Radstock rail accident

Read about it here

Britains zoo animals

I think I had all of these

Magpie vintage

New shop for Midsomer Norton High street.

Get Out of Denver - Eddie and the Hot Rods

Sorry to see Barrie Masters has died.  Here's one of his earliest moments on French tv I believe.

French in camp Ralph Mitchard

Napoleon's Line infantry and artillery

Bought this book the other day. It's from 1996 so it's after my time but it still is an enjoyable read. 

260th of 1759

1999 photo by John Norris for Skirmish magazine

Today is the 260th of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759. So to commemorate it why not check out the pages of photos of my French and Indian war reenactment years. All in subjects. 

Midsomer Norton's record shop

Buddy Holly in-car entertainment.

 I was introduced to Buddy Holly by my Uncle Graham. He lived in Cornwall and had a greatest hits on 8 track which he played in his car and it was great experiencing loud music as we sped around the villages. Good times. 

100 years war in France

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2353874028060318&type=3&sfnsn=mo

Photos Stephane Ponty

South Petherton rocknroll fans ahoy!

This gig was mentioned on Geoff Barker. I like the idea of a band doing rocknroll period Beatles. If you want to see Beatles from this era check.our my Pinterest page https://pin.it/bnfh4ze2woqb5t

Peterloo Massacre 1819

Today is the 200th anniversary of this event.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre
Trailer for the 2018 movie here

Mitchards in Radstock

My Dad as a baby and his brothers and sisters in the 1930s. Eventually there was 10 children

There's this great website Somerset coalfield connections which details all the people from the coalfield. Goes back quite a way. There are 146 Mitchards listed see here

Napoleon's 250th birthday

Former Selwood Printing Works Frome by David Ward

This building was once the home of Butler & Tanner - printers who I did my apprenticeship with but they weren't in these premises by that time but I heard stories from people who did work there.  All flats now.

Animals & Men by Peter Lowery 1979

About 40 years ago we got professional photos done by Peter Lowery who used to have his studio on Church steps Frome. He got me and Susan to hold hands which we found strange and we weren't keen on but he said they would be cropped off. You can see his lines in the contact sheet.

Ralph in Frome as a punk

Here's me from about 78/9. The jacket was Sue's from BOY. This is a Polaroid from our flat in Frome at the time which was spacious. We had one room set up just for war games we used to do 1940 battle of France. I was the British and Nigel was the Germans i think I lost every battle. We used these rules and the British tanks were crap.

Buddy Holly in Bristol

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The legendary Buddy Holly only managed one UK tour in his short career as a Rock and Roll pioneer, and we were lucky enough to receive him in Bristol. This performance also included his band The Crickets, Garry Miller and Des O’Conner.

40 years ago this came out

Rock 'n' Roll High School is a 1979 American musical comedy film directed by Allan Arkush, produced by Michael Finnell, and starring P. J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, Clint Howard, and Dey Young.^[3] The film featured the punk rock group The Ramones.

Psychedelic timeline

This list is pretty interesting - it charts the progress of Psychedelia musically from the first gasps.
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Byrdsnix/psychedelic_rock_timeline/
This one by the Yardbirds was quite an early one in 1965.