glen Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 oooooh,wooooo.yes.Same as the time when the lino flew up in the wind,it was cullooos:hihi: :hihi: do you like my little ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I've been trying to keep out of this one Sput, but you pointed the finger at me. Over the years the line up of the Platters has changed many times, would you believe that in the 70's, Ex Platter Esther King came to perform in Wollongong [see how It's spelt] my wife and I were her support act. The reason I never joined the Salation Army was because I don't like blowing my own trumpet so to speak, Ha Ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SputnikBoy Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 I've been trying to keep out of this one Sput, but you pointed the finger at me. Over the years the line up of the Platters has changed many times, would you believe that in the 70's, Ex Platter Esther King came to perform in Wollongong [see how It's spelt] my wife and I were her support act. The reason I never joined the Salvation Army was because I don't like blowing my own trumpet so to speak, Ha Ha. Yes, I had a sneaky feeling that I'd spelt it wrong. I was just trusting to memory. Very interesting about Esther King, skip. I had no idea that you were a star. That DOES qualify you as a target for souvenir hunters, you know that don't you? Hmmm . . .have you got a nice pair of shoes ...? Incidentally, the line up of Bill Haley's Comets also changed over the years. I had the opportunity of 'jamming' with Louis Torres about 3 years ago. He played bass as a 'Comet' with Haley a couple of years prior to Bill's death. He (Torres) became an Adventist Evangelist and has visited Townsville several times. He's a nice guy and has a number of stories that he tells about Bill Haley that are not common knowledge ...nothing necessarily bad, just general stories of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Esther became a born again christian & started singing gospel, she was quite good. I'm happy just being plain old me these days, although the breweries may dissagree, & I'm still known for my good looks and sense of humour, when you're at the top Sput, you can only go down.In the 60's I performed in front of the Prince of Wales & Duke of Glouster, I forget the name of the other pub, but I got moved on,Ha Ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SputnikBoy Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 Just thought that I'd bump this one up again from a couple of years ago. Does anyone know where old newspaper items can be obtained - microfilm, computer, whatever ...? The newspaper item I'm interested in concerns the matter below. Y'see, I souvenired (stole ) a patent leather shoe from a member of The Platters harmony group circa 1957/8/9. The full story (yawn) can be found at the beginning of the thread if anyone cares to look. Anyway, this incident made the Sheffield Star (?) the following evening. Feel free to comment/add tidbits. Or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SputnikBoy Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Or not, evidently . . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Sheffield Local Studies Library holds all the local newspapers on microfilm. Archives and Local Studies Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SputnikBoy Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Sheffield Local Studies Library holds all the local newspapers on microfilm. Archives and Local Studies Hugh Thanks for the info, Hugh. Actually, if someone can locate and post a U.K. tour schedule of The Platters circa 1957 I can narrow down the search for the newspaper item tremendously. The 'shoe item' would have appeared the day after the The Platter's appearance at the City Hall in Sheffield. Someone posted the full 1958 U.K. tour schedule of Buddy Holly on the 'Buddy Holly Thread' so SURELY the same person or another 'someone' could do similarly with the tour schedule for The Platters . . .? I sure would appreciate it. Any takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SputnikBoy Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 I'll have one more attempt at bumping up this thread before allowing it to sink into oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SputnikBoy Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 I'm about to bump up this thread again ...just because I can! Seriously, can anyone contribute anything to this thread or are the majority of people who were alive circa 1957 when the thread incident occurred now deceased? Unfortunately, my sister, Glen, who did contribute several posts to this thread passed away almost three years ago ...cancer. RIP, Glen ...it seems strange reading your posts when you were very much alive knowing that now you're no longer with us. Totally unrelated to the topic but I don't want to start a new thread for something so trivial ...I'm wondering if anyone is familiar with a song that Glen and my brother, Rex, used to sing when I was a toddler just to scare me. I've checked the Internet and YouTube but can't find the song in question. It went something like ..."Who's that tapping at my window/Who's that knocking at my door/Oh, it's old man Peters, old man Peters, etc." I don't know if they made up this song based on an old creepy man they knew by the name of Peters or what. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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