John Burke's a-Musings

Friday 23 August 2002. It was our last night in Great Yarmouth. Tomorrow would see us leave after breakfast and a morning coffee in our fav...

When I came to do the index page for Blackpool's Golden Mile, I was sad to see just how few dedicated posts there were to it. So I'...

Blackpool's Golden Mile features on today's flashback to 1977, with reminders of the Dr Who Exhibition, Lewis's department store...

We were incredibly lucky as kids in that Grandad had a car and then later Dad got one as well. That meant that trips out were perhaps a bit ...

A couple of days ago I published an entry about a Marching Bands Parade which took place on the 26 July 1981. Once the parade was over I...

What an irreverant title for a blog entry covering a character who has become a favourite nursery rhyme but who existed in real life and obv...

Thursday 8 August 1996. We drove to Lands End. On the way we saw a column of smoke and a few yards farther on found a car on fire. A fire en...

A glimpse of a not very politically correct past! It's a while since I featured a coin-operated game so here's one I remember with g...

Now this is a great reminder of seaside amusement arcades of the 1950s and 60s. This cabinet was another of those that could house a number...

An early driving game from the 1950s or early 1960s by Williams. Road Racer had a small model car on a rolling drum which had a road painted...

After the World Cup Rugby Final last night, it's timely to remember this old arcade game from 1968. My brother Frank and I used to lo...