Fredag 08/01/2016 kl 1630 til lørdag 09/01/2016 kl 1629

18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser The Good Old Days på BBC4, et show, der for første gang blev udsendt af BBC også i 1983.  Programmet prøvede at genskabe stemningen af den victorianske og edwardianske ”music-hall” eller ”vaudeville” (dvs varietéteater).

 

 

 

 

21:00 Derefter ser vi en interessant drama-dokumentarfilm, der handler om Storbritanniens abdikation-krise i 1936, set gennem øjene af de to kvinder, der mest var involveret: Wallace Simpson, konge Edwards elskerinde, og Elizabeth, kongens svigerinde – kone af den kommende kong, George 6.

 

22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzz !!!!

03:15 Jeg står tidligt op og jeg kigger lidt på internettet. Jeg har fået en e-mail fra Sarah, vores yngste datter, der for nylig flyttede til Australien. Hun siger, at hun har talt på telefonen med sin advokat i Cheltenham og hun vil tale med Lois og mig senere på dagen. Hun vil have at vi udfylder forskellige skemaer i forbindelse med salget af hendes gamle lejlighed i Cheltenham, afsender skemaerne til hendes advokat med posten, scanner dem ind og sender hende dem via e-mail. Du godeste, jeg forudser en masse arbejde, ingen tvivl om det!

 

HER begynder weekenden !!!!

05:00 Jeg fortsætter med at overspille til dvd nogle af de sange, jeg optog på mine 2. og 3. vhs-bånd nogensinde, startende i 1986. Omsider er vi kommet til 1987’s sange – hurra, jeg er blevet dødtræt af 1986!

Jeg finder, at jeg fangede på video det tidspunkt, da 1986 blev til 1987, i løbet af en koncert, som Kim Wilde var i gang med at give.

 

 

 

1986->1987 Kim Wilde synger nytåret ind med ”You Keep Me Hanging On” – hurra!

Kim Wilde vidste ikke på det tidspunkt, at der ville ske mange gode ting i de kommende måneder, herunder:

(februar) British Airways bliver privatiseret

(marts) Sovietiske tv giver Maggie Thatcher en 45-minutters interview – hurra!

(juni) Maggie Thatchers konservativ regering bliver valgt for tredje gang.

(juni) Ronald Reagan besøger Vestberlin og opfordrer Gorbachev til at rive Berlinmuren ned. Er dette, hvor Gorbachev fik idéen fra???

Lykkelige tider!!!!

09:00 Lois og jeg går hen ind i landsbyen og smutter ind hos Waghornes, den lokale slagter, for at købe kød, pølser, ost og så videre, og derefter hos den lokale Morrisons-minisupermarked for at købe grøntsager.

10:00 Vi skyper med Sarah, hendes mand, Francis, og deres 2,5 årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessica. Tvillingerne er desværre meget generte over for os. Trist, men desværre uundgåeligt! De har ikke set os i 6 uger - uha!

12:00 Vi spiser frokost og derefter går jeg i seng og tager mig en lang lur – zzzzz!!!

14:00 Vi taler på telefon med Sarah om de dokumenter og skemaer, hun vil have at vi udfylde i forbindelse med salget af hendes gamle lejlighed i Cheltenham. Vi skal ringe til Francis’s mobiltelefonnummber, hvilket ikke er helt billigt  – uha, det er jeg ikke i tvivl om! Opkaldet varer 2 timer og er et totalt mareridt – du godeste! Jeg har ikke den fjerneste anelse om, hvor meget det koster. Totalt mareridt!!!

Friday, 01/08/2016 at 1630 till Saturday, 01.09.2016 at 1629

18:00 We have dinner and spend the evening watching a little television. They show The Good Old Days on BBC4, a show that was first broadcast by the BBC in 1983. The program tried to recreate the atmosphere of the Victorian and Edwardian "music-hall" or "vaudeville".

 

 

 

 

21:00 Then we see an interesting drama-documentary about Britain's abdication crisis in 1936, as seen through the eyes of the two women who were more involved: Wallace Simpson, King Edwards mistress, and Elizabeth, the king's sister - wife of the future King George 6^th

 

 

22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!

03:15 I get up early and I look a little at the Internet. I have received an email from Sarah, our youngest daughter, who recently moved to Australia. She says she has spoken on the phone with her lawyer in Cheltenham and she will talk with Lois and me later in the day. She wants us to fill in different forms in connection with the sale of her old apartment in Cheltenham, send the forms to her lawyer in the mail, scan them in and send them to her via email. My goodness, I predict a lot of work, no doubt about it!

the weekend starts HERE!

05:00 I continue to dub to DVD some of the songs I recorded on my second and third VHS tapes ever, starting in 1986. At last we come to 1987's songs - hurray, I was sick to death of 1986! I find that I captured on video the moment when 1986 turned into 1987, during a concert which Kim Wilde was in the process of giving.

1986->1987 Kim Wilde sings the new year in with "You Keep Me Hanging On" - hurray!

Kim Wilde did not know at the time that there would be many good things in the coming months, including:

(February) British Airways is privatized

(March) Soviet television gives Maggie Thatcher a 45-minute interview - hurray!

(June) Maggie Thatcher's conservative government is elected for the third time.

(June) Ronald Reagan visits West Berlin and calls on Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Is this where Gorbachev got the idea from ???

Happy times !!!!

9:00 Lois and I go into the village and pop in at Waghornes, the local butcher, to buy meat, sausages, cheese and so on, and then at the local Morrisons mini supermarket to buy vegetables. 10:00 We skype with Sarah, her husband, Francis, and their 2.5 year old twins, Lily and Jessica. The twins are unfortunately very shy with us. Sad, but unfortunately inevitable! They have not seen us for 6 weeks - oh!

12:00 We eat lunch and then I go to bed and take me a long nap - zzzzz !!!

14:00 We talk on the phone with Sarah about the documents and forms, she wants us to fill in in connection with the sale of her old apartment in Cheltenham. We must ring Francis's cell phone number, which is not exactly cheap - oh, I'm in no doubt! The call lasts 2 hours and is a total nightmare - my goodness! I have not the faintest idea how much it costs. Total nightmare !!!