Not In The Mood For Dancing!

 I have been working for a builder picking stone and mixing mortar for the last couple of days.  I have aching muscles and pains that I didn't know I had.  I thought Manual Labour was the name of a Spanish labourer.   That's why I haven't wrote a blog post folks.

Any road:

I have been playing The Nolans songs on good old YouTube for the last couple of days.

Another one of those Lancashire adopted Irish sisters died last week.  

Poor Linda Nolan left this life after twenty years fighting cancer.  

It's a terminal condition that seems to be in every family these days.  My only family included.  It used to be one in three people now it's one in two.  

I have probably seen The Nolans four or five times.  Probably the same amount that I have seen Jethro Tull.

The last time I saw The Nolans was at Blackpool Grand Theatre about thirty years ago.  I have also seen them in Scarborough.  We also saw The Spinners, The Bachelors and The Grumbleweeds on our many family holidays there.

 Back to The Grand:

Bernie sang a rendition of Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'.  It was superb.  The Nolans always put on a show and danced and sang and everyone went home elated and happy

J and me stayed in a rather down at heel bed and breakfast.  The proprietors only charged us ten Pounds each.  If I remember you had to go up some steps to a shared bathroom.  The landlady was most put out in the morning when I got J to tell  her we would not be requiring breakfast.  Our room was not the cleanest we have stayed in.  Have you any stories of staying in some rough digs for the night?

Linda Nolan raised over twenty million for cancer charities including the Irish Cancer Society.  Bernie succumbed to cancer in her early fifties.

The Nolans made a lot of people happy and even supported Frank Sinatra and they became very big in Japan.

You will probably remember this their biggest hit:

I guarantee you will be singing this all day.