Upgrading to Windows 10 and other gripes

Windows 10

 I have been constantly nagged by messages on my screen to upgrade to Windows 10. I  have spent      3 days trying to do this , the upgrade never gets beyond 97% even though I have left the computer        on for more than 15 hours.

Sony TV

2. Last January we bought a  smart Sony TV costing £700.Now there are problems with no sound      when it is turned on.It seems that we and hundreds of others have been affected by some faulty software, and we wait on Sony's pleasure to supply a solution to having to spend 30 minutes turning the set on and off to restore the sound.Do not buy a Sony TV.

Vodaphone

3.Where is this new cell phone I ordered from Vodaphone last week ?I have not received their advisory email .


Amazon

4. Still waiting for the book I ordered  from Amazon, delivery date quoted 21 July.this probably the fault of Royal Mail.



These companies take billions from us but treat us like grovelling peasants in their Game of Thrones.



                                                                     

Summer Fashion for Grandmas

Many older ladies have a good income to buy clothes with, but, dear manufacturers ,please do not regard  us as an  easy seam of silver to exploit. We want value for money and some consideration of our needs regarding styling .So I am going to look at some of the fashion garments around this summer in light of those needs.


Summer wardrobes need freshening up with some new items as older favourites tend to have a too well washed look.

The  Summer Dress :  photographs taken from online catalogues

 Always hard to find is something with a sleeve, not too short in length, a flattering colour and shape and no need for special underwear.

After a long search I found this pretty , easy to wear dress at Jigsaw




                                         


                                                     

                                                               

This maxi dress from Zara looks light, cool and pretty but will  hide those flabby arms and varicose veins we all to keep out of sight.
                                                           

When it gets really hot linen is wonderfully cool.The creasing just has to be regarded as part of the fabric's charm.
Marks and Spencers' dress is a lovely colour but those patch pockets on the bust and hips are not good for curvy ladies.

                                               

Jaeger have the nicest tobacco coloured linen dress in town but it is expensive, an investment piece.

                                                             
                                         

Sparky's Magic Piano

This is for all Grandmas who struggled with piano lessons and longed for a Sparky experience every time they heard this on the radio.




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Music from Royal Occasions. scroll down for full selection

Royal Wedding 2011 - "I was Glad" by Parry

Walton Orb and Sceptre Coronation March 1953

Happy Birthday M'am,90 years old on 21 April 2016

Hobson's Choice

Knightsbridge March by Eric Coates

"Belle of the Ball" - waltz by Leroy Anderson

End of the musical journey with Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates

There are two signature tunes to radio programmes from my childhood that are still  played today for The Archers and Desert Island Discs.
 However I am going to finish with pieces by two composers who were very popular during the 1940s and 50s and whose music epitomises the  well written  light music that is still enjoyable but played less frequently now.

The American Leroy Anderson wrote many pieces that are familiar, Sleigh ride is always popular at Christmas but my personal favourite is Belle of The Ball.

Eric Coates typified a restrained English style, especially with his London Suite.
Knightsbridge was the signature tune for In Town Tonight, an early celebrity programme when old,white, male note- worthies were given deeply deferential interviews-wearing dinner jackets naturally.



 Thank you for listening ,Happy Easter.

Grieg - Two Norwegian Airs op.63 - IIa. Kuhreigen (Cow Keeper's Tune) Another childrens' hour theme tune.

Dick Barton Special Agent

As we grew older and the war was now over more exciting things were broadcast . I was allowed to listen to Dick Barton Special Agent  on at 6.45 p.m. before I went to bed. The theme tune was very distinctive and this version is conducted by John Wilson, now well known for his revival of music from this period.

Childrens Hour ,BBC at 5 p.m.A time when so many children were introduced to literature that stayed with them for the rest of their days, Ballet Shoes, White Boots and the Railway Children

Classic BBC Radio Theme ~ Music While You Work

This programme was broadcast at 10 a.m. and consisted of music played at a brisk tempo.According to my father this was to encourage workers listening to it to work harder.I used to hear it coming from the Sears shoe factory opposite my grandmother's house in Stimpson Avenue,Northampton.The factory girls would sing along to popular tunes above the noise of the machinery.I always thought that I would love to get in there and join in the fun.
The building is still there but the shoe factory is long gone and it has been converted into some rather smart apartments.

Frank Crumit - Abdul Abulbul Amir - 1927 a very non pc song also popular on childrens choice

The Laughing Policeman - Charles Jolly / Penrose often heard on Childrens Choice

'Children's Choice' heard on Saturday Mornings in the 1950s