Friends of the Ferries

Don Woods

The song this week is one I wrote back in the day for an organisation called The Friends Of The Ferries....who,as the name suggests,are supporters of our famous ferry service....each year they have a Mersey Cruise which takes you up and down the Mersey and through the dock complex....the song is called Dockland Beauty and describes the sights as you travel through the docks...I also made a DVD of the cruise and this song is featured on it....they still sell the DVD at their various outlets. Prince Harry has suggested awarding all soldiers who put their lives at risk for their country....I couldn't agree more...how about handing out C.B.E.s and knighthoods to someone who actually DOES something for the country instead of SIR Richard Branson...SIR Jimmy Savile...SIR Rolph Harris....and all the government fat cats in their mansions....nice one Harry !!! There has been a lot of publicity regarding drownings on some of our popular beaches...the lack of beach patrols has taken some of the blame but what is needed is more education regarding tides.....when you live in a coastal area you tend to respect the water but a lot of people from inland areas travel to beaches during nice weather and have little idea of the dangers.....warning posters describing the dangers should be on every beach...and perhaps a bit of education on TV? I watched with some disbelief the "training" for when we eventually land on Mars...this was in Hawaii (I think) where future spacemen live in a big tent in their space suits....is it me or is someone havin' a laugh?....and how much is this waste of time costing?....I once had the pleasure of having a pint with Patrick Moore who convinced me to get a telescope and look at the stars ... which I did....but they looked the same...only bigger....my astrological career lasted about 15 minutes. I have been watching repeats of Hi-Di-Hi....and it is still so funny....it really stands the test of time...then again all GOOD comedies do...then I was unfortunate enough to watch the re-make of Are You Being Served...it was as bad as it gets....really bad...in fact pretty unbearable.....the original was good but with the new versions of the characters and the constant canned laughter it was abysmal...and guess what this one was written by the same bloke who writes the script for Benidorm...which explains everything....someone should have a word with Mr.Litton and tell him he aint funny....but he'll probably end up with a knighthood.