Cup of Tea Tales

Oh, what times we had in the playgrounds! A look back at the playgrounds of the 1950s and 1960s, and how we used them.

The Times They Are a Changing! The Strong Smell of Puberty: Hair, Voice, Muscle, Height, Spots and Deodorant.

Fashion – Dedicated Followers of Fashion in the 1960s and 1970s. Boodle-Am, Loons, Afghan Coats, Clogs, Tie-dye, and Budgie Jackets.  

Hanging out as a teen. Oakwood Clock, the Finger Nail Torture, and Pete's Cellar.

The joys of high school in 1967. Yes, there were some, but also some definite lows.

Another Eventful Excursion and Some Dreadful Boys. Sixth form life in the early 1970s.

Further adventures in the late 1960s. A geography school trip to Cromer.

Harehills CP School Trips, York, Fountains Abbey, and the Pantomime. Oh Yes, It Was, OH NO It Wasn’t! School day trips in the 1960s.

‘Cup of Tea Tales’ – Times Tables, Country Dancing, Nursery Rhymes, Singing Lessons, Assemblies. The Music of Childhood That Stays With Us Forever!

‘Cup of Tea Tales’ – Scarborough, the Resort of the North - More than Just the Beach and the Front. History, Culture and Punch and Judy! memories of the 1950s and 1960s.

A review of a famous artist's autobiography, Me by Elton John, and two reviews of self-published novels. Further updates on my latest novel.

Cup of Tea Tales – It’s That Time of the Year. Oh! I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside! Adventures at Sewerby, Bridlington, Robin Hood’s Bay, and Flamborough Head. Knitted Trunks, Sand Blasted and Scoured, Sunburn, and the Flying Socks Caper!

A short journey through teen culture from the 1950s to the early 1970s, through the eyes of a Leeds boy.

My holiday job in 1973 and some of the adventures. Reminiscences of life in Leeds, in the north of England.

'Cup of Tea Tales' – One of My first Jobs, Wraggs Motor Cycles, Leeds. Adventures with my first job as a van driver two days after passing my driving test in 1971.

Learning to Read, Stainbeck Prep, Harehills C. P. School and Roundhay School. Listen With Mother, Radio Assemblies, Oakwood Library, Secret Seven, Famous Five, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and The Lord of the Rings. The journey from learning to read to becoming an author.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidmcameronauthormusician.com/2023/05/09/cup-of-tea-tales-my-first-job-as-a-dj-high-ho-silver-lining-always-got-them-on-their-feet-summer-nights-and-the-icy-kiss-of-winter-frost-discos-at-north-leeds-cricket/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidmcameronauthormusician.com/2023/05/02/cup-of-tea-tales-pheasants-rabbits-and-cows-tongues-in-the-butchers-real-food-picked-by-your-own-hands-harvesting-the-wild-world-and-the-mushroom-embarrassment-strawberry-farms-and/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidmcameronauthormusician.com/2023/04/25/cup-of-tea-tales-other-music-venues-and-concerts-in-leeds-in-the-1970s-leeds-university-the-town-hall-the-queens-hall-fforde-grene-allerton-grange-school-and-youth-cl/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidmcameronauthormusician.com/2023/04/23/davids-bookshelf-issue-9/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidmcameronauthormusician.com/2023/04/18/cup-of-tea-tales-leeds-poly-thomas-danby-college-rock-culture-pipers-chablis-king-crimson-yes-wild-nights-at-petes-cellar-in-the-late-1960s-and-early-70s/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidmcameronauthormusician.com/2023/04/11/cup-of-tea-tales-places-to-go-in-the-1970s-leeds-nightlife-pubs-cinderella-rockerfellas-the-hoffbrauhaus-intime-and-leeds-colleges/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidmcameronauthormusician.com/2023/04/04/cup-of-tea-tales-my-only-visit-to-batley-variety-club-freddie-starr-oh-what-a-night/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidmcameronauthormusician.com/2023/04/01/davids-bookshelf-issue-8/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidmcameronauthormusician.com/2023/03/28/cup-of-tea-tales-further-home-improvements-bringing-the-home-into-the-modern-era-but-losing-something-on-the-way/