Lockdown day #57

For one of my Facebook challenges I have to pick a Top 100 UK hit for each year of my birth.  Today was for 1965, and I cheated.  The album I picked did not feature any song in the UK hit parade, let along the top 100.  1965 was, however, the Centenary of the Salvation Army and I stumbled upon a recording of the Service of Thanksgiving in Guildford Cathedral, held on 20 November 1965 ... so I chose that!

I watched another episode of Fortunes of War on YouTube.

My friend Mark Croasdale is putting together a series of short films for the Manchester International Festival and I watched his film Landbreaks: The Grove.  It had a very powerful message and I enjoyed watching it.

The Eurovision Song Contest is, of course, not taking place per se, due to this COVID-19 pandemic.  However on the day that the first semi-final was due to take place, a run through of all the acts took place - utilising their music videos.

At the moment, my top 5 acts are from Cyprus, Germany, Netherlands, Croatia and Ireland:

Lockdown day #39

Today I was up nice and early and decided to spend the day reading.  None of the books I read today are physically owned by me, and all were free downloads to help us "readers" who are running out of material to read.

Today's "must reads" were:
*The Golden Miles, Blackpool Corporation Tramways 1885-2010
*Hawaii's Religions
*Independent Buses in North Wales and
*MDS Books for collectors and enthusiasts 2020 Spring Book News.

I also received in the post the Cyprus Post News detailing their upcoming new stamp issues.

I took the opportunity of the sunny and warm weather (21 degrees near me) for a nice walk in the sun.  My ankle is easier to walk on and it felt good to be in the sun.

In the evening I "attended" the Lockdown Ceilidh - streamed live from a kitchen in Nottingham - great fun to watch, but a tad difficult to do by oneself.