Charlie Landsborough in general

Newest Review: ... and worked as an apprentice telephone engineer, on the railways, in the flourmills. He first picked up a guitar himself at ... more

... the age of fourteen, and from that time on the abiding passion in his life was composing and playing music. He then decided he wanted to travel like his brothers and to see the world. But for no better reason than the Navy recruiting office was closed when he went to sign up, he somehow ended up joining the army instead, and found himself posted in West Germany at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. His own appraisal of his army years is that he learned to “drink with the Scottish, the Irish and the Geordies wit...more

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Charlie Landsborough in general: For Jilly - My "Forever Friend" - She's " ... (3008 words)
by - written on 05/08/02 (Very useful, 278 readings)
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~ ~ I’ve had this opinion brewing in my head (and in Word) for quite a while now. I actually requested it from dooyoo months back, but somehow never got round to finishing it, as I’m a lazy sod at heart, and I knew it was going to be a difficult one to write. But when Jilly (jillmurphy) requested that we all write about ‘one of our favourite things’, then I knew immediately that this singer/songwriter from Birkenhead near Liverpool was going to be the subject of my contribution. I’d never even heard of him until about 8 years ago. There used to be a chat show here in Ireland that was screened on RTE television every Saturday ... Read the complete review

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