eternal light Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 That was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert's Plant Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 thanks indeed for sharing your experience welsh and 9 for the pics. these are nice pics robert plant. he does look indeed a happy man and good for him. his just such a charismatic fella and funny too. hilarious even just picturing peter grant falling on anything it's really cool that he picked blue christmas for that queen. it would be my personal pick too for him , it being one of my all-time fave christmas croons and him of course being my all time favorite guy! may i just mention how great his hair looks, of course the greys well covered but the body and all same as it ever was. his jacket which he's worn many more times, man this guy has no air! flawless!! this is such a nice way to start my blistery day. with bad sore throat and all heaven help me i gettin out of my shelter and brave ol man winter come what may! happy christmas to you mr. plant our golden god!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie_72 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Thanks for the review and pics everyone! So happy to hear that he and Jimmy stay in touch and I am also so happy for Robert to be enjoying what he is doing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poortom Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 You can tell the golden god is getting old, instead of the open fronted shirt........its a jacket AND a body warmer these days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brspled Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 :lol: He is getting old, indeed. And so am I. Thank you all for the pics and reviews! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hot dog Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Can you clafify something for me? Back in the '70s I'm sure there was a big King Kong statue or something like that around, or in, Barry Island. Maybe it was Porthcawl (coz we used to go there too)? All I seem to remember is a big King Kong that used to scare me. Unless I was dreaming the whole thing?? I think what you're referring to was in Coney Beach Fun Fair in Porthcawl. There was a ghost train ride that had two moving figures on the roof - one was a monster pulling the head of an unfortunate lady, the other was a gorilla holding a large rock as if to throw it. I'm not sure but it might have been called the Devil's Dipper or similar. The ride is long gone but the fun fair just about survives. Porthcawl used to have some great pubs too - The Knights Arms and the Pier Hotel used to cater for rockers from all over. Great jukeboxes, lots of Zeppelin, Skynyrd, AC/DC etc. Great days, nothing like that now though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hot dog Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Gutted I missed Robert in Barry, it's only about 10 miles from where I live. I was away on business all weekend. Grrrrr... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireOpal Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Did I understand this correctly: Planty's last name is Welsh for family/children? Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valleygirl Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00g22k4 enjoy aprrox 1:14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Just come back from there, quite a good turnout too. Regarding "Blue Christmas", he did ask Ruth to play it for the Queen of Merthyr Tydfil. It was his chosen song and talked about when he met Elvis. He said that he met Elvis in 1973 at the LA Forum and he wondered why Led Zeppelin were selling more tickets than himself. Robert said that Elvis had too many people around him to know much about what was happening in the world. Robert also said that Peter Grant tripped when they met and landed on Elvis's dad. Robert also talked about his son playing for Inter Cardiff (A football team) which I never knew. Robert attended son Logan's debut for Inter Cardiff at Cwmbran Stadium on 12/27/99…Logan scored a goal in the 4-1 loss to Cwmbran. That meeting with Presley was on 5/11/74, not "1973" as Robert recalled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangani Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I am thinking it would be Porthcawl because they had these dinosaur statues as well outside their fairground park which scared the hell out of me. I wouldn't go in where the dinosaurs were, too frightened. Ah thank you. It must have been Porthcawl then. I'm pretty sure there was also a big King Kong as well as the dinosaurs. I remember the dinosaurs now that you mention them. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangani Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I think what you're referring to was in Coney Beach Fun Fair in Porthcawl. There was a ghost train ride that had two moving figures on the roof - one was a monster pulling the head of an unfortunate lady, the other was a gorilla holding a large rock as if to throw it. I'm not sure but it might have been called the Devil's Dipper or similar. The ride is long gone but the fun fair just about survives. Ah thanks to you too. Yes, the rock rings a bell. Maybe it wasn't King Kong just a big gorilla (er, like I could tell the difference at age 6 LOL). Porthcawl used to have some great pubs too - The Knights Arms and the Pier Hotel used to cater for rockers from all over. Great jukeboxes, lots of Zeppelin, Skynyrd, AC/DC etc. Great days, nothing like that now though... I wouldn't know. I don't think I have been there since I was about 12. Unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valleygirl Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Ah thank you. It must have been Porthcawl then. I'm pretty sure there was also a big King Kong as well as the dinosaurs. I remember the dinosaurs now that you mention them. Cheers! I remember the gorilla used to freak me out !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotplant Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Some more photos: Same blue coat... however with the addition of the new vest. He must really like that coat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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