Remembrance

We are recovering and with that time moves on to, as I type this Remembrance Sunday which for me always meant selling poppies door to door, matching to our local Remembrance Day service and indeed laying the odd wreath.

Well, what's remembrance all about?

Scratch the surface and you'll find scouting is an inspiration in my life whatever challenges over the years I faced and in scouting we mark it for what former guides and scouts did, what scouts and guides did to help out during the two World Wars and to understand the sacrifice previous generations made to preserve our liberty and freedom.

As a eternal Brownie it's very much a part of me.

Yesterday lots of Guides and Scouts took part in services to mark this and that is where my thoughts are right now.

The road we are following

 The world was more like this first time around

But then have things really changed that much since those halcyon days?

There you stand still to attention on the spot, being talked about wondering what you will be told you will have, but the reality is you loved it.

Every single awkward inch of it.

The greatest thing I did was to hand back ststus and just accept I loved being a little dolly of no significance being dressed up for fun.

I gained the freedom to be a sissy.

A few thoughts

 We're rough this week with a bad infection so haven't been very active anywhere really  but here's a few thoughts.

Every day starts out pretty much as any other for most of us unless we're planning on going somewhere special we follow routines feeling confident that today will be like yesterday and no doubt tomorrow with a change here or there but otherwise of itself uneventful.

So it's hardly a surprise we become accustomed to the idea that everything will remain 'just so' which to be honest is one thing I sure loved when I was younger, the whole certainty with its sense of well-being from repeating that pattern week after week.

Every so often though, something comes along and knocks it over. You feel lost if not numb and bewildered too as it seemed to going along so well.

It is okay to feel that way, sad things happen, we hurt and a good number of us are hurting right now. 

I can't speak for all of you but things often seem to go in cycles and my last lot of cycles have seen me  do different things, learn and improve on skills that I've struggled with, form new and more helpful friendships and understand more about myself and others too.

All those things can and are helping me deal with this because they've given not only ears to listen and understand how I may feel but also the strength to carry on when I just feel like lying there crying (and I know that feeling so well).

You know, those we miss so much would never of wanted us to stay like that forever and you might imagine this friendly nudge coming out urging you on, reminding you can start again, even if we find it hard.

Personally, I feel it's helpful to think about those things that I have reason to be thankful for over the years from the situations that just appeared from nowhere and to which I had no real plan for. 

Just thinking about it, my life has changed quite a lot in the last ten years for the better and much of that isn't down to some super medical recovery on my part but more because I've been working on dealing with more how it's handed out to me, making the most of it smiling even through some of the Meh moments.

It is easy to get into a cycle of beating yourself up when things aren't going to plan, thinking we are useless (been there and done it) or feeling guilty over things that maybe we didn't have that much of a say over but I'm going to try to get on with life the best I can from now on.

That's a much of lesson from my childhood that I can use today and maybe it's of some use to you.

Clues from the past

 

Time was both girls and boys did wear dresses at least until the age of five because it was easier to change babies and infants in dresses before boys would be "breeched" aka put into trousers and treated more as males.

It didn't always run to that model with boys remaining in dresses for longer as this picture shows but he looks so good  in it and yet it's not "soppy" nor are his toys as he is  just a boy in a dress.

I just love it.

Today you can be just you as you wish to be and that's what is going on bit by bit little or more middle.

Helping me change

 You dodge topics, even agree sometimes they can be over played and over present but there's little point in denying elements of sissy life do include spanking which might be more from a little sissy angle rather like the childhood spankings we had or they may come in the more adult sissy role although let's be straight we're not talking about children today nor are we saying that welfare even as legal adults doesn't matter - it does hugely.

As we are between all sorts of posts looking more at getting out from just a classic schoolgurl look then  spanking can come in either for resisting exploring other sides like dressing more like a older teen or young woman or maybe in being dressed in more overly feminine frilly forms well out of your comfort zone.

Spanking need not involve the use of external implements just a firm hand literally can make an impression as you position me over a chair or over your own knee.

Given you'd NEVER have me in trousers it's just so easy for you to flip my skirt up and start spanking my bottom before you take my frilly knickers down to really turn it red before ordering me up scolding me further with them still down well on display just to keep the humiliation up beyond the stinging behind.

This is what a changing Tammy NEEDS - SPANKING 

DO PLEASE SUPPORT IT

Moving on

Sometimes on this blog I feel I get stuck in a rut we need to move a little out of and perhaps talk a little more around.

For most of us, we progress as our ages get older as much as I feel being grown up somewhat overrated and often cuts outs things that have good reason to remain in your life such as your interests and yes how you might present.

Our formative influences include our parents, the wider family, peers and school with our parents and the wider family being the biggest one as from the moment we were born, they dressed us, as we got older that changed but for most people, in your teens your peers and "fashion" count for more as you establish more of your own sense of self.

There tends to be a "battle of wills" and for most, you win but usually with some concessions to your parents concerns.

It's different for anyone who is transexual or like me, a sissy cos in most situations your parents will deny it, certainly won't do anything sensible like channel  that more like that our your peers which for many us of who were "assigned" as male they'd of developed a whole look so by the time comes they're ready to leave school they resemble more a "Young Woman".

We never did and I know speaking personally a part of my problem lies in just not developing a sense of being feminine sissy me that was closer to that of girls who were growing up when all I saw was the more obvious schoolgirl and my obsession with trying be more like her.

Really what I needed was assistance with learning to dress outside of a school context as a growing up gurl who might go parties, visit the cinema with friends as a confident young thing and that's where having some support from Mums, sisters and the like would of helped as they'd us develop that sense of older gurl that corresponded to older girl, more like an adult.

I need to learn to get that right as much as it's appropriate at other times to dress more like a schoolgirl and still at others as gurl with a sexual side when I feel that way.

There are many looks and really I need to widen them from now on for every situation and role.

Going forward

The last few days frankly haven't been great ones with me, not least with a three day mega migraine period that really scrambled my brain but sometimes it is worth asking a few basic questions of yourself as this sissy.

You can do all of this in a number of ways and the only golden rules are wearing lingerie that is feminine all the time as after all females have and use so many different modes of dressing depending on what they are really trying to achieve.

I've always had two sides, one a work in progress which is a more full on grown up sissy side that has sexual elements  and another separate side which is really regressing back into various points in my childhood but being dressed and doing the sorts of things more like a girl would do rather than what we were coerced into.

Part of this age regression is a coping mechanism being literally the child-like with vulnerabilities me working within what I can actually cope with rather than pushing so hard at appearing to act more grown up and sophisticated I am left to cope with what I can't with no support and guidance and part is coping with how the nervous breakdown affected me.  

I am wearing more child-like attire privately such as school uniform as it helps to lift me more into that headspace and less likely to be 'read' as a fully grown up sissy and in that regressed role nothing like that ever happens.

We have tidied this blog up as it was rather messy and a spanking might well of been justified for leaving it like so but the main emphasis remains on that little sissy side  here and rather more on my interests 

I am and remain a little sissy gurl who likes to wear skirts and dresses and has a dominant feminine side not transgendered but also sharing the odd mainly masculine trait, happy to be so but when the adult sissy wishes to come out then she can.

Play

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So it's Wednesday and we're looking a bit about what underscores being the little sissy side as sometimes it gets lost in bigger kinky play or seen as a bit odd for the fact you are quite happy to do what most others feel strongly they've outgrown and just what the hell is wrong with you?

Well for us it's about enjoying a time and space away from the things we may have to do like work and wash the dishes ourselves but for sissies it's often about recreating a time where sadly we were not able to be ourselves.

It may be on our own in room you've dedicated to that perhaps buying some of the toys, dollies and things you were denied but your sisters and female cousins had that you longed to play with.

Or perhaps a few of you can meet up, sort some food and play for a day or two as so many of us missed out on it. We may even of hated the play dates we were made to have with boys and their ways instead.

Now some may put that in the context of someone else "having you do that" which isn't what we are talking about but those "made to" things could never really work without you actually wanting it anyway.

Sometimes they're just making happen what you wanted all along.

How many of us wanted to hug a beautiful pussy cat in a pretty dress?

Most of us!

It's a good idea while we're doing this to deal with past bad habits.

Meet the Rangers!

It's been a while since I last looked at an influence on me and this week we look at the section that is for older girls.

Rangers in Girlguiding are children aged 14 to 18 who meet to hang out, learn new skills, and take part in adventures as they move towards womanhood.

What Rangers Do.

Activities and Badges: Members work on interest badges, skills builders, and top awards like the Ranger Gold Award or the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. 

Leadership and Volunteering: Many Rangers act as Young Leaders, helping run units for younger sections like Rainbows, Brownies, or Guides. 

Travel and Adventure: The section offers local meetups, UK trips, international travel, and outdoor camps. 

Community Action: Girls make a difference by supporting local causes, speaking out on issues they care about, or joining advocacy panels. 

Apart from all of that you hang out together and have fun!

A day out

Away days can be fun and I did get away at the weekend to Llandudno, North Wales.

Tourism is people is the mantra perfectionists of the photographic or painting sort need to consider - it's why things are there - so they belong in a picturelike this threesome do with the recently restored Grand Hotel that was showing signs of neglect a few years back.

The recent ferris wheel helps pull in interest in what is the most commercial part of this resort town.

The pier itself badly damaged in storms December 2025 has been restored with new facilities making the most of its length and views out, busy on a Saturday.

The was a car and vintage bike display on by the Lifeboat Association that generated a lot of attention.

That's the full length of the Pier with a cafe and area where people fish from as the tide was coming in

Looking across the beach towards the Little Orme and Craig-y-don with children playing while people sat on the ample seating watching the day go by or perhaps recalling the days it was them playing!

Lewis Carroll is linked to Llandudno so it's no surprise there's a trail devoted to Alice In Wonderland and this rabbit that often gets a new jacket.

Tons of children had there photos taken by it as I sat watching by parents and grand parents.

*All photos taken on Sony DCS-RX 100

Now Yearbook 1971

The period in the early 70's when music was taking a big chunk of my interests as a seven year old in Infants still listening on 247 and 208 metres Medium Wave on my handed down portable radio and the family stereogram in an era when pop music was AM only and I plug the Sharp portable tape recorder in the back to copy stuff I liked.

Really this era wasn't much compiled missing 1972's tv advertised sets on Ronco and K Tel so it was re-recording on Music For Pleasure's Hot Hit's and Hallmark's Top of the Pops series each with a "dolly bird" on the cover and eleven or twelve songs and much later on in some "Glam Rock sets" so it's great to have this although there's no Ringo, George and Rolling Stones in this 80 song set.

Disc One opens with Elton John’s signature song ‘Your Song’, followed by Paul McCartney’s debut solo single ‘Another Day’, and Rod Stewart with his first chart-topper ‘Maggie May’ alongside the second #1 for T.Rex with ‘Get It On’. 

U.S. classics also feature such as Neil Diamond’s ‘Sweet Caroline’ is as popular today as it was in ’71, as is John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home Country Roads’  that I liked plus country-pop hits for Lynn Anderson and Olivia Newton-John come ahead of singer-songwriter gold from Cat Stevens and Carly Simon.

Diana Ross hit #1 with ‘I’m Still Waiting’ which wasn't an A side in America and the Jackson 5 hit the top in the U.S. with one of their most beloved tracks, ‘I’ll Be There’ all followed by peerless soul ballads from The Delfonics and Al Green along with big pop hits for R. Dean Taylor, Blue Mink, The Fortunes, Sweet and The Kinks before Tom Jones completes the first disc with ‘She’s A Lady’. 

Disc Two opens with Judy Collins’ version of ‘Amazing Grace’ was massive hit and would end up spending an incredible 67 weeks on the UK charts followed by Peter Noone enjoying a big hit covering David Bowie’s ‘Oh You Pretty Things’  from Honky Dory and Cilla Black was back in the Top 3 with ‘Something Tells Me…’.’Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves’ gave Cher a U.S. #1 and comes ahead of a run of pure-pop gems from Clodagh Rodgers (with 1971’s UK Eurovision entry), The Mixtures, Jackie Lee, Lobo and ‘Knock Three Times’, the first #1 for Tony Orlando & Dawn. 

Easy Listening gold up next from Andy Williams, Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones and Tony Christie, plus more of the years’ pop hits from Bay City Rollers their first ever #9 hit , Gilbert O’Sullivan, Marmalade, New World, Hurricane Smith and to close the disc a Top 10 hit, ‘I Believe (In Love)’ for Hot Chocolate. 

Disc Three celebrates 1971’s groundbreaking soul, rock and singer-songwriter classics, opening with Marvin Gaye’s landmark masterpiece ‘What’s Going On’, although this wasn't a UK hit single in truth  before the Oscar-winning ‘Theme From "Shaft"’ from Isaac Hayes. Ike & Tina Turner’s electrifying ‘Proud Mary’ is followed by the sublime ‘Spanish Harlem’ from Aretha Franklin, while Diana Ross and Gladys Knight & The Pips deliver two of the year’s finest Motown ballads with ‘Remember Me’ and ‘If I Were Your Woman’. 

The second half of the discs see a superb run of rock classics, from Titanic’s international smash ‘Sultana’ and Deep Purple’s ‘Strange Kind Of Woman’ to Badfinger’s ‘No Matter What’, before one of the defining anthems of the era, The Who’s epic ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’. 

Three Dog Night’s U.S. #1 ‘Joy To The World’ leads into further highlights from Curved Air, Family, C.C.S. and Atomic Rooster, while Redbone’s ‘The Witch Queen Of New Orleans’ and Free’s ‘My Brother Jake’ showcase two more unforgettable rock-oriented chart hits. 

This peerless collection closes with three timeless recordings: Buffy Sainte-Marie’s powerful ‘Soldier Blue’, Joan Baez’s interpretation of ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’, and finally Janis Joplin’s posthumous hit – the classic ‘Me And Bobby McGee’. 

Disc 4 opens with another run of unforgettable chart smashes and #1s from Rod Stewart with ‘Reason To Believe’ and T. Rex with ‘Hot Love’ one three that year , plus early glam-pop favourites from Sweet and Slade. 

Mungo Jerry keep the #1s coming before Dave & Ansel Collins' groundbreaking chart-topper ‘Double Barrel’ became the second ever reggae single to hit the UK #1 spot – and another #1 for The Tams with the re-released Northern Soul classic ‘Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me’. 

This is followed the Four Tops, The Temptations, Bill Withers, The Delfonics, Jackson 5 and The Supremes delivering a stunning run of timeless Soul classics, joined by the Northern Soul favourites ‘I'm Gonna Run Away From You’ from Tami Lynn, and ‘Heaven Must Have Sent You’ from The Elgins. 

Pop favourites from Middle Of The Road with their #1 ‘Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep’whose moves I still remember, Tony Orlando & Dawn and The New Seekers lead into two of the year's most memorable #1s – both tv-personality led - that book-ended the year as Clive Dunn's ‘Grandad’ is followed by Benny Hill's ‘Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)’ - the Xmas #1 for 1971 that many of remember from his tv show - to bring this spectacular Yearbook collection to a smile-inducing close. 

Issued on October 9th the now familiar three cd extra set here with some 61 tracks was released in the card tri fold expanding the collection.

Disc One opens with John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band’s Top 10 anthem ‘Power To The People’, before T. Rex bring early glam-rock with the Top 3 ‘Jeepster’. Sweet and Hot Chocolate follow with ‘Alexander Graham Bell’ and ‘You Could’ve Been A Lady’, ahead of tracks from Marmalade, The Byrds and Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney, who feature with the first of two tracks on this ‘Extra’… ‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’ topped the U.S. chart in 1971, while Simon & Garfunkel, Cat Stevens and Gordon Lightfoot add more singer-songwriter favourites along with Neil Diamond featuring with his Top 5 classic ‘I Am...I Said’. Elvis Presley, Gilbert O’Sullivan and The Fantastics lead into a run of huge soul essentials from The Four Tops & The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Delfonics, the Jackson 5 and Diana Ross with ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’. Scott English and Dana complete the hugely varied opening disc. 

Disc Two begins with Elton John’s early classic ‘Levon’, followed by Jethro Tull, Bob Dylan and the collaboration between Georgie Fame and Alan Price on ‘Rosetta’. More British pop and rock follows from McGuinness Flint, C.C.S., Atomic Rooster, Medicine Head with their chart debut ‘(And The) Pictures In The Sky’ plus Deep Purple with their Top 20 hit ‘Fireball’. East Of Eden’s ‘Jig-A-Jig’ leads into a trio of pop gems from Middle Of The Road with ‘Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum’, another big UK hit following the huge ‘Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep’, Melanie and Gerry Monroe. Next up a superb run of easy-pop favourites from Glen Campbell, Tony Orlando & Dawn and Tony Christie, along with Top 20 hits for Perry Como and Frank Sinatra plus a further Top 10 success for Elvis Presley with ‘There Goes My Everything (with The Imperials Quartet). The disc closes with a truly unique ’71 hit for Waldo de los Rios’ with his pop interpretation of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40. 

Disc Three opens with a celebration of soul & funk featuring some of 1971's standout cuts: Curtis Mayfield’s timeless ‘Move On Up’, followed by Stevie Wonder’s cover of ‘We Can Work It Out’ and The Supremes’ ‘Nathan Jones’. The run continues with pop/soul crossover gold from Honey Cone, The Osmonds and the Jackson 5 before more superb soul from Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and Chairmen Of The Board. Northern Soul favourites from Frankie Valli, The Elgins, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and The Velvelettes follow and lead to second appearances on the collection from Diana Ross with ‘Surrender’, and Marvin Gaye with the enduring ‘Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)’. Reggae hits take centre stage with Dave & Ansel Collins’ ‘Monkey Spanner’, Greyhound with ‘Black And White and The Pioneers with ‘Let Your Yeah Be Yeah’, before Mungo Jerry’s Top 5 ‘Lady Rose’ opens the trio of closing tracks, followed by Cat Stevens’ U.S. Top 10 ‘Peace Train’, which leads to the sign-off to 1971s ‘Extra’ from Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney with ‘The Back Seat Of My Car’.

NOW Yearbook 1971 – a celebration of what was the best musically of a year I well remember in all it's diversity.

Now Yearbook 1999

A changed format for this edition but we've had a new edition to the 1995-1999 arc of the Now Yearbook series which marks the point where afterwards the series for the 2,000nds starts with a four cd set for two years.

It was the last year of the century the point by which I'd moved to buying mainly albums albeit on record, cd or the so 90's MiniDisc that appeared to toss good sound and portability with digital convenience in finding tracks.

I opted for the book version as I no longer have the magazines such as Blues and Soul I used to read during this era and well I don't feel like hunting the internet to check when something was a hit and how high in the chart it got.

All our late 90's favourites are present from Indie, Rock, Modern R&B and Pop like the much talked about B*Witched from Ireland.

In August the now obligatory Extras set with 61 more hits arrived in a card wraparound sleeve that really jars with the quality of the main set.

Electric Barbarella by Duran Duran included in their Decade compilation appears as do so entries by former Spice Girls while brilliant funksters Jamiroquai feature with Supersonic and beloved of furry dice Ford Escort owners Lighthouse Family show up with Postcard From Heaven.

This is a great way to say goodbye to this decade when Top Of The Pop's still was the show to watch even if we had MTV and VH1 for classic shows such as The Lick with Trevor Nelson.

Play as it was

 Despite learning to ape stereotypical "Ugh! you expect ME to like that?" comments complete with actions actually i loved cute stuffies and frilly linen on beds and tables

In era when saying that was likely to see you ostrasized if not assaulted, you learned not merely to keep your mouth shut  but even not show any physical expression of interest never mind actually liking them.

We did play games even if for some of the time you were on the "wrong" side of the playground and even if games were mixed you preferred to play the girls role.

Kiss chase is a traditional playground game similar to tag we played. One player or group is "it" and chases participants of the opposite sex. When a player is caught, they receive a kiss. The caught person then becomes the chaser.

How to Play. Choose Who is "It": One group (traditionally boys or girls) counts to ten while the other group runs away.The Chase: The chasers run to catch a member of the opposing group.

The Catch: Tagging someone requires a quick kiss (usually on the cheek) upon capture.Switching Roles: The person who got caught and kissed now joins the chasing team, or roles swap entirely after everyone is caught

We also played Kiss, cuddle or torture This was simply a game of chases involving boys and girls, usually in the school playground. When caught, the boy would offer the girl a choice: kiss, cuddle or torture. 

Boys frequently played war games that involved torture sometimes getting close to seeing the Headmaster given the intensity of them. Actual military interrogation would of only been marginally worse. 

I totally hated it.

This sort of more romance based play was more my thing.

Life was simpler then.

Changes, the heat and stuff

 This *could* be another heatwave week as I'm still having the odd sunburn related skin lifting experience so I'm having to be careful and not rub it .

There are a few things to mention one is connected around site memberships, I do have a Discord now "TammyGurl" and belong to some sissy discords for chat and the like although that won't affect blogging here as discord doesn't do lots of threads so things soon get lost in time.

The other slightly connected to that is Avatars as sites often have rules around what they consider to be acceptable and with Discord having the profiles not age restricted means what's on their including your avatar has to be safe for work.

It sometimes is the case at other sites you might of had an avatar for a while but it comes to light it's origin may not be entirely suitable so with that I have reset the Sissy Kiss avatar to something far more suited while still being frilled which I was rather more while away a few weeks back.

In this rather hot weather I have been wearing Babydolls with frilly very sissified silk panties which are wonderful.

She may have that look but I'm a fully formed Sissy Gurl  and she might have to get used to it.

Awayweek 2026

Away week 2026 style started last Friday with a detour by a friend enroute despite a silly motorist causing issues outside the house just as the car was being loaded and I was trying to get in the car all ladylike in my black skirt and white long socks as we took a series of A Roads to beat the traffic that causes delays using the motorway to get to our destination for six days of fun.

We stopped off a few times for a break and stretch the legs before arriving and unloading in our respective rooms with me way up in the Gods in the attic room requiring two stairways to climb.

Given some business that by co-incidence was moving to a final determination just as I was away I really needed a break beyond just having more child-like totally innocent fun.

The overall theme of the get together was Movies and that was well weaved into things and out with individual event organizers. 

We did some arts drawing or painting miniatures based upon favourite children's movies we loved so I went for the St. Trinian's Great Train Robbery  where the girls made their way up the railway line.

There was decorating so inspired by a light I used pink icing and aniseed sprinkles to cover the sweet wafer carefully spreading the icing all over. 

I'll be honest and say cookery isn't my strong point but that worked out just fine actually.

Then in crafts we made paper airplanes from card, decorating  where they were judged for travel that was tested in the grounds, decoration and originality

A few jigsaws were made such as this Mr Men one  on a table by several of us.

There was a movie themed Treasure Hunt with clues and some singing of songs from The Sound of Music.

My friend organized some games with movie themes as did another a day later which I didn't do too badly at given my wobbly lower paws and damaged upper paws.

The All Purr-Puss Nekimimi Music Quiz was run by the resident catgurl which went well given the mice ate the wifi so unlike previous years this all had to done by pen rather print outs with some film related questions.

In addition a general knowledge quiz also with links to movies that went well while over three nights storytime happened which was super cool.

A variety of meals were prepared by the assembled although on days where there wasn't any organized activities people fixed their own on the Tuesday we went to a hotel that does meals open to non residents where I really enjoyed the Turkey and Leek pie  with chips and veg.

The cooking standard was one of the finest I've ever experienced.

Thanks to everyone who did something such as organize an event, prepare food, clean up and generally help out as it doesn't happen with everyone mucking in.

Thoughts while away

 Well we are away this week so no live posts having a more little time of it with friends for the fun of it, just like Summer Camps always were so we're really reflecting a bit on things here on the blog and in real life.

Whatever the dinosaurs say if I bloody well want to wear a skirt cos I feel myself in it I darn well will and that doesn't mean I stop being a gurl

I'm just a feminine sissy who is wired a bit different compared to most and I certainly don't want to be a girl or regular boy just the "sissy gurl" self I am.

If I want to wear more feminine  flowery shorts that so I can cos you're still that Sissy  and no boy would EVER want to be seen wearing them!

Although this blog and much of me is that more younger take on being sissy, perhaps reflecting the real life turbulence of those years it doesn't mean I can't present more as a young adult sissy gurl would, more kittenish than really provocative.

One doesn't negate the other however some peoples narratives and that run.

RE:Peter

While after next week where we are treated to a repeat of Joel's last challenge and see if he does get replaced, Blue Peter takes a break on CBBC for the summer returning in September.

Given the sheer number of Blue Peter related entries on this blog and the other I can't say for certain where exactly it is but there are a series of posts related to Blue Peter Books, issued in time for Christmas that very late in the day got titled as "annuals".

Annuals as any Brit knows are a massive thing and not just for Children although that was always the bigger market.

RE:Peter is about this borrowing the title given to re-runs of classic 70's esposides shown in the 1990's because we are stepping way back in time as the series I have runs from Book Four around 1967 to 1998.

I don't have personal memories of the earliest episodes although it would of been on for my older brother who around this period would of been six or seven years old but it was before what many see as the classic John,Peter and Val team came together.

While Val is on the left the man on the right is Christopher Trace, the first ever male presenter the show had who left at some point in the mid to late 1960's.

The first ever and harder to find Blue Peter book came out in 1964, a little late in the day and not as fully BBC controlled as later editions were to become but in an age without video recorders at home never mind the iPlayer it was a useful reminder of what you'd seen, a bit more about topics from the show  and things you can do.

This proved to be such a success that the second volume was issued in 1965 for 1966.

The then trade mark Blue Peter pets star on the cover while the contents are a resume of highlights from past shows, short stories and quizes.

By the time the third book came out in 1966 things were beginning to change, not least the set attire was more casual, no ties for men, Valerie can wear a dress showing her arms reflecting changes in british fashion and social ideals.

We also see on the far left a youthful John Noakes who had just joined and was to make a large inpact on the show as the years went by,

Programming while still very much scripted was a little less school Marmish and  overly educational  although factual content continued but represented to appeal to a more modern and less regimented child and as ever it featured pieces about much loved show episodes, stories, puzzles and makes to have a go at.

A common issue with the earliest books is the spines soon show damage to both the printed card  with the title on and the actual binding being handled not always with the care a book should as much as that child clearly loved having it.

Seeing these books gives me an idea of what my Brother saw back then and how the show was developing into what has become the longest running childrens tv show in the World.

For now this is the end of my collection annuals that means something to me

Being out

 Well, it looks like we're set for another scorching week here so best get things done first thing before we start to flag.

We established an Imaglr given another social media site wasn't working very well and while there won't be lots of posts on it most will be originals rather than  my curated collection of other folks posts.

Going off with a mate to play and have fun together was always a part of this life even though modern day gaming was very much in its infancy with small 8 bit consoles that hooked up to your tv and computers were not Personal more corporate back then.

It is interesting that some see our life as a shut in fantasy world but actually with a bit of care you can be quite open about it, even going out in public so long as you do think a bit about just where you are goind and be prepared to talk with people.

Here I was in a bit of woodland after a three mile round trip walk one morning, just getting on with being me with a couple of friends in tow, cars passing down the road, talking with people as we encountered them and it was just fine.

Just don't put anything "adult" in public spaces

The thing we need to break is this cycle of "only real boys/gurls do" which places artificial limits and often gives comfort for homophobic, transphobic and sexist hating attitudes and aggression.

Girls and Sissy Gurls game too.

BP Presenter leaves

Friday saw Joel MaWhinney's final Blue Peter show where he attempted with varying degrees of success to do everything on the show.

For this final show he scaled Spinnaker Tower using suction cups as part of Superhero Challenge which was fun.

Joel was Blue Peter's 41st presenter, and he has brought a touch of magic to the show! He first came in as a guest on the show back in 2018, and by Decemeber 2022 he was officially part of the team.

Born in Northern Ireland in 1997, Joel isn’t just a magician - he’s a creative powerhouse. Whether he’s making things disappear or stunning stars with his tricks, he’s always is practising to 'wow' the Blue Peter audience.

And when the magic curtain closes, Joel swaps playing cards for piano keys, winding down by playing music.After all he's been doing magic shows for years so knows how to handle nerves.

Joel presented this year His Majesty King Charles III with a BP Gold Badge for his work inspiring people to care for and protect the environment.

Joel’s passion, positivity, and love of learning make him the perfect member of the Blue Peter gang taking part in many memorable activities such as absailing, traing with the Royal Marines, bob sleighing  and the like.

While some new trends on the show aren't to my tastes, I feel he did the job of relating  to and inspiring children explore themselves and achieve well.