We went to see the Bootleg Beatles on March 29th in York. And it will be a night to remember for more than that reason.
Whilst we were enjoying the fabulous band (still excellent by the way), I had my mobile switched to mute. After the show on the way home I of course went to check any calls or messages only to find one from my sister.
''Chris mums been rushed into A&E with chronic stomach pains and losing blood, please ring asap.. Loz xx''
Of course its not the text message anybody wants to receive, - let alone not to read it 3 hours after it was sent! I rang her straight back and found out she was very poorly, but comfortable. To cut a long story short we went up the next morning to the hospital only to find out she was in High Dependency Ward. The doctor said to prepare for the worst as Septicemia had set in and her weak heart would not be able to fight it..
...needless to say my mother passed away on the morning of 31st March, the day after Mothers Day, her body was 79 years old, but her spirit is forever young. It was peacefully in her sleep and she didn't suffer, which is all we could hope for...
Bless you mother - we both loved the Beatles music and you never, ever, told me to 'turn that rubbish down'. I hope you find peace and love where ever your sprit resides...
Hi folks, i cant believe its been so long since my last xmas hello posting - still, the long, cold, dark nights are beginning to shorten and i feel like i am coming out of that winter hibernation...ROLL ON spring and summer!
Yes the Bootleg Beatles are back in York on March 29th. I've got my tickets, have you?
We bought ours just after xmas to make sure we could get some good seats, as last time we were quite a distance away. I'm taking our lass this time as she has never experienced their music played on a live performance, and although she is not a pure Beatles fan (she's a kind of Beatlemuggle), i am sure she is gonna be blown away by the almost 'authentic' sound and showmanship of the band.
What else is there to report since my last post? Well firstly, my Dell Laptop passed away.
Well when i say passed away, its brain (the hardrive) had a seizure and failed to boot up, so anything on there was lost to eternity, all my Beatle art pics i had saved for future posting, all my reference material was gone too. So as you might say i was well and truely p****d off by this. I have replaced the old drive with a new one, so in the immortal words of Dr Victor Frankenstein: ...it lives, it lives... But it is a small consolation for what i had not managed to back up (....yes, yes, I know one should back up all one's precious files, i do it all the time on my G5 mac).
There's Beatle convention in Liverpool in August (24th), so gonna try and tie that in with a visit to family in Chorley that week (see you there Alan, probably see you at Barbican too).
Now i suppose i had better go and find all those Beatle art images again... hello Google!
Chris
