(11-02-2022, 03:55 PM)Bluestow Wrote:(11-02-2022, 09:59 AM)Deebo Wrote: The first tat I saw on a ‘lady’ was the woman who served the beans in the Art College canteen in Winston Churchill Road in 1968. She was menacing. I remember being shocked to the core when she handed me my beans and I saw a discreet swallow on her hand. Little did I (and she) know she was to prove to be a ground-breaking fashion icon and 50 odd years later the ladies are plastered in them.
Funny enough it was the Missus who told our nippers stories. Mainly about the adventures of a couple of kids called Sam and Rog if I remember correctly.
Good thread Bluetag - got the old memory juices flowing.
1968 - wasn't Portsmouth Symphonia about that time?
I was there in the mid-80's. Had a nostalgia ridden stroll around the perimeter before Xmas. A distinguished piece of architecture now looking a bit 'anywhere' but had great memories of the place.
Ah the old Portsmouth Sinfonia. Terrible time of it we had in the spring of 71 I think. They practised out in the quad at the back for hours a day. What an effing racket. They were trying to master The William Tell Overture at the time. They never got there according to this ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDZZEfrRbdw