Advantages: Interesting and sometimes poignant story, sensitively and well told Disadvantages: The Nolans have never been that hip - but don't let that trivialise the more serious issues
To most of us, the Nolan Sisters probably conjure up wholesome cheesy visions of TV light entertainment shows, 'I'm In The Mood for Dancing' (top three early in 1980), and the wholesome image of a squeaky-clean family act ? rather like an Irish female version of the Osmonds, perhaps. But scratch almost every showbiz story, and somewhere there's going to be darkness. So it is in this case.
There were eight Nolan children, two boys and six girls. Anne, born in 1950, was the eldest. From this memoir, she seems to have enjoyed a relatively normal, happy childhood until she was seven, when she spent a year in hospital with aches and pains immediately below her knees ? a condition which was never diagnosed or completely cured.
Far worse, when she reached the age of eleven, was the sexual abuse which she had to endure from her father. It was ...
Advantages: Lovely to share Disadvantages: You feel sick if you drink too much of it
Baileys
Baileys Original Irish Cream is a unique blend of fresh Irish dairy cream, Irish whisky and natural flavours.
^^^History^^^
In 1971 the senior managers committee of Gilbeys of Ireland had an idea to make a uniquely Irish drink that reflected Irelands heritage, agriculture and distilling traditions. Whilst the concept of this drink was fairly simple the actual recipe was proving difficult and cream and whiskey do not mix together naturally. By 1973 the recipe was perfected and all the issues with production in bulk and shelf life where resolved.
1974 - the year of the Baileys launch - hurray . By 1979 over 1 million cases where being sold around the world and in the 1980's it became the fashion to drink Baileys over ice which is still one of my favourite drinks today.
What the bottle looks like ...
Advantages: Some great little numbers on here Disadvantages: Some not so great little numbers on here
Now this whole one man and his guitar thing is all good. I like it. The simplicity of it reaches out to me. Its not over complicated like so many things are in music now. Oh and it means I can sing along and pretend I'm really famous *ahem*
Pete Murray is probably best known in Australia but will be known in the UK to anyone who watches a popular Ramsey Street based Soap as his songs are littered throughout it.
The album flys up to this hemisphere at 41:16 long and throws a complete and utter mixxed bag of standard at us.
TRACKS (11)
FEELER (4:21)
A title track of an album normally has to be good. A title track of an album that is also the opening track better be darn good. Now as normaly for a One Man and his Guitar type song, this has Pete singing over himself playing. However there is also a hint of an organ playing now ...
andthentherewere 04.12.2006 (11.04.2007)
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