This is a kind of historical blog, not really the kind
of historical musical one that some of you crave it does start with a musical
start but it doesn’t stay, bear with me, here goes. About 40ish years ago I sang
for a friends band in Durham, nothing serious just for fun we would take songs
we liked and, to be honest we bastardised them, think of a song with a
destination in its title we would just make it fit to our locale, little
changes we were usually pissed and we all picked a song each, I wasn’t there
often so I only got one song, and I chose Abilene a B side by Yes, me obscure
hell yeah!
Something's
goin' on, I don't know what it is
But my phone just rang and I didn't get no call
No call, just waiting here
Castleside, it's got a lot of what you don't need
It's got lots of space, still nothing seems
misplaced
You've got a face, you are spacey….
Now nothing major simply, the location, but hey I was
a teenager and a Yes fan! We had fun and drink was usually in play.
What has brought this to my mind, well and this is why
its not really a historical blog, The Kraken is coming to the end of her life
and the wife has been by her side every step of the way, I have stayed away so
that her mum has had some dignity, I have been there when called upon, but now
we are getting to the business end of life and the wife needs some moral
support so I have been heading over after work to give a couple of hours
support, the kids have been in attendance and its going slowly, the end is in
sight but when exactly only the Kraken has the answer and she’s not telling, we
have had some testing times over the years, but there has been mutual respect
and a cease fire for a longtime I think she realised I love her daughter and I wasn’t
a waster, and though I didn’t always
agree with the support she offered but it was always done with the
family’s best interest at heart!
What has this got to do with the title, well its where
the Kraken lives, and it’s a big part of my young life, I went to school close
to it, I dated girls (yes real girls) in the summer I hung around the
countryside, I had a lot of friends in the area, I liked the place, I still do,
I wish I could afford to live there, I can’t so I will go with my memories,
sometimes I get the bus home, the bus route has so many happy memories, friends
houses, seeing older people who I didn’t know personally but I “knew” them and
its been good to see them, especially when I realise they are probably only 6
or 7 years older than me WTF!
My old school doesn’t exist anymore, it’s been
demolished and I had many happy memories, there friends, lessons (yes, I enjoyed
school I wasn’t very good, but I enjoyed it) music the list goes on. The bus
journey continues into The Grove where my second family lived, as did I as
often as I could, and yes, I could write a book on some of the things we got up
to, it would be explosive, quite literally! Pass the Club, along to Mutton Clog
and back and through the old steel works site yes it glows in my mind, but they
were good times with great people, obviously I really must have been a dick
because I have so little contact with people I went to school with, sad but
true, maybe that’s a blog for down the road, I’m soon brought back to
Earth/Gimpsville town centre is full of little cherubs who basically act like
scum, a big stick would be so much fun, I despair for the youth of today, I understand
that times are hard, they were when we were the same age, but we were simply
not as feral as these little brats.
So, over the coming days I shall enjoy my time on the
bus being homeward bound, remembering a time when things where so much simpler
and better times, to continue to support the woman of my life who has supported
me every step of the way, in the time I have been with her. She will need all
the help the family can give the hard times start afterwards, when we try and reintegrate
back into a life in the big world, after Co Vid and the Kraken’s illness, and
reintroduce ourselves to those people we call friends!
So, there you go, slightly historical, I intend to
spend some time with some Yes (even now I can’t help myself LOL) not the blog I
promised, but although I polished two, I prefer this one over both, that’s not
to say that won’t appear soon! So, stay safe stay alive, keep spreading the
word someone has done a good job as there over 300 views just yesterday, until
the next time be nice it costs nothing……………Toodles!
Something's goin' on, I don't know what it is
But my phone just rang and I didn't get no call
No call, just waiting here
Castleside, it's got a lot of what you don't need
It's got lots of space, still nothing seems
misplaced
You've got a face, you are spacey…
