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Elizabeth Caldwell

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Music challenges and Norwich City (city and footy team) Mastermind specialist subject: Pop music 1977~ 1980, as featured on Radio One Owner of several copies of old Smash Hits and a duffle coat

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 1h

www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cgeew...

Clackers craze: Blue Peter team investigates alternative toys

Blue Peter looks at some noisy alternatives to the dangerous kids craze for Clackers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 1h

Oh yes! Lovely fried onions smell 😊

Now I’m remembering this strange drum shaped ride which spun you around and you stuck to the sides. That can’t have been safe, can it? 😳

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 1h

I remember Blue Peter talking about it. That’s how seriously it was taken!

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 1h

I got quite good (and bruised!) over time 😂

(Poor Woody!)

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 3h

We would go to the Bridgewater Fair at the end of September. Toffee apples! Candy floss!

I remember buying a pair of clackers there. Remember them? (Quickly banned by schools!)

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 3h

👏👏👏 So clever 😎

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 3h

Those Funfair memories are strong, aren’t they? There’s something about the lights, sounds, smells that stay with you.

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 4h

Looks like all good things aligned 😊👍

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t specifically remember it from last time, but I bet I would have enjoyed it then too. Well written, beautiful sung but quite sober given the theme!

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 4h

Have I ever told you the story of my friend’s nan who did her best to support her love of all things 2Tone by knitting her one of those cool checker board jumpers in brown and cream 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 5h

Great version of the song. Great musical combo 👏👏👏👍

(9 minutes though, quite a lot of notes…! 😂)

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 5h

She’s fab, isn’t she? 😎

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 5h

I agree!🥰

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 13h

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 13h

Part of the problem was I know the story. I’s
D seen a documentary about him and it came back to me while listening!

I'm going to put The Beat on again I think - help clear my thoughts! 😊

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 14h

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 14h

Maverick!

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 14h

I remember her mostly from the London Olympics ceremony. That’s how out of touch I am!

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 14h

I play by the rules! 😁

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 14h

I did carefully consider other options, but it was always going to be this one!

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 14h

I think it every time! 😂

Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 14h

😳 Oh blimey! I should not have listened to this before bed! What a beautiful voice and such a gentle sounding song about something so utterly awful.

Great pick though!

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 14h

It’s likely I had heard Smokey’s version played as an oldie on the radio, but it wasn’t until The Beat came along that I really picked up on it. So I would say the rule applies 👍😊

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 14h

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Elizabeth Caldwell @bwodotbc.bsky.social · 14h

How have I never come across this before! Those 80s Jumper clowns definitely deserved this song 😂👏👏👏