Fredag 19/02/2016 kl 1630 til lørdag 20/02/2016 kl 1629

18:30 Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aften på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser Top  of the Pops fra den 2. april 1981.

 

Musikken er igen for det meste noget skrammel, og næsten alle de sange, vi hører, er for længst glemt blevet og begravet, selvom jeg svagt kan huske Stevie Wonder’s ”Lately”, og  ”Can You Feel It”, fortolket af The Jacksons og BBCs ”Legs & Co” dansere.

”Can You Feel It”, fortolket af BBCs ”Legs & Co” dansere

Den bedste sang var igen, “Making Your Mind Up”, fortolket af Bucks Fizz. Showet blev udsendt den 2. april 1981, lige 2 dage før årets Eurovision Melodi Grand Prix, der var bestemt til at finde sted i Dublin. Gruppen havde nu perfekteret deres dansenummer, hvor blandt andet skørtene på de to kvinder i gruppen blev revet af.

  

det berømte tidspunkt, hvor skørtene på Cheryl Baker og Jay Aston bliver revet af – du godeste! Sikke en redelighed!!!

20:00 Derefter viser de ”The Good Old Days” fra 1970’erne, et program der prøvede at genskabe stemningen af den viktorianske og edwardianske music-hall eller vaudeville (dvs variététeater). Men det er meget skuffende, at det afsnit, de viser, er ikke det, der blev annonceret i Radio Times – uha!

Vi har glædet til at se Frankie Howerd, én af vores yndlingskomikere, også Wayne Sleep, den berømte danser, fordi Wayne, nu som pensionist, for nylig har optrådt i ”The Real Marigold Hotel”,  hvor en gruppe berømte britiske pensionister afprøver et hotel i Indien, for at beslutte, om de ville være villige til at tilbruge deres alderdom derovre, eller ej!

 

Wayne Sleep i 1960’erne

Wayne Sleep i Indien: det er altid fængslende, at se, hvor meget kendisser og berømte mennesker fra vores ungdom er ældedes

22:00 Vi går i seng. Jeg læser 9 sider af min sengetidbog, ”William Pitt den Yngre” af William Hague, inden jeg glider over i søvnen – zzzzzzz!!!!

05:00 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet. Jeg ser, at den danske regeringsleder, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, har sagt, at David Camerons nye EU-aftale også er en fordel til Danmark. Hurra! Kom så, Løkke! Du er Storbritanniens bedste ven i EU – det er jeg ikke i tvivl om !!!

”Løkke”:  tilbageblik til juni 2015 og lykkeligere tider.

Da jeg tog denne billede, var

Lars Løkke Rasmussen, den nuværende statsminister,

ved at give os hånden midt i København

under Danmarks valgkampagne – hurra!

Husk os og Storbritannien, Løkke, når du er i dine EU-møder!!!

Jeg ser også endnu en artikel der handler om Gentofte Rideklub, der ligger midt i et fornemt villakvarter, og kun ca 200m fra det hus, hvor vores ældste datter, Alison, bor, sammen med Ed, sin mand, og deres tre børn: Josie (9), Rosalind (7) og Isaac (5). Da Josie var lidt yngre, lærte hun at ride en heste på denne Rideklub. 

Ifølge artiklen er mange lokale mennesker ikke tilfreds med Rideklubbens planer om at ombygge og udvide, ved hjælp fra kommunen,  for at leve op til de skærpede krav til hestevelfærd, som hestelove fra 2007 stiller.

Mange mener, at Rideklubbens bygninger er faldefærdige, og der ikke er god plads til hestene, på trods af de mange år, hvor den lokale kommune har givet klubben penge – uha!

Mange mener, at Rideklubbens planer er dumme. Bygninger er faldefærdige, og området og parkeringspladsen er meget for ringe til, at kunne etablere en international ridebane her. Du godeste, sikke en redelighed (igen)!

Tilbageblik til 2014: Gentofte Rideklub / Jægerborg Rideskole  i lykkeligere tider. Lois og Rosalind står foran klubbens indgang

Josie (til venstre) på sin lille heste, og én af skolens ridelærerinder (til højre)

10:00 Det regner, men det er ikke koldt i dag. Jeg fjoller hele formiddagen rundt i stuen. Hvor er jeg dog doven nogle dage! 

13:00 Vi spiser frokost og derefter går jeg i seng i et par timer.

15:00 Jeg står op og vi slapper af med en kop te og et stykke brød med hjemmelavet marmelade – uhm!

English translation

Friday, 02/19/2016 at 1630 till Saturday, 02.20.2016 at 1629

18:30 We have dinner and spend the rest of the evening watching TV. They show Top of the Pops from 2 April 1981.

The music is again mostly junk and almost all the songs we hear, have long since been forgotten and buried, though I vaguely remember Stevie Wonder's "Lately" and "Can You Feel It", interpreted by The Jacksons and BBC's "Legs & Co" dancers.

"Can You Feel It", interpreted by the BBC's "Legs & Co" dancers

The best song was again, "Making Your Mind Up", interpreted by Bucks Fizz. The show was broadcast April 2, 1981, just two days before the year's Eurovision Song Contest, which was slated to take place in Dublin. The group had now perfected their dance number where amongst other things the skirts on the two women in the group were ripped off.

the famous moment when the skirts on Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston are torn off - my goodness! Such goings-on !!!

20:00 They then show the "The Good Old Days" from 1970, a program that tried to recreate the atmosphere of the Victorian and Edwardian music-hall or vaudeville (ie variététeater). But it is very disappointing that the episode of the show is not what was advertised in the Radio Times - bummer!

We have been looking forward to seeing Frankie Howerd, one of our favorite comedians, also Wayne Sleep, the famous dancer, because Wayne, now in retirement, has recently appeared in "The Real Marigold Hotel," where a group of famous British pensioners are testing out a hotel in India, in order to decide whether they would be willing to spend their old age over there, or not!

Wayne Sleep in 1960

Wayne Sleep in India: it is always fascinating to see how much celebrities and famous people from our youth have aged

22:00 We go to bed. I read nine pages of my bedtime book, "William Pitt the Younger" by William Hague, before I drift into sleep - zzzzzzz !!!!

05:00 I get up early and take a look on the internet. I see that the Danish government leader, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, has said that David Cameron's new EU agreement is also a benefit for Denmark. Hoorah! Go Løkke! You are the UK's best friend in Europe - of that, I am in no doubt !!!

Flashback to June 2015 and happier times.
When I took this picture,
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the current prime minister,
was about to shake our hand in the middle of Copenhagen
during the Danish election campaign - hurrah!
Remember us and Britain, Løkke, when you are in your EU meetings !!!

I also see an article about Gentofte Riding Club, which is located in an upscale residential neighborhood, and only about 200m from the house where our oldest daughter, Alison, lives, along with Ed, her husband, and their three children: Josie (9), Rosalind (7) and Isaac (5). When Josie was younger, she learned to ride a horse at the Riding Club.

According to the article, many local people are not satisfied with the Riding Club's plans to remodel and expand, with help from the municipality, in order to meet the stricter requirements for the welfare of horses, as horse laws from 2007 call for.

Many believe the Riding Club's buildings are dilapidated, and there is not a lot of room for horses, in spite of the many years in which the local municipality has given the club money - oh dear!

Many believe the Riding Club's plans are stupid. Buildings are dilapidated and the area and the parking lot is much too small to be able to establish an international show here. My goodness, what a mess (again)!

Flashback to 2014: Gentofte Rideklub / Hunter Castle Riding School in happier times. Lois and Rosalind standing in front of the club entrance

Josie (left) on her little horse, and one of the school's riding teachers (right)

10:00 It's raining, but it is not cold today. I fool around in the living-room all morning. How lazy I am some days!

13:00 We eat lunch and then I go to bed for a few hours.

15:00 I get up and we relax with a cup of tea and a piece of bread with home-made jam - yummy!