Alan Marron from Spennymoor, County Durham

Recognise anywhere Alan ?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B_MIrCPuu8

I recognise Roger W of course, he was very big back in the 70's (at least I think it was 70's), but the song was very bad, in spite of its popularity, and had glaring mistakes in it that even an amateur would have avoided if he'd really known anything about the area.

The lines:  'When I was a boy I spent my time, Sitting on the banks of the River Tyne' are the biggest mistake, as anyone from around these parts wil tell you that the Tyne runs at Newcastle, whereas the river that winds itself around the Cathedral and Castle at Durham is the Wear.

It was still a good song though, and Roger was a great performer.  Didn't recognise any of the places in the video I'm sorry to say.  Some of them might have been Durham, I suppose, though if so they were before my time, but the scenes featuring ships have to be Newcastle, Sunderland or possibly even Hartlepool.

Thanks for the reminder of a very happy time, all the same Wolf.  You desreve an A* for effort.

Hi Alan,

Welcome from me too. I've only been around a short time but I do agree with you: it's a great site with great people. I hope you will enjoy yourselfs here as much as I do.

Cor

You are all too funny with the iron men and all.  LOL!  We certainly have a way of shredding a thread don't we?  It only took five days to shred this one to ribbons!!

That's why it's so much fun here, Cor and Alan. It's just like getting together with friends, very conversational.

He's actually kind of a nice shade of aqua, Wolf.  I like it!