Comments on: 19th Century Tradition Rules OK http://www.mgharris.net/2007/09/02/19th-century-tradition-rules-ok/ Website of MG Harris, author of 'The Joshua Files' children's adventure book series Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MG http://www.mgharris.net/2007/09/02/19th-century-tradition-rules-ok/#comment-2189 MG Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:19:04 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/?p=122#comment-2189 Merci Constance, ecrivez-moi si-vous plait a: MG Harris c/o Scholastic Children's Book UK 24 Eversholt Street London NW1 1DB Merci Constance, ecrivez-moi si-vous plait a:
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]]> By: constance derouin http://www.mgharris.net/2007/09/02/19th-century-tradition-rules-ok/#comment-2170 constance derouin Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:03:26 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/?p=122#comment-2170 Bonjour je souhaiterais (si vous le voulez bien) avoir votre adresse postale pour vous écrire un petit mot... merci beaucoup... Derouin Constance Bonjour je souhaiterais (si vous le voulez bien) avoir votre adresse postale pour vous écrire un petit mot…

merci beaucoup…
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]]> By: MG Harris - official author Website » Blog Archive » ICE SHOCK - proofs are here! http://www.mgharris.net/2007/09/02/19th-century-tradition-rules-ok/#comment-1326 MG Harris - official author Website » Blog Archive » ICE SHOCK - proofs are here! Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:49:36 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/?p=122#comment-1326 [...] on Tuesday, St Giles Fair - it being the first Monday and Tuesday following St Giles’ Day. I was feeling queazy,  a [...] [...] on Tuesday, St Giles Fair – it being the first Monday and Tuesday following St Giles’ Day. I was feeling queazy,  a [...]

]]> By: esruel http://www.mgharris.net/2007/09/02/19th-century-tradition-rules-ok/#comment-77 esruel Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:32:00 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/?p=122#comment-77 Fairgrounds are such magical places, and even more so for children. I bet your daughter is always laughing when she goes there!<br/>I read That'll Be The Day before I saw the film and each is as good as the other. Ringo Starr was amazing in the film, and reminded me (though I don't know why) of a roustabout called Pip, who had a glass eye and a scar to match around it. He had long hair past his shoulders, never wore a shirt in the fairground whatever the weather - just jeans and Doc Martins - and had a barrel-full of jokes that he really had to tell you whenever he bumped into you. And he was the best pool player in the town - I never beat him once.<br/>Great memories. Fairgrounds are such magical places, and even more so for children. I bet your daughter is always laughing when she goes there!
I read That’ll Be The Day before I saw the film and each is as good as the other. Ringo Starr was amazing in the film, and reminded me (though I don’t know why) of a roustabout called Pip, who had a glass eye and a scar to match around it. He had long hair past his shoulders, never wore a shirt in the fairground whatever the weather – just jeans and Doc Martins – and had a barrel-full of jokes that he really had to tell you whenever he bumped into you. And he was the best pool player in the town – I never beat him once.
Great memories.

]]> By: MG http://www.mgharris.net/2007/09/02/19th-century-tradition-rules-ok/#comment-76 MG Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:08:00 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/?p=122#comment-76 You were a carnie, esruel? Eee lad, that's quite a story. We had a great day there today. I gave the teenage lad helping out on the waltzer the old go-faster nod. Could barely walk straight when I got off! My five year-old was fine on her travel sickness pill...she was laughing. You were a carnie, esruel? Eee lad, that’s quite a story. We had a great day there today. I gave the teenage lad helping out on the waltzer the old go-faster nod. Could barely walk straight when I got off! My five year-old was fine on her travel sickness pill…she was laughing.

]]> By: esruel http://www.mgharris.net/2007/09/02/19th-century-tradition-rules-ok/#comment-75 esruel Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:49:00 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/?p=122#comment-75 This post particularly takes the eye, Maria, as I used to work in the fairground in South Shields in my distant youth. A bunch of us teenagers did everything from serving chips to opening up and helping on the rides. It was just on the cusp of the That'll Be The Day era, and I only have to hear a few bars of Runaway by Del Shannon, or Rock On by David Essex, and I'm transported back to this carefree and exciting time. I witnessed air sea rescues, gang fights involving Hell's Angels and Skinheads,and even played in a free-for-all football match in the middle of the fairground with the wild-living roustabouts who slept in tents on the beach (nope, neither Nike or Coca-Cola were involved in sponsoring this match!), and got to go on all of the rides for free. Made us all feel like Kings of the Town at the time, though I'm sure we were regarded as just 'the kids who helped out'.<br/>These days the fairground holds no mysteries for me, as I know (at least I did back then) what goes on behind the scenes. I only go there when it's raining, or in the winter when they're closed and empty. I pass through on my way to the pier, preferring to look across the sea, and across the harbour to North Shields. But it's a popular place, with a fabulous atmosphere from Easter onwards until the end of the school holidays. I wish I could go back to that time there when I was a teenager. It's not a time or place that I can ever forget, nor do I want to. Anyone got a time machine to spare? :-) This post particularly takes the eye, Maria, as I used to work in the fairground in South Shields in my distant youth. A bunch of us teenagers did everything from serving chips to opening up and helping on the rides. It was just on the cusp of the That’ll Be The Day era, and I only have to hear a few bars of Runaway by Del Shannon, or Rock On by David Essex, and I’m transported back to this carefree and exciting time. I witnessed air sea rescues, gang fights involving Hell’s Angels and Skinheads,and even played in a free-for-all football match in the middle of the fairground with the wild-living roustabouts who slept in tents on the beach (nope, neither Nike or Coca-Cola were involved in sponsoring this match!), and got to go on all of the rides for free. Made us all feel like Kings of the Town at the time, though I’m sure we were regarded as just ‘the kids who helped out’.
These days the fairground holds no mysteries for me, as I know (at least I did back then) what goes on behind the scenes. I only go there when it’s raining, or in the winter when they’re closed and empty. I pass through on my way to the pier, preferring to look across the sea, and across the harbour to North Shields. But it’s a popular place, with a fabulous atmosphere from Easter onwards until the end of the school holidays. I wish I could go back to that time there when I was a teenager. It’s not a time or place that I can ever forget, nor do I want to. Anyone got a time machine to spare? :-)

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