tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post8538876980674818211..comments2024-03-28T11:42:33.305+00:00Comments on Dolores Delargo Towers - Museum of Camp: This weekend, I am mostly dressing casual...Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-6232432461293584742017-05-23T21:59:56.093+00:002017-05-23T21:59:56.093+00:00Just as one would expect from a Londoner. We'v...Just as one would expect from a Londoner. We've been known to listen to many a foreign-language radio station too. JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-64757859170049100142017-05-23T21:56:10.314+00:002017-05-23T21:56:10.314+00:00My grandfather loved her. He worked as an electric...My grandfather loved her. He worked as an electrician in the Yiddish theatre in Islington before the war. He wasn't Jewish but he could understand Yiddish and read Hebrew. He rigged up his radio in the garden shed to pick up Israeli radioIsobel Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771112941430519543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-33791648032477486022017-05-22T22:43:56.370+00:002017-05-22T22:43:56.370+00:00Agreed. JxAgreed. JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-6557308088437625112017-05-22T22:13:33.377+00:002017-05-22T22:13:33.377+00:00She was fun and exhuberant, a great entertainerShe was fun and exhuberant, a great entertainerIsobel Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771112941430519543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-60928642592038516582017-05-22T20:42:28.408+00:002017-05-22T20:42:28.408+00:00My all-time fave is her Bell-Bottom Blues - camp a...My all-time fave is her <em>Bell-Bottom Blues</em> - camp as Christmas, dear! JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-25854296005166309592017-05-22T19:57:58.302+00:002017-05-22T19:57:58.302+00:00I think one of his early paintings was of her.
M...I think one of his early paintings was of her. <br /><br />My brother have me a best of Alma Cogan for Christmas; I'd never heard her before. It's great, especially her version of This Old HouseIsobel Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771112941430519543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-89425765515803078152017-05-20T22:05:05.388+00:002017-05-20T22:05:05.388+00:00Ian Dury was a very wise man. JxIan Dury was a very wise man. JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-86169258428885479142017-05-20T21:46:20.000+00:002017-05-20T21:46:20.000+00:00Ian Dury said she was one of the finest singers Br...Ian Dury said she was one of the finest singers Britain ever producedIsobel Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771112941430519543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-19911196695271504922017-05-20T15:33:36.363+00:002017-05-20T15:33:36.363+00:00She wore much worse than that, dear - just watch t...She wore much worse than that, dear - just watch the documentary and you'll be in awe... JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-5249527848307746762017-05-20T07:44:54.299+00:002017-05-20T07:44:54.299+00:00Good gods! That dress! It's like the aftermath...Good gods! That dress! It's like the aftermath of a fight between Barbara Cartland and a knight in shining armor.<br /><br />Still, happy birthday Alma!Inexplicable DeVicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com