we 30 ap 08

1980  Queen Juliana of the Netherlands abdicated in favour of her daughter Beatrix

April's pics as prints, mugs and t-shirts at photoboxgallery.com/NearTheCoast (try the Slide Show)

mo 21 ap 08

1980  Sony UK became the first Japanese owned firm to win a Queen's Award for Export

This was Lee on Solent yesterday afternoon ... you probably couldn't do this on Thorpeness mere.

March's pics as prints, mugs and t-shirts at photoboxgallery.com/NearTheCoast

tu 4 mr 08

1877  Swan Lake first performed

The promenade in Lee on Solent Sunday was noticeably quieter presumably

because of Mother's Day.  Though a mild day the wind on the front was cutting through, and up, everything you were wearing; wisely dogs were staying out of the water, but then dogs do know how to enjoy themselves.

mo 7 ja 08

1961  The Avengers first shown on tv

It's the UK premiere of Ten Percent at the Harwich Electric Palace Friday week.  The film is based on the play Long Live The King and is about the world heavyweight title fight between James Cinderella Man Braddock and Joe The Brown Bomber Louis.  Tickets are only a fiver so your chance to attend a premiere!

mo 5 no 07

1967  The Hither Green rail crash killed 49 people, the survivors included Bee Gee Robin Gibb proving there is no god

Perhaps NearAnotherCoast.com but the Solent (remember there was a brand of menthol cigarettes called Solent when smoking was still legal?) was looking particularly good in Lee on Solent Saturday and on Sunday across the bay in the Calshot Activities Centre the steep track and just one of the many climbing walls were being well used.

we 31 oc 07

1964  The Windmill Theatre closed

Georgie Fame is playing the Harwich Electric Palace tomorrow week ... it's already sold out but there could be returns.