Simon Fox wrote a copule of posts for this blog in 2006 and was unable to compete this year because of a nasty kneww injury. He and his son Will came up ont he day though and made a great film....
Category Archives: Video
Hits of the past… my past
Got a bit nostalgic this evening with Lily when I realised she thought that some oldies I was singing to her was funny. I often underestimate a six year old’s appreciation of irony. Capstick Comes Home Goodness Gracious Me Albert and the Lion My old … Read More →
Lily’s sports day – very short video
Katie, Elsie and I popped into school to watch Lily’s sports day today – her first. I’m sure it’s one of those parental thing where you love observing your children from ‘the outsider’s view’ but Katie and I were just wetting ourselves at Lily’s constant … Read More →
A very English Bank Holiday
Although we had two lovely days of fine weather this long weekend, we chose the wet day to go to the seaside… We did have a grand day out though – on the Lancashire coast – at Southport (along with its huge pier) and another … Read More →
Family Video Archive… Annice – Voice of the Dales
In the mid 1980s, Yorkshire Television made a documentary about a lady called Annice Sidwells, a talented operatic singer with a beautiful and special contralto voice. Annice lived in Settle, North Yorkshire, but the documentary was based around the unlikely story of how a singer … Read More →
Other-worldly music animation
Quite the most delightful bit of animation that I think I’ve seen since Pixar’s ‘Robots’ – this appeals to me on so many levels; the epitome of how alive sequenced, electronic music can be if you just use your imagination. Wonderful… ten out of ten.
The ups and downs of a 5 year old
Poor old Lily – she went to school this morning for her special Reception Class assembly – parents could attend and the whole year proudly performed their assembly themed on ‘food’. Katie and I came home feeling typically proud, as would be expected. Later on, … Read More →
Lily Takes on John Bonham
Lily got a toy drum kit for Christmas, which is regularly put through its paces. This video makes me smile the most though, when I showed her my John Bonham performing one of those fashionable 70s drum solos on DVD. Those of you lucky to … Read More →
ZZ Top interview – circa 1987
Phil, my brother, and I used to watch this video COUNTLESS times after we recorded it from the Old Grey Whistle Test… I can’t believe that it’s 20 years ago! It’s worth waiting for the footage of them on a 1980 old grey whistle test … Read More →
Video of our brief Suffolk holiday
It seems ages ago now and it’s hard to think it’s just a couple of weeks since we had a great few days in some brilliant weather on the East Anglian coast. Just got round to editing together the video last night. It’s almost exclusively … Read More →