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"MEMORIES NEVER DIE"
WISHES ALL VISITORS A WARM WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR VIEWING, AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS TRIP BACK IN TIME : AND THERE ARE SOME PRETTY GOOD PICS AND SONGS FOR YOU...........
IT IS A SITE MAINLY FOR THOSE OF US MIDDLE-AGED FOLK WHO ARE PROBABLY CALLED "SILVERSURFERS" (OR "BALDYSURFERS:)))) AND WERE BORN IN BRITAIN AFTER THE WAR AND ANYTIME UP TILL THE LATE 1950s : THOSE OF US WHO WERE CHILDREN OR TEENAGERS IN THE 1950s, 1960s OR 1970s : (PERSONALLY I WAS A CHILD THROUGHOUT THE 1950s AND A TEENAGER THROUGHOUT THE 1960s; MY WIFE WAS A CHILD IN THE 50s AND 60s AND A TEENAGER IN THE 60s AND 70s). BUT I HOPE VISITORS OF OTHER AGES WILL ENJOY HEARING ABOUT HOW KIDS OF THE 1950s TO 1970s LIVED, WHAT TELLY AND FILMS THEY WATCHED; AND COME IN AND ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE MUSIC THAT WAS IN THE CHARTS-----HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO THE MUSIC OF YOUR OWN "TIME" ??
AS WE NOW LISTEN HERE ON THIS PAGE TO ELVIS SINGING "MEMORIES" (UNLESS YOU'VE TURNED THE SOUND OFF:)), HOW CAN WE FAIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT MEMORIES NEVER DIE ?
"MEMORIES NEVER DIE" IS INTENDED TO BE "LIGHT" AND CHEERFUL IN THE MAIN. STRONG CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS ON MAJOR ISSUES HAVE BEEN MAINLY AVOIDED, SO THERE SHOULD BE NO NEED FOR HEATED E-MAILS OF ARGUMENT : BUT PLEASE VOICE YOUR OWN VIEWS ABOUT WHICH TV SHOW, FILM, SONG, ETC WAS BETTER THAN THOSE "FAVOURED" HERE; AND PLEASE MAKE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT ANY ITEMS WHICH YOU THINK SHOULD BE INCLUDED ( THOUGH, ON THAT ASPECT, IT NEEDS TO BE REMEMBERED THAT "MEMORIES NEVER DIE" REPRESENTS THE THINGS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED TO ME AS I LEAF THROUGH MY OWN MEMORIES..........THOUGH I HOPE VISITORS MAY REKINDLE MEMORIES WHICH I SHARE BUT FORGOT WHEN WRITING THIS AND WOULD WILLINGLY NOW INCLUDE).
ON A SERIOUS NOTE, I WHOLLY UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ALL MEMORIES ARE PLEASANT, BOTH ON A PERSONAL AND GENERAL LEVEL : DISASTERS, CRIMES, TRAUMA---------THEY ARE ALSO MEMORIES WHICH IN MANY CASES WILL NEVER DIE. THIS SITE ACKNOWLEDGES SUCH MEMORIES WITH SADNESS, AND CONDOLENCES TO ALL CONCERNED : BUT DOES NOT DEAL WITH THAT ASPECT OF THE PAST. AS MENTIONED LATER ON THIS INTRODUCTORY PAGE, THIS SITE IS DEDICATED MORE TO THE MEMORIES THAT SPRING FROM "NOSTALGIA" ( AND A GOOD DEFINITION OF "NOSTALGIA" IS : "A JOY OF MEMORY AND LONGING FOR THE PAST, SOMETIMES BITTERSWEET BUT NEVER MORBID").
THIS SITE TAKES US BACK TO NOSTALGIA : MEMORIES OF SOMEWHERE AROUND 1955 TO 1975.
SO WHAT ?
WELL...........TO SOME DEGREE OR ANOTHER WE ALL WITNESSED ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN SOCIETY THAT HISTORY HAS PERHAPS EVER WITNESSED IN SUCH A SHORT SPACE OF TIME. WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED PERHAPS........BUT WE WERE GROWING UP DURING A MOMENTOUS 20 YEARS OF A GOLDEN AGE. WE ALL SAW THE REVOLUTION THAT STARTED WITH THE BREAKTHROUGH OF ROCK n ROLL IN THE MID-1950s, SEEING OUR PARENTS OWNING THEIR FIRST WASHING MACHINES AND ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANERS AND MATERIAL ITEMS THAT WE HAD ONLY SEEN IN MAGAZINES.
WE THEN WENT ON TO BE PART OF THE SWINGING 1960s WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE
-----AND THEY WERE BRITISH
CHANGED THE WORLD .....................................FOR BETTER OR WORSE).
TEENAGE MUSIC, FASHION, CULTURE AND A WHOLE WAY OF LIFE FUNDAMENTALLY ALTERED EVERY ASPECT OF SOCIETY , NOT ONLY FOR THE GENERATION THAT WAS AT THE HEART OF IT, BUT FOR OTHER GENERATIONS AT THE TIME, AND FOR GENERATIONS YET TO COME. I DO NOT THINK I OVERSTATE THE UNIQUNESS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE HEADY DAYS OF AN AMAZING DECADE. AND I BELIEVE THAT MEMORIES NEVER DIE.
THE REVOLUTION TAILED OFF AND CAME TO AN END, THOUGH ITS LEGACY REMAINED. IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE TIME OF ITS DEMISE THAN IT IS TO DEFINE ITS BEGINNING. FOR SOME, IT ENDED AT THE END OF THE DECADE, AS THOUGH IN 1970 WE WERE SUDDENLY IN A DIFFERENT WORLD. BUT, JUST AS I BELIEVE THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 1960s WERE NOT VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE LATE 1950s, SO I BELIEVE THAT THE EARLY 1970s REMAINED PART OF THE PHENOMENON. PERSONALLY I BELIEVE IT WAS ALL OVER BY THE MID-70s. MY OWN TIME SCALE PLACES THE "CHANGE" FROM ABOUT 1963 TO ABOUT 1973, BUT EVERYONE'S VIEWS WILL DIFFER. EVERYONE'S MEMORIES WILL HAVE DIFFERENCES; BUT SOME WILL BE THE SAME, AS WE PICTURE THE BEATLES OR "STAR TREK". WHETHER PRIVATE OR COMMON TO US ALL, MEMORIES NEVER DIE.
IT HAPPENS VERY RARELY , SOMETIMES NOT FOR MANY GENERATIONS OR CENTURIES , THAT SUCH CHANGES ARE SEEN SO RAPIDLY, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF THEM.
SO .......IT'S WORTH DEDICATING A SITE TO THAT ALONE. IT IS WORTH REMINDING OURSELVES THAT MEMORIES NEVER DIE, ESPECIALLY OF A SPECIAL TIME IN HISTORY.
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BUT, IT'S ALSO WORTH REMEMBERING ANY CHILDHOOD AND TEENAGE YEARS OF ANY ERA-----THEY ARE OUR "SPECIAL YEARS" (TO QUOTE A PRETTY VAL DOONICAN SONG TITLE ).
SO, WHATEVER HUGE CHANGES WERE HAPPENING AROUND US AS WE GREW UP IN AN EXCEPTIONAL PERIOD IN HISTORY, WE ALSO HAVE THE MEMORIES WHICH EVERYONE HAS OF GROWING UP. NO MATTER WHAT ERA, WE HAVE SPECIAL YEARS AS WE GROW UP. NOSTALGIA OF ANY CHILDHOOD, TEENAGE YEARS OR YOUTH ARE SO OFTEN VERY SPECIAL, VERY UNFORGETTABLE.
SO THIS SITE IS ABOUT BOTH A SPECIAL TIME IN HISTORY AND OUR OWN SPECIAL MEMORIES OF BEING A YOUNGSTER , A TEENAGER AND GROWING INTO A YOUNG ADULT.
THIS "MEMORIES NEVER DIE" SITE IS ABOUT NOSTALGIA FOR OLDIES WHO MAY JUST ABOUT REMEMBER THE CORONATION AND WHO BOUGHT ALL THE BEATLES RECORDS ; OR YOUNGSTERS WHO MAY JUST ABOUT REMEMBER THE DEATH OF KENNEDY AND WHO BOUGHT PLATFORM HEELS IN THE GLAM ERA. IT IS FOR FOLK WHO LOVE NOSTALGIA FROM THE 1950S, 1960S AND 1970S AND WHO BELIEVE THAT MEMORIES NEVER DIE.
AND THIS "MEMORIES NEVER DIE" SITE , THOUGH LEAFING THROUGH ONLY A FEW PAGES COVERING MAJOR TALKING POINTS OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE 1950s, 1960s AND 1970s, IS MAINLY A VEHICLE FOR A FORUM WHERE LIKE-MINDED FOLK ( WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT A SENTIMENTAL OLD TWIT LIKE ME IS TALKING ABOUT IN THE ABOVE PARAGRAPHS) CAN JOIN TOGETHER IN FRIENDSHIP AND NOSTALGIA :
AND JUST................ REMEMBER.
WE CALL IT "MEMORIES NEVER DIE"..........BECAUSE IT IS A SENTIMENT WHICH SO MANY OF US AGREE WITH AND WISH TO CHAT ABOUT AND SHARE WITH OTHERS. PLEASE ENJOY THE TRIP BACK TO A "GENTLER" TIME.
(Special thanks to Stu for the above---and some other pics on website pages)
AS THE HOST OF THIS SITE, MAY I ECHO DUSTY'S WORDS WHEN I SAY "STAY AWHILE"...... AND BROWSE. AND THEN STAY A WHILE LONGER AND SHARE NOSTALGIA WITH FRIENDS BY APPLYING TO JOIN OUR MEMORIES CHAT FORUM. I HOPE TO MEET YOU THERE, IN A PLACE WHERE FRIENDSHIPS ARE FORGED VIA THE SHARED HERITAGE WE SHARE OF A VERY SPECIAL ERA.
IN ADDITION, OUR FORUM QUIZMASTER IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, SO IF YOU LIKE TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR SPECIAL TIMES AND TOPICS, YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND NO BETTER QUIZZES ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET. AWAY FROM THE FORUM, ON OTHER WEBPAGES, VIEWERS ARE ASKED TO WRITE IN AND REQUEST "PICTURES OF THE MONTH" TO BE DISPLAYED. THAT'S PART OF THE MANY FACES OF NOSTALGIA......IT CAN RANGE FROM BITTERSWEET MELANCHOLY TO SIDE-SPLITTING FUN.
JOIN THE FORUM AND CHAT WITH LIKE-MINDED, LIKE-AGED FOLK ABOUT EVERY NOSTALGIA TOPIC UNDER THE SUN (take a peek at the subjects covered, by clicking on Forum link).
WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO AND ASK QUESTIONS, SEEK PICTURES OR EVEN MUSIC (TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SONGS OF THE ERA ARE AVAILABLE, FREE , IN MP3 OR MPEG FORMAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE GENUINELY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR ERA AND ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR CLUB FORUM).
WHETHER YOU STAY OR NOT, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN, BROWSE AGAIN SOMETIME, KEEP WELL, TAKE CARE : AND DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER.....................;)
AND ASK QUESTIONS, SEEK PICTURES OR EVEN MUSIC 
