September 14, 2015

 

 

Tonys Time Machine

Live 

Wednesday 16th September

11am – 1pm

Join Tony

for his selection of

fab factoids,  fun,

and 

great music. 

Tony will also be reading

‘For The Love Of Albums’

written by

Harriet Blackbury.

 

Now’s your chance –

‘Everybody Dance’.

Go on – you know you want to.

 

September 10, 2015

 

 

On the city streets they drive;

queues not to their liking.

But couriers, one and all, get through,

listening to Chris Spedding’s ‘Motor biking’.

 

Trailers for sale or rent;

the first line to ‘King of the Road’.

This song a hit for Roger Miller,

when drivers easily delivered their load.

 

‘Convoy G B’, a one hit wonder,

for Laurie Lingo and the Dipsticks.

(Two famous D J’s in disguise,

back then, in seventy six).

 

In nineteen eighty, ‘Poison Ivy’

zoomed to number seven,

with the help of the Lambrettas

though not quite reaching heaven.

 

The ‘Bright side of the road’,

was Van Morrison’s choice,

when riding high in 79,

with his distinctive voice.

 

This Italian group – Black Box,

with ‘Ride on Time’, made number one,

But T Rex reached number two,

choosing to ‘Ride a white Swan’.

 

The U.S. group – The Cars,

in 84, had a hit with ‘Drive’.

This song also a re-entry,

arriving back in 85.

 

Burt Bacharach sang of separation,

with his ‘Trains and boats and planes’.

This hit too, for Billy J Kramer and the Dakota’s

shows how parting, brings tear stains.

 

When life’s motorways are blocked,

and the journey full of aches and pains.

we have to soldier on

across mountainous terrains,

 

and reach the other side,

on foot, if all else fails.

The load must be delivered,

no matter what the trip entails.

 

And when the travelling over,

and the destination complete,

We are stronger for the experience,

and the next challenge, able to meet.

 

Written By Harriet Blackbury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 8, 2015

 

 

Tonys Time Machine

Live

on Wednesday 9th September

between 11am – 1pm.

( Repeats all week at the usual times.)

This week’s theme is

‘FOOTBALL’

Tony will be in conversation with his special guest.

John Trotter

and the show also features

‘For The Love Of Football’

by Harriet Blackbury.

Be sure not to miss out on the action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 6, 2015

 

 

Gerry and the Pacemakers, with this song,

never could have known,

how famous their anthem would become

with Liverpool’s – ‘You’ll never walk alone!

 

‘When The Saints go marching in’,

is Southampton’s trusted tune.

Whilst Man City supporters identified,

with their version of – ‘Blue Moon’.

 

I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles;

synonymous with West Ham & Bobby Moore.

Whilst ‘Z Cars’  -the theme of Everton,

and also Watford, but why – I’m not sure?

 

The Dave Clark Five’s ‘Glad All Over’,

brings out Crystal Palace smiles.

Whilst up at Tranmere Rovers,

they run out to – ‘The Rockford Files’.

 

The theme from 633 Squadron,

I hear, is Bolton Wanderers song,

and ‘Im A Believer’ by The Monkees,

is sung at Wigan, by their army strong.

 

‘Is this the way to Amarillo’

fills Chesterfield fans with fire,

and Stoke City’s anthem – ‘Delilah’,

from Tom Jones, confirms their desire.

 

Aston Villa I’m told, come out to,

– Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’,

Whilst Arsenal prefer ‘The Clash’,

though if I’m wrong, they’ll be annoyed.

 

Club Anthems always touching,

sending arrows to the heart,

as generations come together;

a way of life, right from the start.

 

Whether playing in the Sunday Leagues,

with Dad stood on the touch-line,

or being the one in a million,

who for a top club, sign.

 

No difference, the commitment.

No less thrilling is the game.

Football is an institution,

loved by young and old the same.

 

Written by Harriet Blackbury

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 1, 2015

 

 

The glamorous Beverley Sisters
throughout the fifties had hits,
with ‘I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus’,
and ‘Willie Can’,  following in fifty six.

Joy, being the original Wag,
married to Billy Wright.
Always elegant and bubbly,
and a total delight.

Other hits being ‘Little Drummer Boy’,
and ‘Little Donkey’ in fifty nine,
Those 3 sisters of early television,
really were divine.

Once more the music industry,
has lost another celebrity, (celeb-rit-ee)
as sadness surrounds the ground,
of Wolverhampton F C. 

By Harriet Blackbury

for LDOK.net   Tony’s Time Machine.

 

 

 

 

Tune into 

Tony’s Time Machine

Wednesday 2nd September

11am – 1pm

for

live Chat, Poetry & Music 

featuring

Tony’s  medley of songs by

The Beverley Sisters

linked to a special tribute poem

by

Harriet Blackbury

 

Tony will also be reading

Harriet’s poem

‘For The Love Of Motown’

along with the last 2 verses of Harriet’s

‘For The Love Of Music’ Theme.

 

The show is repeated

at the usual times

throughout the week.

 

August 25, 2015

 

 

Sweet solitude, that is all mine

to do with as I please.

My escape route to sanity,

when pressure starts to squeeze.

 

Sweet solitude, my heaven on earth;

a place where I can breathe.

My answer to disorganised chaos,

when fists clench and brain doth seethe.

 

Sweet solitude, that lass I know;

my companionable reflection,

who in the mirror, nods back at me,

and points me in the right direction.

 

Sweet solitude, my last chance saloon,

when all around agree,

no hope is there of sanity,

ever coming from me.

 

Sweet solitude, my dearest friend,

and many friends I know.

But she has stayed the longest,

whilst the others come and go.

 

Sweet solitude, my shadowlands;

my alter ego too,

when of myself I finally tire,

my pseudonym stays true.

 

Sweet solitude, my rescuer,

who pulls me from the floor,

when into old ways I do revert,

through that inevitable trap door.

 

Sweet solitude, my stabiliser;

my steadying support.

My life-line through all madness,

that I do tend to court.

 

Sweet solitude, my ivory tower;

no bigger picture do I need,

though others dispute that ferociously;

‘Just get a life’ they plead.

 

Sweet solitude, my resting place,

where I came from at the start.

And when this cycle is complete,

tis where, no more, will beat my heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By day, the mind quite occupied;

a list of things to do.

So vital, now forgetful;

another hour lived through.

 

By night, the mind awakened;

two cats at war, do howl.

The feral one, an interloper,

depositing contents of it’s bowel.

 

By day, the mind recalls

the disturbed sleep of the night,

and sees outside the window,

rabbit entrails – what a sight!

 

By night, the mind remembers,

to lock the cat indoors;

keeping riots to a minimum,

in the hope of cleaner floors.

 

 

August 24, 2015

 

 

‘On a little street in Singapore’

saw Manhattan Transfer in the charts.

But ‘Chanson D’amour’ made number one

and stole our very hearts.

 

‘Albatros’, a certain number one

by Fleetwood Mac – we knew.

Though ‘Man of the world’ came close,

when reaching number two.

 

John Denver’s ‘Annie’s Song’

sent us to a ‘feel good’ heaven.

But Boston gave us ‘More than a feeling’

three years later in seventy seven.

 

‘If you leave me now’ by Chicago;

another hit about heartache.

Proving, if proof be needed;

the group a ‘Hard habit to break’.

 

With ‘Memphis Tennessee’,

Chuck Berry let us know,

that he was here to stay,

though insisted ‘No particular place to go’.

 

Dinah Washington, well remembered

for her ‘September in the rain’.

And Gerard Kenny, released in 78

New York, New York – his penned refrain.

 

‘How am I supposed to live without you?’

put Michael Bolton on the map.

Long after Bob and Earl,

gave us the ‘Harlem Shuffle’ hand-clap.

 

The ‘Last train to Clarksville’

had the Monkees on the run,

heading towards a ‘Pleasant Valley Sunday’:

This group guaranteed us fun.

 

Towns and Cities of the World,

each, in their own way, unique.

People and places brought together,

when adventure one does seek.

 

Each country brings a memory,

(no matter whether sun or snow;)

from the warmth of passing strangers,

who for a time, we got to know.

 

Written by Harriet Blackbury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To hear Harriet’s poem

‘For The Love Of Travelling’

tune into 

Tonys Time Machine

Wednesday 24th August

11am – 1pm

(Repeats at the usual times

throughout the week)

This weeks theme is

‘Tony’s  world travels

 

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