by Graeme Cumming | Sep 16, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
If you’re a regular concert-goer these days, the chances are you attend mainly large venues – arenas and football stadiums. For lesser artists – usually those who had their heyday twenty to forty years ago – you might catch them at concert halls. A place you almost... by Graeme Cumming | Nov 13, 2017 | Nostalgia |
When I concluded my story of nocturnal activities back in the early 1980s (if you missed this, start here), I mentioned that Zim had indicated there was a good reason for the signal being there. I also expressed my hope that he’d provide an explanation, which he... by Graeme Cumming | Oct 5, 2017 | Nostalgia |
If you haven’t read Parts One and Two, you’ll need to for this final part to make sense… While Zim and I had been making our efforts to obtain the Holy Grail (or railway signal as most people might have considered it), we’d shared our progress with a couple of other... by Graeme Cumming | Oct 1, 2017 | Nostalgia |
If you haven’t read Part One, you’ll need to for the next bit to make sense… The point at which we were able to join the track was close to the town centre, but the signal was on a stretch that ran past a hamlet about half a mile from the edge of town. In all, then, I... by Graeme Cumming | Sep 27, 2017 | Nostalgia |
When I started the Gigging Years series of posts, it was to focus on the gigs I’d been to and the stories that went with them. However, having introduced my friend Zim in those tales, I’ve been reminded of a few others involving him, but not the music. The...