Pour A Little Sugar On It — Various Artists
September 5, 2024
Subtitled “The Chewy Chewy Sounds Of American Bubblegum 1966-1971”
Subtitled “The Chewy Chewy Sounds Of American Bubblegum 1966-1971”
A colleague of mine, John Adams, was the author of the below book, the second edition of which was published 27 years ago.
About two years ago I wrote a review of a previous 2xCD package of Frank Sinatra LPs and concluded by writing, “Ol’ Blue Eyes never fails to please.”
In 1722 Thomas Blacklock left £20 to St Cuthbert’s parish,“the interest to be distributed every year, at the discretion of the overseers of the poor.”
While seventies fashion may well be something we’d prefer to forget, music from decade is a different matter altogether. Although derided by some as a decade of cheesy tunes and here-today-gone-tomorrow pop stars, look more closely and there’s plenty to be proud of.
Pultney Corrie was born in Carlisle in 1856. At first he was a tobacconist but by 1893 he was advertised as a cycle agent in Rickergate…
Think for a moment what’s gone missing from our High Streets in recent years.
The Post Office archives record that the first box in mainland Britain was erected in Botchergate, Carlisle, in 1853. This is commemorated today with a replica Penfold box, located outside the Old Town Hall in Carlisle city centre. So why Carlisle?
Kiki Dee isn’t the only British artist to be signed to Detroit’s Motown Records Company, but I’ll bet you hers is the only name you’d recognise if you saw of list of British signees.
The railway carriage below, built by Tweedale and Barton for the Stockton and Darlington line in 1846, is preserved in the National Collection.
Johnny Mathis once said “Nat King Cole was the God of popular music in our house”…
The basin of the Carlisle Canal, off Port Road, was supplied by water from a reservoir at Ratlingate, before reaching the first lock near Monkhill.
It’s often said that music changed when The Beatles issued their Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, but they’d changed the scene long before that.
Because of its prominence as one of the highest points overlooking Carlisle and being at the side of the important southern route in and out of the city, Harraby Hill was chosen as a place of execution at an early date. This was usually reserved for prisoners who had committed high treason.
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis), a herb with a usually blue flower, could have been brought by the Romans to Stanwix when the climate was warmer. The herb’s medicinal properties would compliment the healing powers of the water from the well.
Before The Beatles made their first record for Parlophone Records they’d already made several recordings for the German Polydor label and the man who had first taken them into a recording studio was pianist, orchestra leader, arranger, composer and producer Bert Kaempfert.
The ‘Yarrow’ provided a twice weekly service between Silloth and Dublin.
Orams grocery shop 81 -83 Lowther Street was founded by William Boustead Oram who died in 1919 at his house, Eden Bank, at Wetheral.
You’ve heard the phrase many times, “Rock ‘n’ Roll will never die”…
Between 1961 and 1965 Del Shannon had eight Top 10 hits and six more than made the Top 40 here in Britain.
Many of you will remember Underwoods lemonade on sale in Carlisle in the 50’s, 60’s when the ’pop’ wagon delivered to your door.
A friend said to me a few years back, when we were discussing the reissue CD market, “They’re re-issuing things now that were never issued in the first place”.
Lowther Street was the last street to be built in Carlisle when the East City Wall was demolished in 1808 and was initially a cul de sac with little traffic and was put to other uses.
The phrase “Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back” was coined as the title of a comeback TV special Frank Sinatra made in 1973.
This cockpit, one of only two in the city, intended to be used for cockfighting was built around 1785 at the expense of the Duke of Norfolk and Sir James Lowther.
The Albums – Vol 2 – 1979 to 1989
Edsel Records EDSL 0103.
The Carlisle Ship Canal gave Carlisle an outlet to the Solway at Port Carlisle from 1821 – 1853. Over this period ocean going ships were built in Carlisle at the Canal basin by Mr William Bell, launched from his timber yard.
Oldham-born entertainer releases book on life obstacles
Rebecca Tyson has been developing ideas to support children’s mental health and wellbeing throughout her 15-year career working as a qualified nursey nurse and within pre-school settings.
Local Carlisle mixed media artist, Daniel Ibbotson, has been invited to exhibit in Venice 2022.
Rock ‘n’ Roll was loud, brash and exciting and often came with a guitar or sax solo that filled out the sound that usually consisted of little more than two guitars, drums and some hand-claps.
In 1934 the Government developed a scheme for unemployed miners and shipbuilders to work on the land.
The Tullie House Committee gifted the house and contents to the City Corporation on 11 August 1890 (City Minutes).
Kirklinton Hall is now just a ruined shell but it was not always so.
This isn’t a release for the avid record collector, even one whose favourite music decade was the 1970s.
The group exploded on to the charts in America with Hanky Panky in 1964.
On 22nd May 1970 a record was released that immediately got people talking.
Wetheral cells are three ancient vaulted rooms carved out of the solid sandstone outcrop on the west bank of the Eden, south of the Wetheral Priory site.
Local artist, John Forsyth (grandfather of Dorothy Carruthers) from Great Corby, Carlisle
The Women’s Land Army (WLA) was established during World War 1 as the Government, needed to re-vitalise home agriculture, fearing food shortages.
The Purity Brewing Company (founded 2005) maintains their original concept – to brew high-quality beers, in a natural and sustainable way.
My mum recently said that she can’t believe the world she now lives in is the same place from when she was a young girl, and technology must rate high among one of the biggest changes…
I read the other day that one of the largest studies ever conducted on gardening which was funded by Innovate UK and the National Institute for Health Research had concluded that ‘people who spent time in the garden report better physical and mental health levels than those who do not’
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