tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post6800640032760500028..comments2024-03-29T00:37:50.677+00:00Comments on A Yorkshire Memoir: Short ShortsTasker Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-57947226000438253922021-05-22T10:15:49.227+01:002021-05-22T10:15:49.227+01:00It probably provides quite a good pension for the ...It probably provides quite a good pension for the composer. Who needs sophistication when you can get away with this? Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-37594868201702303262021-05-21T19:05:27.905+01:002021-05-21T19:05:27.905+01:00I am of an age where this song was used in a jingl...I am of an age where this song was used in a jingle to advertise leg shaving cream. <br /><br />I like being able to hear the song in its entirety here. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-37445160572441829712021-05-11T12:54:49.419+01:002021-05-11T12:54:49.419+01:00You will have to start the trend yourself. From th...You will have to start the trend yourself. From the comments it seems mine make quite an impression. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-89601555244126397712021-05-11T08:12:31.424+01:002021-05-11T08:12:31.424+01:00I shouldn't have made the effort to look at th...I shouldn't have made the effort to look at the clip but I loved short shorts, on others. Bring 'em back I say. I haven't worn shorts since I was a teen. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-49420411144460004812021-05-10T12:13:58.962+01:002021-05-10T12:13:58.962+01:00Perhaps "you don't know what you've g...Perhaps "you don't know what you've got till it's gone". In those days I didn't like how I looked. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-32940089143685926232021-05-10T11:05:19.263+01:002021-05-10T11:05:19.263+01:00What was that saying...if you've got it, flaun...What was that saying...if you've got it, flaunt it? You did, so why not? :) Actually, you were just a man of the (fashion) times back then. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-87879156640152352512021-05-09T18:23:22.539+01:002021-05-09T18:23:22.539+01:00For once I wasn't being obtuse. I have never w...For once I wasn't being obtuse. I have never worn them which is why I know that no one can possible have a picture of me. I wore shorts during my life in New Zealand despite the fact that I am undeniably bandy however they were never shorter than just above my knees.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-69783021612689048062021-05-09T17:20:49.548+01:002021-05-09T17:20:49.548+01:00What did you look like in your mid-twenties? I bet...What did you look like in your mid-twenties? I bet we would want to return the compliment. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-14082542551694017592021-05-09T17:18:25.031+01:002021-05-09T17:18:25.031+01:00If I understand you correctly, you are not saying ...If I understand you correctly, you are not saying that you have never worn them. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-43115240275871770492021-05-09T17:17:44.708+01:002021-05-09T17:17:44.708+01:00I might have looked better in Lederhosen. I do loo...I might have looked better in Lederhosen. I do look rather continental in those two pictures. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-48555265985799413802021-05-09T17:15:49.961+01:002021-05-09T17:15:49.961+01:00I have never seen a cat wearing thermals or cargo ...I have never seen a cat wearing thermals or cargo pants, although I heard that my niece dressed hers up in dolls clothes. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-68661350053494082482021-05-09T17:14:29.981+01:002021-05-09T17:14:29.981+01:00I have never thought of myself as fashionable or t...I have never thought of myself as fashionable or tried to be so, but maybe everyone is in their mid-twenties. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-90746481919668113352021-05-09T17:10:38.686+01:002021-05-09T17:10:38.686+01:00I must say I rather fancy you in that last but one...I must say I rather fancy you in that last but one picture. Somewhere I have a picture of me in very short shorts in 1957- luckily I can't find itThe Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-8667097872214290852021-05-09T12:56:54.115+01:002021-05-09T12:56:54.115+01:00I can definitely say that no one has a picture of ...I can definitely say that no one has a picture of me wearing short shorts - thank heaven.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-71127788556056193452021-05-09T12:18:29.671+01:002021-05-09T12:18:29.671+01:00You certainly had the legs for them shorts - nothi...You certainly had the legs for them shorts - nothing wrong with your outfits in these pictures.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-24900856050403630722021-05-09T10:41:49.978+01:002021-05-09T10:41:49.978+01:00Brits have got nothing on southern hemisphere colo...Brits have got nothing on southern hemisphere colonials when it comes to shorts (any length). In my youth men wore them for quite dressed-up attire (with long socks and brogues - a bit like wearing a kilt). In my job we wore them over our long thermal underwear (mind you the fashion of the time was for the thermals to be stripy and very colourful, I guess they'd just be called leggings now instead of long-johns). Anyone wearing what are now called cargo pants (knee length with loads of pockets and preferably khaki colour) was said to be wearing 'empire builders'.... and don't get me started on builders...Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-36317870941714319602021-05-09T10:32:59.316+01:002021-05-09T10:32:59.316+01:00I don't know what to say!! Everyone has said i...I don't know what to say!! Everyone has said it, but basically I don't like shorts, whether long or short but I like music and you look exceedingly fashionable ;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-68789549967384851202021-05-09T09:03:15.983+01:002021-05-09T09:03:15.983+01:00You could get used to it but I bet he still cringe...You could get used to it but I bet he still cringes too. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-36259077208657912532021-05-09T09:02:33.675+01:002021-05-09T09:02:33.675+01:00There have been tv programmes here tracing how mus...There have been tv programmes here tracing how musicians moved from one band to another through the years, but looking at this lot you'd never believe they's later be in the Four Seasons and BST. Mind you, the Four Seasons songs had simple words - Sherry Baby etc.Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-15929371462625948492021-05-09T08:16:41.997+01:002021-05-09T08:16:41.997+01:00Oh please do! All joking apart you shouldn't c...Oh please do! All joking apart you shouldn't cringe at all because that is what everyone was wearing. We have photos of my husband in football shorts we cry with laughter at now, but at the time I thought he looked great! When ever we come across a photo now I sing that song to him!The Love Of Nostalgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070391861450946548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-54828137864962076192021-05-09T02:23:04.728+01:002021-05-09T02:23:04.728+01:00Another blogger I follow could not believe her fat...Another blogger I follow could not believe her father's short shorts on the high school basketball court in the fifties. The undershirt style tops didn't bother her, though. It's what we wore. I always thought that song pretty dumb, though it seems to have been good practice.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-43781612288141852292021-05-09T00:15:36.898+01:002021-05-09T00:15:36.898+01:00Just delving a little deeper.Just delving a little deeper.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-7472199795358164702021-05-08T21:19:28.189+01:002021-05-08T21:19:28.189+01:00It's gone over my head.It's gone over my head. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-17970129485904358802021-05-08T21:18:54.244+01:002021-05-08T21:18:54.244+01:00There's a video of Freddie doing this song on ...There's a video of Freddie doing this song on Youtube, although it is when he was older. He goes round the band pulling their trousers down to reveal their shorts underneath, and he is wearing multiple pairs of shorts himself which he takes off one at a time. His act was based on comedy antics rather than music, although they did extremely well in America. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-3876681691884731062021-05-08T20:38:42.304+01:002021-05-08T20:38:42.304+01:00You know it's funny but I don't remember T...You know it's funny but I don't remember The Royal Teens, however I do remember Freddie and the Dreamers. In fact I saw them in concert when I was a kid. <br /><br />Yes, do scan more slides, I love seeing past pictures! You look great in shorts and very much in style with the times. Just about everyone wears shorts here in the summer, but maybe not short-shorts. ; )Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.com