Jimmy Henshaw tribute concert this Sunday

Published 23 November 2008

Timeline is hosting a charity concert at Harraby Catholic Club this Sunday, November 30 in memory of one of Cumbria’s finest musicians, Jimmy Henshaw.

What a naughty Nurse Betty!

Published 22 November 2008

Today we take the National Health Service for granted, but it is only 60 years ago that health care was a luxury not everyone could afford.

Rascals who blazed a trail for Cumbrian bands

Published 22 November 2008

WE ARE gradually coming to the end of the Cumbrian groups from the Sixties (unless of course, you know different) but we still have a few to feature from Alastair Duncan’s and John Fisher’s amazing website www.fenderstrat.co.uk

Gateway to the nation

Published 15 November 2008

In 1978 the band were invited to record a programme for Border TV which developed into a series called Take the Mick. It was later transmitted by other regional ITV stations.

Swayze and Moore kiss is best screen snog ever

Published 8 November 2008

THE screen kiss between Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore in 1990 movie Ghost has been voted the best ever.

Time to bring back the tea cosy?

Published 8 November 2008

Timeline recently featured appliances that had lasted for years but you’ll be amazed at the number of common items we used to have in the kitchen 30 or 40 years ago which have vanished completely as we get hooked on labour-saving devices.

Happy birthday Ken, the last of the greats

Published 8 November 2008

HOW tickled I am to hear that Ken Dodd is 81 years young today.

Birthday shout-out for Lulu, 60

Published 3 November 2008

YOU won’t believe the number of singing artists celebrating birthdays this coming week, all of them having made an important contribution to the music world during the past few decades.

‘I loved every minute’

Published 1 November 2008

I became a member of The Gordon Nichol Band in 1971 and for the next 17 years the five of us played every Saturday night at the Lodore Hotel.

Guitar everyman

Published 25 October 2008

Des Rogan, from Whitehaven, is a name well known on the music scene in West Cumbria as a great guitarist.

Dancers went ballistic

Published 18 October 2008

After leaving Ruleholme, following the introduction of the breathalyser, I met Dereck Parker, leader of the Edenairs Orchestra, and to my delight he offered me a job with the band.

You can thank your lucky stars for Brian

Published 18 October 2008

ANOTHER veteran from the music world is British broadcaster Brian Matthew, who became well known in the Sixties.

Modern manners? No thanks!

Published 11 October 2008

When I was a youngster I was made to sit down and write thank you letters whenever I received a present, usually at birthdays and Christmas.

Old, but very reliable

Published 11 October 2008

A lifetime of music

Published 11 October 2008

Matt’s tribute to father

Published 4 October 2008

If you were a fan of the late great Matt Monro, whose golden voice sold him over 100 million records in a career that spanned over 50 years, then you may like to spend an evening in the company of his son, Matt Monro Jnr.

On the record: Carlisle singer’s life in music

Published 4 October 2008

Music has always been Richard Atkinson’s passion. Better known on the music circuit as Richard Dean, he has travelled worldwide with a career spanning over four decades. Today he shares his memories with Timeline.

Ready to rock in Jimmy’s memory

Published 4 October 2008

WE'RE in business! The tickets for Timeline’s Charity Concert in memory of Jimmy Henshaw at Harraby Catholic Club on Sunday November 30 are now on sale. It’s a great afternoon’s entertainment with Rue and the Rockets and Tony Johnson.

The rubber woman blues

Published 27 September 2008

Alastair Duncan of www.fenderstrat.co.uk recalls the history of one of the bands he was in during the mid Seventies – The Hootenanny Blues Band.IN 1977 Richard Sutton, theatre director of the Carnegie Theatre in Workington, read an article about Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger forming a group called the ‘Hootenannies’ in America during the 1940s inviting folk singers, poets and other artists to turn up spontaneously.