I met a friend for coffee this morning, thus avoiding the continuation of last years Spring clean, and walked by the 'Argos' shop and collected a new catalogue of priceless merchandise which I don't want.
And why are they named after a long forgotten Greek city anyway?
I noticed they retain the cover blurb from before, 'You're Good to Go' and began to ask myself what that is supposed to mean? The previous one had the word 'WOW' upon it if I remember correctly, and 'wow' was found on most pages leaving me asking if anyone in this cynical nation was impressed by this? Marketing people do not in my understanding live in the real world, yet earn vast sums of cash for such as this! Long years ago a friend earned £40,000 a year, his main work was designing an advert for a 'Findus' fish product which may or may not still exist, I doubt it does, as from what I recall there was not much to it. He also had his own Audi from the company. I was not jealous even though in those days I could not get a bus pass. I did not go out of my way to buy his product however...
It appears the Beatles still produce a reaction these days. 50 years after they crossed the road in what I thought then, and still think now, was a rather poor cover photo people have rushed to commemorate that picture.
Now not only did I work just up the road in what was then a somewhat run down hospital passing this corner day after day. At that time we worked Monday to Saturday early shift, then Sunday to Friday late shift, we then got a weekend off. How the rich lived!
Even then, 1980-81, the 'Abbey Road' street sign was covered in scribbles from little girls informing Paul or whoever of their thoughts. He was of course not there. He did have a house not far from here, a nuisance to his neighbours, while he himself sat around in New York or Scotland avoiding the fans and counting his money.
Not long after leaving the hospital I was delivering in this area, 1983 on I think, and three times a week we would visit Abbey Road, knock down one or two foreigners crossing the road while being photographed and receiving instructions from the driver on how to behave. Today would have led to mass murder US style had we been there. Actually I have just thought it would not, we did Arsenal and that area on Thursdays, lucky for them!
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