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Cheers for the timely nostalgia, DG, and let me wish you a happy new decase As a fellow '65er I wonder what odds we make the 2030 mark...
These diary entries are always interesting, the stuff we thought so important when we were younger.

Best wishes for the coming year to you and all the commentators.
A very happy new year to you DG - Looking forward to more great posts in 2020. Thanks for sharing.
Igniting fireworks at New Year or any other time seems an odd and unnecessary thing to do in a world where air pollution and co2 emissions are increasing.
In the recent Royal Institution Christmas Lectures they had a fellow demonstrating electronic fireworks. Lets hope they take over soon.
That's got to be a first appearance on this blog for the phrase "rebound shag"!

Happy New Year DG!
Making a habit reading DG and, on two occassions, visiting London partly out of DG's inspiration, is my greatest achievement this decade.

I wish a Happy New Year -- as well as decade -- to DG.
1969/70 was the first diary I ever kept (I was 7) but not for long.

1979/80 was babysitting so someone else could enjoy themselves!

1989/90 Dunno. Stopped keeping a diary in the 80s!

1999/2000 In America watching the rest of the world celebrate in hourly increments on TV.

2009/10 Still in America, changing the clocks to convince the kids they had indeed stayed up!

2019/20 In London with the kids who are now old enough to stay up until the wee hours and frequently do!

Wishing you and all your readers a very Happy New Year.
May the 2020s be as interesting to read as the 2010s have been.
Thanks for a great blog - the ultimate diary.
You did a Royal Davids solo!
And at 14.
Wow!
I'm seriously impressed.
Happy New Decade DG. Keep up the good work.
Whether today and tomorrow are dull by comparison is entirely up to you!
1979/80 - A church with its carol service during the actual Christmas season, rather than in Advent as seems to be universal now!

I also remember doing a solo at such a service, but it would have been some years earlier.










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