Writing from a very wet, damp , foggy Belfast and suffering the hang-over from hell. I’m ashamed to say that I went to my 50th Birthday bash on Friday and have been partying hard seen then and now I am suffering and paying for my sins. I’m getting way to old for this.
Anyway here’s a selection of photos from the birthday bash – it’s nor actually my birthday until the 16th of July – but wanted to be home for the glorious 11th & 12th and I’m praying the rain stop and the sun shines throughout next few days!
Its not escaped my attention that my birth date includes the satanic numbers 666
Forty Nine years old and feeling it
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What was happening in 1966?
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to Moscow to try to start peace negotiations about the Vietnam War (the Soviet government rejects his proposals).
Chinese engineer Hsu Tsu-tsai is found badly injured in The Hague, Netherlands after an apparent defection attempt. He is later abducted from hospital by Chinese officials and dies the next day at the Chinese legation. China and the Netherlands suspend diplomatic relations, and a five-month siege of the Chinese legation follows as Dutch police seek to question Hsu’s colleagues.[7]
Aberfan disaster in South Wales on October 21st in United Kingdom, a slag heap containing unwanted rock from the local coal mine slid down Merthyr Mountain. As it collapsed it destroyed twenty houses and a farm before going on to demolish virtually all of Pantglas Junior School 144 people were killed, 116 of whom were children mostly between the ages of 7 and 10.
England defeats Germany to win the 1966 World Cup Final. Find Out More About More Football World Cup and the origins, growth, and the modern game of soccer.
Popular Culture
Star Trek first episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek
(The Man Trap)
Author Jacqueline Susann has her first novel, Valley of the Dolls publish
Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” the animated television special adapted from the book is shown for first time on CBS
The Grinch Ending (Original 1966)
Simon and Garfunkel release Sounds of Silence,
Simon & Garfunkel – Sounds Of Silence (Live Canadian TV, 1966)
Popular Films
Thunderball
Dr. Zhivago
The Trailer Of This Great and Beatiful Movie of David Lean
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966): Killing Martha
A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons 1966 Biography / Drama Movies HD Full Movie
Popular Musicians
All my favourite songs from these great bands
The Mamas and the Papas
California Dreamin – Mamas & The Papas
The Who
THE WHO – 1966 – “My Generation”
The Beatles
The Beatles- yesterday live(1966)
The Monkees
The Kinks
The Kinks – “You Really Got Me” (1966)
The Small Faces
All Or Nothing
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys – God only knows (1966)
The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones – Paint It Black 1966
Simon and Garfunkel
Scarborough Fair / Canticle. Simon & Garfunkel..(1966)
Belfast Child 