Why can't the weather be like this more often in the UK!
I have managed a bit of time to build and launch this site for The Fox:
www.thefoxfarnborough.co.uk
Thanks to the Welsh Bard for his contribution:
At The Fox
You can rock it, you can roll it,
You can bop it, you can stroll it at The Fox,
When the locals start arriving
They’ll be drinking, they’ll be jiving at The Fox…
It’ll do your head, that’s what I said, at The Fox!
Let’s go to The Fox, oh baby. Let’s go to The Fox
In a sea of dodgy places
It’s a regular oasis, at the Fox,
Where the bitter is a treasure,
And it’s always made to measure at The Fox…
It’ll do your head, that’s what I said, at The Fox!
Let’s go to The Fox, oh baby. Let’s go to The Fox!
The music’s stereophonic,
And the conversation chronic at The Fox,
If your home is Farnboroughonic
You will always find a tonic at The Fox…
It’ll do your head, that’s what I said, at The Fox!
Let’s go to The Fox, oh baby. Let’s go to The Fox!
The locals are so chummy
And the bar staff are so yummy, at The Fox,
Disco Daves the smoothest
and the music is the coolest at The Fox,
It’ll do your head, that’s what I said, at The Fox!
Let’s go to The Fox, oh baby. Let's go to The Fox!
Let’s go to The Fox!
Come on, lets go to The Fox! Evans & Baltzer 2014
We made a bit of an effort with the caravan flower display this year but keeping them all watered in this heat is a full time job!
This week saw the passing of one of the all time greats of TV and film, James Garner.
Born James Scott Baumgarner on April 7th, 1928 he graced our screens for nearly 60 years starring in over 50 films, including the remake of Move Over Darling (with Doris Day), The Great Escape, Murphy's Romance (for which he received an Oscar nomination), Grand Prix and Space Cowboys.
But, like many of my generation, I will remember him for his portrayal of professional gambler Bret Maverick in the comedy Western series Maverick from 1957 to 1960 and, of course, as private investigator Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files from 1974 to 1980.
Produced by the same team as Maverick, The Rockford Files was devised as a remake of Maverick, but this time featuring Jim Rockford as a modern-day private detective recycling many of the original Maverick plots. The role won Garner an Emmy in 1977.
He served 14 months as an infantryman in the Korean War, was wounded twice and won two Purple Hearts.
In 2005 he received the Screen Actor’s Guild’s highest honour, a Lifetime Achievement Award.
His amiable, lovable, roguish exterior hid a complex personality that even his most ardent fans wouldn’t have recognised, that of a man who suffered years of pain and a childhood of abuse, loneliness and deprivation.
RIP James Garner:
Also this week this story was reported by the Daily Telegraph:
"A pine tree planted in Los Angeles to commemorate the late-Beatles star George Harrison has died – after being consumed by beetles.
Planted as a sapling in 2004 near the Griffith Observatory, the tree stood 10-feet high but died recently as a result of an insect infestation.The Griffith Park and its observatory are popular tourist spots in LA, but the trees there have been plagued recently by ladybug and bark beetles, both of which can cause extensive damage.
LA councilman Tom LaBonge, who represents the area, told the LA Times that the tree would be replanted. The paper said Harrison, who had a well-developed sense of humour, "likely would have been amused by the irony".
The George Harrison Tree was chosen as an appropriate memorial for the Beatle, who died of lung cancer in LA in 2001 at the age of 58, because of his love of plants, gardening and nature".
Gone but not forgotten:
This year is the 50th display season for the RAF Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows who never cease to impress me despite having seen their display so many times over Farnborough over the years.
At least we are still the best in the world at some things!
Tune in to BBC2 at 9pm on Sunday and enjoy "The Red Arrows: Inside the Bubble".
I came across this video the other day after hearing "Father and Son" on a TV program. I'd forgotten how good Cat Stevens was (and still is):
Hey Ho!
