43yrs ago today

[Norrin Radd]

The King died .
Elvis Presley.

 

[Beezerk]

Uh huh.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

I was 15 and the family was on holiday in a caravan in Bude Cornwall.

Listened to Radio Luxembourg on an old tranny under the bedclothes ( I’ve just read that back and it sounds terribly un-pc)

That’s when I heard the news. Tony Prince was in tears , played non stop elvis all night

 

[jim8flog]

I was balanced on a chair doing some painting above a door when the news came on the radio. I got off feeling all shook up.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I was at school and wondered why loads of the girls were inexplicably crying, not just in my class but all around the school

 

[cliveb]

I was at school and wondered why loads of the girls were inexplicably crying, not just in my class but all around the school

It did seem to affect the ladies. I was at uni at the time. Never liked Elvis so couldn't care less, but my girlfriend at the time was pretty upset about it.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Remember that morning very clearly. My brother and I had holiday jobs in a hotel in Pitlochry and we were staying in digs with a mum and her daughters. The eldest girl of the family was an Elvis fan and that morning at breakfast she was in floods of tears. I was never a huge fan but remember the morning and her tears.

 

[SocketRocket]

I was standing in a field of cotton.

 

[IanM]

I was 15 and the family was on holiday in a caravan in Bude Cornwall.

Listened to Radio Luxembourg on an old tranny under the bedclothes ( I’ve just read that back and it sounds terribly un-pc)

That’s when I heard the news. Tony Prince was in tears , played non stop elvis all night

I was 13 and also had Radio Luxembourg on a tiny radio under my pillow when the news broke. Remember it clearly.

 

[jim8flog]

This thread gives a bit of a smile when you follow the title and latest post.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

I was standing in a field of cotton.

Sure it wasn’t wheat? ??

 

[nickjdavis]

Earlier in the day I watched a trawler get stuck on the rocks just outside Lossiemouth harbour, then in the evening I was writing a poem about snakes whilst listening to the radio and hearing the news.

 

[SocketRocket]

Sure it wasn’t wheat? ??

No, cotton ✌

 

[Old Skier]

You mean his not really in a chip shop

 

[SocketRocket]

You mean his not really in a chip shop

It was bombed in the war.

 

[Rooter]

Just to make all of you feel better, I wasn't even a tingle in my old man's trousers when he died.. You're welcome oldies ;-)

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Just to make all of you feel better, I wasn't even a tingle in my old man's trousers when he died.. You're welcome oldies ;-)

Boy, you haven’t lived unless you were alive in the 60’s ??

 

[Rooter]

Boy, you haven’t lived unless you were alive in the 60’s ??

60's? Only saw 10 months of the 70's!!!

 

[PhilTheFragger]

60's? Only saw 10 months of the 70's!!!

When do you need your nappy changing ???