are we dreaming?

This week's Sepia Saturday is around the theme of "nurse".When I was just shy of 16 I left school & began work as a "cadet nurse" at Stansfield View Hospital in Todmorden.A bit grim! An old Workhouse.Ontop of the Pennine Moors.Miles from Civilization [or what passed for it in Lancashire!]I left after 18 months.Disgusted by the random violence (patient on patient:staff on patient)But it did have some happy times.This photo was taken on a "Sports Day".
The music features the late-great English singer Kevin Coyne.
Himself a former psychiatric nurse in Preston.

........Early in his career, Coyne turned down a meeting with founder of Elektra Records Jac Holzman (Coyne's band Siren were on Elektra in America) to discuss replacing Jim Morrison in The Doors. "I didn't like the leather trousers!" was Coynes' alleged reason....... [wikipedia]
www.kevincoyne.de

is It An Age-Thing?These Days I Usually Wake Up 2 or 3 times a night.It's so predictable now that I have developed my own Ritual around my nocturnal toilet visits.This includes grabbing a yogurt from the fridge & eating it before I go back to sleep........
Anyway! I had an ultra-vivid dream this week.I dreamt Me & my Son Chris were visiting my late-Mum in Halifax.We went to the street where she had lived, but walked on..I knew she was somewhere else now......A strange row of houses just beyond.Out popped her smiling head from behind a front door!

Michael Harford [  A.K.A.Coffee Messiah  ]

It was one of those dreams where you half-know you are dreaming.I thought I must find& remember the name of this strange street.It took some finding,but we finally found the street sign."Wainansh Avenue" it said.
On waking up [again!] i remembered and wrote down the address.
The next day I even searched Google Maps.Such a place exists nowhere on Earth! Just goes to show,not everything can be found on The Internet.
Speaking Of Ritual.At Least 6 to 8 people go with me for the Annual Rochdale Hamam visit to The Manchester German Markets. here Are Last Year's photos.If you wish to join the booze-up.Meet Under The Clock at Victoria Railway Station .2pm prompt next Wednesday.

The Dream Laboratory by Gardener on Mixcloud.........

.........a mix of lush electronica mixed with spoken word

samples of people having their dreams analyzed by

scientists in a secret laboratory as well as children

talking about their nightmares.

Oh and some other stuff, all recorded live on the show

using a MW radio to link some sections no overdubs!