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Pancake Day 1972

joe — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:26:17 +0000

Pancake Day 1972. Picture the scene…It’s like every other day only now we aren’t allowed pancakes either. Times were hard then. We still hadn’t quite got to the point where we ate..for fun! We ate when we had to eat. pancakes were a frivolous luxury. Nowadays you can buy a pancake mix..A pancake mix!!? Honestly it’s the cheapest and easiest food to create in the world beyond peeling a banana. Kids today make them unsupervised by their usually over zealous modern day mothers. Anyway Pancake Day sort of came and went in 1972 much like it did most years, with the talk expertly deflected to the following day – Ash Wednesday. A much more significant day for our Mother as it meant she could make us feel some religious guilt and at the same time, not have to make us pancakes. To be fair to her you couldn’t buy a packet mix back then, you had to actually ‘make’ a pancake, which in Scotland is a proper thick pancake, not one of your flimsy French jobs. Scotch pancakes are like doormats and, when on the odd occasion mother did step up to the pancake plate, tasted not unlike doormats.

For the record I have no idea what is in a pancake. Some kind of flour, water, egg, milk, onion, carrot, mince and potato mix, I think…I’ll go buy a packet of pancake mix and surprise the wife tonight.

You can reach us!

joe — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:59:06 +0000

1972 A CRAZEE YEAR!

joe — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:37:59 +0000

‘Mama Weer All Crazee Now’ by Slade. A 1972 classic! And we criticise the youth of today for txt spelling. The difference is..we KNEW that it wasn’t actually correct. Not sure Noddy Holder did! I remember vividly buying the single and not being able to wait to get it home to put it on. Yes that’s right kids in those days, we had to wait to put it on. It wasn’t downloaded in seconds and discarded just as quickly. We savoured it. I still remember the colour and design of the middle bit of the record. I really think we got the same tingle of excitement buying every 50p single as kids today get when they upgrade their I-Phone. The thrill seemed to last longer…Well as long as it took for your mum to shout.. ‘Turn that racket down!!’ Mums were no more down with kids then, as they are now. The thrill is still there though.

SPECIAL GUEST CONFIRMED!

joe — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:50:23 +0000

Well what an exciting day!! Our special guest has confirmed to attend our planned open day, henceforth known as THE DAY! 20th July is THE DAY!! Get yourself on our guest list if you would like to be there…Simply email joe@windrushgroup.co.uk and ask to be placed on our guest list. If you’re not on the list you’re not getting in!!….Okay it is an open day so probably you ARE getting in, but if you get yourself on our guest list, you may have the opportunity to meet our special guest as we may have to limit numbers. See? Exciting isn’t it?….The special guest?..Special…Can’t say…But special.

Be there on THE DAY!! 20th July from 11am till 4.00pm and join our celebrations. THE EXCITEMENT BUILDS!

VALENTINES DAY 1972

joe — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:42:26 +0000

Picture the scene. I’m 13…Shy…The world has not yet invented Head & Shoulders. Oh I’m sure they were working on it and some hamsters had beautiful fur, but it hadn’t reached the mean streets of Glasgow. So I am at my worst in life. That phase we all go through (except David Cassidy who seemed to miss it) where we couldn’t look or feel any worse. Combine all this with the overwhelming desire to be loved..by anyone, but especially Margaret McCann from next door. Okay there I have said it. I have outed Margaret McCann and my secret desires. Sorry Margaret, but when you have spent your initial teenage years licking the inside of windows whilst watching you play outside, eventually you have to admit it. So did I send her flowers? Did I take this opportunity to admit my love? Did I even send her a card anonymously and hope she might guess?..No! None of the above. I just hoped she might be blessed with mind reading skills as well as dazzlingly girl-next-door looks. So I waited by the letterbox and could not, for the life of me, understand when no card ever dropped through. Back then you had second post, so the agony was longer. I think that’s why they did away with it. But today 2012 I confidently buy flowers from Waitrose (yes that’s right. I wasn’t skimping) and the woman says ‘Urgh, not more bloomin’ flowers!” Way to make me feel like I’m doing something special lady! I know all men are rushing about buying the same things, but half your shops wouldn’t exist if we didn’t, so don’t make us feel bad about it! Rant over ..She loved them.

2012 is THE year.

joe — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:01:44 +0000

2012 is a special year for Windrush Group. It’s hard to believe, but we have been providing a creative design and print service since 1972.

We don’t think of it as old, but experienced. We are very proud of reaching our ruby anniversary in such uncertain times, so you will excuse us for reminding you of this milestone more than once as the year progresses.

We will be sharing our memories of 1972 in various ways, but we would also love to hear your memories of 1972. You can uploaded these onto our specially adapted anniversary website.

Our ‘mystery’ writer, The Windrush Waffler will also be sharing every day amusing thoughts and birthday plans on twitter. Follow The Windrush Waffler now
@windrushwaffler. He has already started waffling.

For the more ‘serious’ reader there is ‘in-depth waffle’ here on our blog on our anniversary website http://www.windrushgroup.co.uk/1972_waffler

We look forward to inviting you to celebrate with us as the party mood heightens throughout the year.

40 is the new 30

joe — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:48 +0000

Everyone knows 40 is the new 30, 30 is the new 20….green is the new orange, orange used to be the new blue, but now its the old yellow and yellow is the new purple which was the old brown but now its the new black and black goes with anything.