Nigel Farage! who knew?

𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 : 𝑳.𝑨. 1946

 

ßénchplayer · 1946

'Strange Fruit' the second song here........

'Lockdown Eve': always my favourite time of the year........

 

ßénchplayer · Mr Bojangles

Walker said he was inspired to write the song after an encounter with a street performer in a New Orleans jail. 

While in jail for public intoxication in 1965, he met a homeless man who called himself "Mr. Bojangles" to conceal his true identity from the police. Mr. Bojangles had been arrested as part of a police sweep of indigent people that was carried out following a high-profile murder. 

The two men and others in the cell chatted about all manner of things, but when Mr. Bojangles told a story about his dog, the mood in the room turned heavy. Someone else in the cell asked for something to lighten the mood, and Mr. Bojangles obliged with a tap dance.

 The homeless "Mr. Bojangles", who was white, had taken his pseudonym from Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878–1949), the best-paid Black entertainer of his era........https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bojangles_(song)

𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆

 

A black & white photo of a Native American girl.In 1894 (photographer unknown) So beautiful .I colourised it. Looks good!

In Occupied Manchester

https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/MANCHESTER-22-October-2020/ 

White Riot

  

Try and catch the excellent movie "White Riot" on SKY ART tomorrow (Friday 16th October) at 10 pm . 

Lots of great rare live footage (eg The Clash) of the birth of Rock Against Racism . 

Heavily featured is Red Saunders it's founder. 

Here is Red with Cath a couple of years ago.

in future !

books I'm reading atm.......

"Richard Carter: On The Moor" 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/19/the-sunken-land-begins-to-rise-again-by-m-john-harrison-review-brilliantly-unsettling 

in future .check this sidebar icon for previous audio played here: https://soundcloud.com/benchplayer

 

ßénchplayer · Benchplayer

meeting new and interesting people from Queensbury behind perspex in Halifax

 

Drinking in Halifax today.

Play Detectives ( in Kerkira )

 

Big shout out to Julie who helped me this week with my old Family Photos. https://www.facebook.com/QueenOfClean

 

https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/This-week/   

I seem to have cold (again) but unlike some people, I don't make a song and dance about it. I have refused a helicopter and everytime CNN ring me up, I just 'em to "Piss Off"...........

greetings!

 

Wild World (Covid-Mix)

 

pressure drop

This is a Sepia Saturday post; to see other posts , click here 

https://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/2020/09/sepia-saturday-538-19-september-2020.html Posting colourised images onto onto "Sepia Saturday" is a bit like Dylan going electric?! "Judas" :)

 

ßénchplayer · Pressure Drop

 

Some more old family photos I uploaded&coloured this week.

Some are of me & my brother Zyg as kids .Plus my Mum & Dad and Aunt Brenda..

Also a couple of Polish Funerals from the 1960's.

Although my Dad arrived in England during the war ( and joined the Polish Free Air Force Battle of Arnhem et al) , he never got an English passport. And because he deserted the Soviet Army ,early in the war, he was afraid,if he ever went home ,the Polish Communist Government might arrest him.

So ,apart from one visit back in 1965 to see his dying mum ( I was with him when we visited her in hospital:the only time I ever met my Grandma)

As a result, his only contact with the family was by letter. As the years rolled on, he/we recieved photos of funerals. His only contact with a past life......

Here are two examples of family funeral he couldn't attend in person.....

it's maybe why I ,in turn,was also attracted to photography.See the 12 colourised photos here:

https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Colour2/ 

A photo of me this week in Hebden Bridge with my Sauna/Swimming buddy Haley.A top published London author (non fiction:Asperger) and very nice lass. See all my week's photos here https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Sony-/

ßénchplayer · Up on the Roof