the wall into our Garden!
That was Hilarious, but "Bill" smashed all his Face on the Wall and Ground, He had Scrapes Bruises and Blood all over the Place!
He (Bill) was Probably the only thing we Missed when we Left the House and Area in the Coming Weeks!
By this time, I was going out Every day trying to Sell my Stock, I had in the Mobile -Shop, I had particular places I went to, and things were not too bad, I can remember Taking "Nathan" on several Occasions, he used to like Ringing the Bell, when we arrived!
We always came back to Great Yarmouth on a Saturday, my Mother and Sister, always had a few items of Groceries from the Van, being Nice I suppose!
Another thing, I recall about Norwich, we had 2 Black Labradors then "Sally and Ben" and we use to take them for a Walk about 10 mins from our House, there was another Bloke, who was always on there & He had a Bull Terrier Dog!
That was one Helluva Ugly Dog, but the Best thing about it was His Name, it was Called " Basta*d" you could always hear Him calling his Dog, all over the Park!
I said things were going alright for us in Norwich, but that was soon to Change, I will post next time about that!
Now for some Music, One of The Best Funk Bands of the 70's was "The Bar-Kays" in 1976 they Released the Album "Too Hot To Stop" on the Mercury Record Label.
It contained One of my Favorite Funk Tracks of All-Time "Shake Your Rump To The Funk" it also had a Great B-Side, which I played as much as the A-side "Summer Of Our Love"
They were 2 Great Tracks, I still have the Single in my Loft, and of course the Album on CD.
"Shake Your Rump To The Funk" Reached Number 23 on the US Pop Chart and Number 5 on the R&B Charts.
Hello and Welcome to FSVB, Its Been 2 Years today since my First Real Post, Time has Flown By and still going Strong, in fact I'm now Starting Different kinds of Post from Next Week, Read my Previous Post!
I now get on Average about 130 / 150 Viewers/Readers Per Day, which is Great and I would like to Thank-You for taking the Time to Visit and Read, I know the Value of the Reader, I have just started another Blog, the only Readers I get there is Myself!
To Celebrate the 2nd Birthday of this Blog, I'm going to Post 2 Mixes Today, the First is Mainly Funk/Soul from the 70's, its called "The Big Payback" its been Mixed by "Payback" theres some Great Music included in the Mix from James Brown, Gil Scott Heron, BarKays and Willie Bobo.
The 2nd Mix is Getting you ready for my Next Post this coming Week, The Music should give you a Clue! Its Been Mixed by Musicology and its called "The Soul of Stax Music...Vol 2" More Great 70's Funk and Soul from Artists such as Isaac Hayes, Dramatics, Johnnie Taylor and Rufus Thomas!
Once again Thanks for Reading this Blog, and keep Coming Back!
Here's the 34th Soul Mix for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by Waltrich, its called "Walton J's all Barkays Mix", there's some classic Funk & Soul Tracks on here, including Sexomatic, Holy Ghost, Certified True & Shake Your Rump to the Funk.
Either press play to listen or to go to revevant page.
Here's the 17th Mix for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by The DJ Dennis J , its called "70's & 80's Old School Mix" there's some classic Funk/Soul Tracks on here, including the Commodores, Whispers, Barkays, Klymaxx and Earth Wind & Fire!
Either press play to listen or press link to go to The DJ Dennis's Podomatic page and download to your pc.
Here's the 1st Mix for F.S.V.B, The Rewind Volume 1, Its been Mixed by Mr Bigg Mike of Sacramento, there's some classic Funk and Soul Tracks on here, including Cameo, Zapp, Aurra, Temps, Barkays, Mtume and Surface, to name but a few!
Either press play to listen or press link to go to my Podomatic page and download to your pc.
