This is Actually my 400th Post today
At this time we were also going to my Mothers House at Least 3/4 Times a Week, as it had been Less than a Year since my Father had Died (we had been doing this ever since his Death).
We also had our 2 Kids to see too, Nathan was 9 Years Old by then and Natalie was 8 Years Old, they Both went to the same School, which Luckily for us, was only about 2 minutes away, so apart from when they First Started School, they always took themselves to School!
The Takeaway was just about Ticking Over (Money Wise) but it Needed to Improve if I was to Keep it Going!
One thing I Remember about the Takeaway, was where it was Situated, on the Main Street Through Gorleston, but on the Way Out (or In) so there was No Parking Directly Outside the Shop, which in Hindsight was a Hinderance, but I was Told by the Previous Tenants, "that was Not a Problem" That was Another Lie!
She used to put these Cones out, when she went out in her Car, I Remember Moving them Several Times, but in the End it Happened, she came out one Day I was Parking up the Van!
She was Shouting her Big Mouth Off about "This is where We Live, and I should Not Park there" I told her and her Husband to "P*ss Off"
Needless to Say, She Never came into the Takeaway to Buy Anything, so I had Nothing too Lose, but whenever she got the Chance to Stop me Parking there, she did!
Over 25 Years Later, that Woman Still Lives there, I have Seen her around that Area, quite often!
One Good bit of News we had around this Time was, the Pepsi Rep came back to the Takeaway and with him he Brought the 2 Michael Jackson Tickets, I had Won with Pepsi about 2 Months Previously, they were for the Date of 16th July 1988, which was on a Saturday, and the Reason I can Remember this Date is because that was the same Day that Charles and Diana went to Wembley!
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As for some Music, my Wife has been playing a Song Lately by Celine Dion, this Reminded me of the Best Version of that Song, it was Recorded by Roberta Flack back in 1972!The Song is "The First Time I Ever saw Your Face" a Soul Classic.
That wasn't the Original Recording though, that was written in 1957 by Ewan MacColl, (Kirsy MacColl's Father) it was Originally a Folk Song!
This was Roberta Flack's 8th Single Release (including 3 Duets) and her First Big Solo Hit, getting to Number 1 in Several Countries and Number 14 in the UK.
