This week LindaGHill of ” Life in Progress ” asked us to use the phrase “All or nothing ” we can use all of the phrase or parts of it. Also bonus points to be acquired if we start or end or both, our entry with “all or nothing ” or parts there of !
All or nothing, one of my favourite tracks from the Small Faces. It would of been 1966 and I was a regular at Top Of The Pops a programme put out by the BBC.
I was a huge fan of the show and luckily for me my Dad knew one of the doormen who worked at the Lime Grove Studios. So homework,weather and Dad’s friend being on duty permitting, a friend and I would present ourselves at the studio doors. The system was the doormen would let a certain number of fans in, there was always a huge crowd. We usually were lucky.
So it was all or nothing, if we didn’t get in we’d hang around to see if we catch any of the group’s leaving and get an autograph. ( I have lost all the autographs, careless me! ) So I have nothing but my memories.
I was young then and my head was full of fashion and pop music. Carnaby Street, Beba, Mary Quant and all that ! Then I grew up.
What have I learned in life… Yes you guessed it, It’s, all or nothing.
Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Eleven years ago I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " not quite but with the help of a walking stick and as long as I do not stand or sit in one position for too long, I am still standing! Update I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust, I will of been married 50yrs plus this year . Pain and boredom are my enemies now, I have to find different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and
hopefully in to light ??
I need to update this a little here. I have worked very hard over the years since my accident, I go to the gym regularly, I have a Pilates class and a core class once a week . The guys at the gym and my Pilates teacher cajoled, teased, bullied and encouraged me to abandon my walking stick! :) My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and as strongly as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well.
I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits.
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19 thoughts on “Stream of Consciousness Saturday. All or Nothing.”
Oh! I loved Ready Steady Go with Kathy McGowan even more but we didn’t have an in and my Dad would not of allowed me to go to that… It was on ITV 🤗😅 how different times were then ! … Did you go to either 😎
I’m in the US, so no… 😝 I rented a video years ago with clips of a lot of the acts, including The Beatles, Lulu, and The Dave Clark 5. I think it was Dave Clark’s company that produced it. It looked like a lot of fun, and had I lived there, I’d probably have been glued to the set….
It was a great time to be young, Both programmes were excellent, Ready Steady Go just had the edge. The Dave Clark Five were excellent too!
Wow, you were lucky to get into the Top of The Pops studio, it must have been a great experience.
You still have all of your memories even if you have lots the autographs sis x
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Memories are great!!!
Yes they are Sis but all those autographs they were fab! 🤗 Hey ho, easy come easy go 💖💝
I bet!!!
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How about “Ready, Steady, Go”?
Oh! I loved Ready Steady Go with Kathy McGowan even more but we didn’t have an in and my Dad would not of allowed me to go to that… It was on ITV 🤗😅 how different times were then ! … Did you go to either 😎
I’m in the US, so no… 😝 I rented a video years ago with clips of a lot of the acts, including The Beatles, Lulu, and The Dave Clark 5. I think it was Dave Clark’s company that produced it. It looked like a lot of fun, and had I lived there, I’d probably have been glued to the set….
It was a great time to be young, Both programmes were excellent, Ready Steady Go just had the edge. The Dave Clark Five were excellent too!
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Sorry couldn’t resist, seriously though I enjoyed all the pop music shows from back when, happy days.
Yes they were it was all new then, so were we! 😎
That’s true 🙂 😉
Wow, you were lucky to get into the Top of The Pops studio, it must have been a great experience.
You still have all of your memories even if you have lots the autographs sis x
Yes it was great we met loads of groups 💜💝
We met loads of groups and singers, it was good fun!!! 🤗
I bet it was!! Xx
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What a lucky girl you were! 😀
Yes I was and I always appreciated that. 🎆💝