Rock music, History, Environment and Animals — Hi. I’m British, an average guitar player, who has an interest in music, nature, wildlife, steam locomotives, lighthouses and history. My weakness is a liking for Real Ale. If I could I’d invite you across for a drink, a chat, and put the world to rights. …

From Bombsites to Rock and Roll — I live in a small English seaside town a few minutes walk from the beach, in an area many describe as ‘the back of beyond’. …

May Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Water” — Never to see the sea again You will notice there is no water in my photograph. But at one time, all these ships’ figureheads were surrounded by water: the open sea. The open sea was also their downfall. …

February Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Love & Hearts” — All that glitters is not gold. I love jigsaw puzzles. And just as Rome wasn’t completed in a day, neither was my latest jigsaw puzzle. Since the Covid lockdown, when we were confined to four walls, prisoners in our own homes, some of us found solace in rediscovering old forgotten hobbies, including doing the good old-fashioned…

Six Word Photo Story Challenge: Freestyle — And spring is all a quiver? I can tell we are moving out of the Winter months when I notice hazel catkins and snowdrops putting an appearance in the garden. But the real harbinger of Spring for me is when I see the first frogs returning to my pond, usually around the 18th February. …

Is ‘Delilah’ A Storm In A Teacup? — Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) bosses and the Police in Wales seem to have got their knickers in a twist over Tom Jones 1968 hit record ‘Delilah’. Some people are even calling for the great Welsh singer to be Cancelled. …

January Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Hometown Pride” — Keeping Watch On Those Who Approach One of the thrills of growing up in England in the 1950s was being taken to the cinema. Nobody I knew back then owned a television set or a motor car. The big screen was where we saw the latest movies and heard news reports from around the globe via…

Tommy Steele — Was he more Pop than Rock’n’Roll? — All round entertainer Tommy Steele turned 86 years of age this week. He was born on 17 December 1936 in Bermondsey, London, which makes him a Cockney geezer. 66 years ago this week he had a #1 hit record in the UK with his cover of Guy Mitchell’s ‘Singing The…

Three Girls who refused to take No for an answer — Charles in San Francisco’s December The Riff’s Album of the Month — ‘Women and the origins of Rock’, was very illuminating. The link to his article is below. Album of the Month Club: Sunday, December 11, 4 pm EST Women and the Origins of Rockmedium.com It got me interested enough to look at three other women who, although stuck in a man’s world, finally broke through the…