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Social History 1963 #60

Saturday 7 December 1963

Christine Keeler was taken last night to Holloway Prison to serve a nine-month jail sentence. She was found guilty of perjury and of conspiring to obstruct the course of justice. Defence counsel, Mr Jeremy Hutchinson QC, said that Christine Keeler had been led astray by unscrupulous men. He added, “With everybody who has met her, it is perfectly clear that her straightforward and curiously naive outlook contrasts very, very strongly with the public image she seems to have created. In the words of Lord Denning, ‘let no one judge her too harshly’.” If Miss Keeler behaves well, she will serve six months of her nine-month sentence.

Police have been protecting Labour Party leader Harold Wilson for the past two days because of a letter threatening to kill him. The letter was sent, anonymously, from Lancashire. Special Branch are taking the letter seriously because of the assassination of President Kennedy.

A mass march is being planned in protest against the forthcoming hangings of Russell Pascoe and Dennis Whitty, two young men who murdered farmer William Rowe in Cornwall. A spokesman for Bristol’s Abolition of Capital Punishment said, “Christmas – what a time of the year for a twin hanging! We are against hanging at any time of the year, but this is just making things brutal.” 

Sharp-shooter Terry English spends his time in Epping cemetery blasting rabbits with his twelve-bore shotgun. So far, he has shot thirty-seven rabbits. “I have to do this,” Terry said, “because the rabbits keep eating the flowers.”

Three masked men in a Jaguar rammed a car carrying wages, and used another car to get away with their £2,000 haul. 

Police warned last night that forged tickets are circulating for the Beatles’ show at the Wimbledon Palais. 

Britain’s biggest chocolate firm, Cadbury’s, has banned its chocolate from the giant Tesco chain of supermarkets. The ban is over Green Shield stamps. Tesco wants to give stamps with the chocolate, but Cadbury’s have objected to this plan.

Television highlights: Dr Who – The Forest of Fear. Juke Box Jury with the Beatles. It’s the Beatles! from the Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

Radio highlights: Play – The Woman in the Woods. Variety Playhouse.

Weather: mainly cloudy, some sunny spells. Rather cold. Outlook – brighter. 4c, 39f.

Sunday 8 December 1963

A special squad of detectives is trying to track down who sent a threatening letter to Labour Party leader Harold Wilson. The letter writer stated that he would kill Mr Wilson. The letter was posted in Bolton. Threats have also been made to blow up cinemas, schools and the town hall.

Political viewpoint: rather than address the various crises, Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home is prepared to leave Office and leave it to Harold Wilson to clear up the mess.

A van loaded with £1,800 worth of radiograms was stolen in Marylebone, London, yesterday.

Thought: the hand that gives, gathers – John Ray 1628 – 1705.

There is something rather nasty in the national woodshed – a colour bar affecting the brightest West Indian children leaving school. Many of these children are denied a career simply because of the colour of their skin. Immigrants are frowned upon. But the fact remains that our hospitals and transport systems could not run without immigrant labour.

Experts have psychoanalysed dolls. According to the experts, if you choose the wrong sort of doll for your child it might ruin his or her life. Golliwogs, they say, are for three year olds. Eight year olds need dolls that walk, talk and sleep. Boys need dolls too. They should resemble heroic characters, and will make the boys grow into brave gentlemen.

Football Results: First Division – Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1, Bolton 1 Spurs 3, Fulham 4 Wolves 1, Ipswich 0 Blackburn 0, Manchester United 5 Stoke 2. Top three – Liverpool, Blackburn, Spurs.

Television highlights: Auto-Mechanics – the hydraulic system and drum brakes. Home Dressmaking. Tempo – more jazz unlimited.

Radio highlights: Fifteen 45s in Thirty. Family Favourites.

Weather: mainly dry, rather cold.

Monday 9 December 1963

Colonel Henry Smith shot a pheasant and placed it over his shoulder. The feet of the pheasant triggered the shotgun and shot the colonel’s wife, Mrs Helen Smith, in the back and arm. Mrs Smith is in hospital and is “as well as can be expected“.

Recently, Dr Robert Mortimer, the Bishop of Exeter, conducted an exorcism service to remove a ghost from a flat. However, now the ghost, Albert, has appeared in a flat next door. Dr Mortimer said he would not try to remove Albert again. Instead, he will ask the Metaphysical Society to send someone else.

Rev Vernon Mitchell of St Philip’s Church, Norbury, Surrey has created “Project X”, a battle for men’s minds. His sermon last night dealt with “girlie” advertising and Communist brainwashing methods. He was assisted by shapely Mrs Claire Shewring, 27, who wore a black leotard and black tights. Rev Mitchell insisted that “Project X” was not a gimmick, and pointed out that the Lord Himself illustrated the parables in many ways.

Raiders stole £6,000 worth of cosmetics from a depot in Cable Street, Stepney, London.

“How dare a Swansea reader suggest that Harry Secombe is no more than a music hall turn. Harry’s singing never fails to bring tears of pleasure to my eyes and I am sure there are plenty of “serious” music lovers who feel the same.” (Miss) S Cheal, Bromley, Kent.

Dick James is the name. He is the uncredited singer of the Robin Hood theme song. He is also the publisher of all the songs written by the two Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. His songs have been in the top ten since January, and Tin Pan Alley says he’s coining at least £1,000 a week.

Television highlights: Thinking Relativity Through. Whose Neighbour? – the story of a tramp. Discs a GoGo.

Radio highlights: Desert Island Discs – Millicent Martin. Melody Mixture.

Weather: fog early and late, dry, cold. Outlook – rain, milder. 3c, 37f.

Tuesday 10 December 1963

Six hundred and seventeen people were killed on Britain’s roads during September. This is an increase of three percent on the figure last year. If current trends continue, 1963 will be the worst year for accidents in recent memory.

Last year, about thirty people in Britain were killed by dirty saucepans. One place where germs are likely to multiply is in the milk film of a badly cleaned saucepan. Wooden utensils are difficult to keep germ free. Stainless steel, glass and vitreous enamel are healthier options. Dishes should be washed in water as hot as hands can stand then be left to drain dry.

“Most women drivers crawl along as if they are still on their test, slowly, all tensed up. They make male drivers impatient. I would suggest that, whenever possible, women drivers should be allowed to use the roadside cycle track.” – Beastly Male Driver, Coventry.

More than 1,000 people in the British film industry will be redundant by the end of the year, and that figure could rise to 2,000. The unions want a third cinema circuit set up to compete with Rank and ABC. They also want the quota of British films shown in cinemas to increase from thirty percent to fifty percent.

Britain’s miners have set up new records for coal digging. Stocks of household coal and boiler fuel now total well over 2,750,000 tons. This is 350,000 tons more than at this time last year.

“Tory MP Mr Henry Price insists that the Beatles must be beaten. Rubbish. The Beatles are the best thing to happen to the British pop scene in many years. Mr Price should spend his time on more serious things – like solving the unemployment problem in Liverpool.” – Two Girl Fans, London, EC2.

Television highlights: Rugby Union – Oxford v Cambridge, in full from Twickenham. Gala Performance with Geraint Evans. Miss TV Times, London regional final, judges include Roger Moore.

Radio highlights: Pop Inn. Piano Records.

Weather: fog and frost. Outlook – similar. 3c, 37f.

FA Cup Draw

Wednesday 11 December 1963

Drama of train raid swoop. CID grab “The Weasel” in rooftop chase. Racing driver Roy “The Weasel” James, wanted for questioning in connection with the Great Train Robbery, was caught in St John’s Wood after a tip-off. “The Weasel” climbed through a skylight and the chase began. He leapt fifteen feet into a garden – and into a trap, because the garden was ringed with Flying Squad officers. 

In a special effort to reduce Christmas accidents, there will be a 50 mph speed limit on Britain’s roads. The speed limit will be in place from 23 December until 27 December, but it will not apply to motorways.

America is to build a manned space warship that will orbit the Earth by 1967. The project is codenamed MOL – Manned Orbiting Laboratory. The MOL space warship will be attached to a two-man Gemini space capsule. 

Every housewife in Britain is being asked to entertain an “invisible” Christmas guest by sending the cost of an extra dinner to the Freedom From Hunger campaign. Supporters of the campaign include Millicent Martin, Jessie Matthews and Mrs Harry Secombe.

In Broadmoor Prison, three hacksaw blades were discovered in the back of a book of Shakespeare’s works.

Football Results: European Cup Winners’ Cup, Second Round Second Leg – Manchester United 4 Spurs 1 (aggregate 4 – 3). First Division – Arsenal 6 Everton 0.

A marathon discussion programme called Open End – linking-up speakers in London, Paris, Bonn and New York – will begin on the BBC’s Third Programme at 10.15 pm on Sunday. The programme will run until either the topic or the speakers are exhausted.

Television highlights: What’s Next in Toys? – discussion programme. Coronation Street – excitement for Florrie and Miss Nugent. The Face of Fraud – infamous confidence tricksters.

Radio highlights: Mrs Mills. Unread Classics.

Weather: occasional rain, rather cold. Outlook – similar, but with frost in places. 5c, 41f.

Thursday 12 December 1963

Labour leader Harold Wilson has received another death threat. This threat arrived by telephone and the caller said he intended to shoot Mr Wilson. Scotland Yard traced the call to Great George Street, Westminster. Later, police detained a man from that area.

Britain’s steel output was up last month for the fourth month in succession, 20,000 tons above the October figure.

Impresario Harold Fielding claims that he started the “Beatle Scream”. He said, “This type of ‘pop’ concert really started with Tommy Steele in 1956. I was responsible for the staging of his concerts. It seems to be that screaming is a great part of the enjoyment for the youngsters. It’s a psychological problem. To a great extent they are willing to pay their money to be allowed to scream. The biggest screams occur when the performers whirl their bodies around in a peculiar manner. Pop concerts have no lasting merit as music. Do I regret my involvement? Very much, yes.”

Views on marriage: Lord Boothby – “I wouldn’t marry anyone. They are all as bad as each other. I am not married and never will be.” Alan Whicker – “Some American women are as feminine as a boxing glove. They are loud, brash and strident, and not excited by the fact that they are women.” The Marquess of Hertford – “I’d turn down any woman like Elizabeth Taylor. Too bosomy. Having breakfast with her would be unbearable.”

More on marriage. Men reject the following because…

Athletes – too muscular 

Models – too boney

Actresses – too vain

Doctors – too clinical

Clippies – too tired

Waitresses – ditto

Pop singers – too noisy

Lawyers – too argumentative 

Accountants – too clever

Traffic in Trafalgar Square came to a standstill last night as thousands of people gathered to watch the first lighting of London’s Christmas tree. As the Mayor of Oslo switched on the 500 lights, Norwegian carols echoed around the square, sung by Norwegian girls in national dress.

Television highlights: Amateur Boxing – Scotland v Ireland from Glasgow. This Week – Britain’s rising population. Gallery – council housing.

Radio highlights: Music for Dancing. In Search of a Mutiny.

Weather: dull and cold with sleet and drizzle. Outlook – dry and cold. 3c, 37f.

Friday 13 December 1963

The gay but elusive little berry only appears on female holly. And it is necessary to plant one male tree for every three females. The leaf on the male holly is prickly, but the female is smooth. Meteorologists dismiss the folk custom that says plentiful berries mean that the winter will be harsh.

Vicars in Kent have been warned that a dark-haired housewife is going around the county telling hard luck stories so convincingly that vicars are giving her money. So far, it is believed that she has collected £800 from clergymen.

“I wish something could be done to stop half-crazed girls from shrieking when they go to see pop singers. I am in my sixties and think that the Beatles are a nice bunch of lads, but I worry that all this hysteria will destroy their act. Please don’t print my name because a mad mob of girls might go for me.” E.H., Southend, Essex.

The BBC claimed that two shows by the Beatles last weekend set a record for a Saturday night viewing audience. Mr Tom Sloan, Head of BBC TV Light Entertainment, said, “22,000,000 viewers watched Juke Box Jury, on which the Beatles formed the panel, and 21,500,000 watched the Beatles’ own show, It’s the Beatles.”

Figs are good value at the moment, but strikes on the Continent have pushed up the price of dates. Mixed nuts are a good buy, but expect to pay more for walnuts, almonds, chestnuts and Brazils. The cost of kissing is cheap – 6d for mistletoe, but holly is expensive at 7s 6d for one good spray.

“I posted a local letter at 6pm the other night and received a reply – by post – at 11am the following morning.” – R. Ayres, Beavers Lane, Hounslow. 

Snow fell for about ten minutes in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, last night.

Television highlights: Ready, Steady, Go! with the Dave Clark Five. Look – a forest diary. The Sky at Night.

Radio highlights: What’s the Idea? Victorian Album.

Weather: cold, mainly dry. Outlook – no change. 5c, 41f.

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Social History 1963 #59

Saturday 30 November 1963

How to identify a “with it” girl. She wears white fishnet stockings, knickerbockers and heavy round spectacles, does the Shake instead of the Twist, uses glycerine on her nose, and only makes up one half of her face. She also eats pickled onions.

Fascinate the girls! The “Beetle Wig” – only 15/11, post etc 1/7. Genuinely lifelike. It can be combed into the authentic style. Jet black. So realistic, it looks like real hair. No special haircut needed – just put on your Beetle Wig. Two or more post free.

“In June, our tortoise laid four eggs. We are thrilled because these have now hatched out and the babies are thriving well. We have named them after the Beatles.” – Mrs I Patching, London.

105 toys for 17/6. Ideal for parties. Toys include: hilarious jumping spider, running mouse, jumping crabs, parachutes, cap bombs, bow and arrow, handcuffs, conjuring tricks, catapult and genuine flying saucer.

Roast chicken is challenging roast beef for first place on the nation’s Sunday dinner tables. Mutton and lamb, one time favourites, are losing their appeal. Beef and veal are in demand, but the call is for chicken. Rapid expansion in the broiler industry means that chicken is no longer in the “luxury” class of meat.

The Air Ministry begin their long-range weather forecasting service today. The forecast for the month of December will be broadcast at 11.10 pm after That Was The Week That Was on BBC television. Mr Howarth Freeman, assistant director of the Met Office, will present the forecast.

Television highlights: Dr Who – science fiction series, episodes one and two. The Avengers – The Grandeur That Was Rome. The Sentimental Agent – adventure series.

Radio highlights: Motoring and the Motorist. Pop Track.

Weather: sunshine, showers, drizzle. Rather cold. Outlook – rain at times. 6c, 43f.

Sunday 1 December 1963

Britain’s first long-range weather forecast: no White Christmas; instead, freezing fog and severe cold. The very wet weather in November is expected to give way to drier weather in December with rainfall below average. Severe cold spells will alternate with milder interludes.

Colin Jordan’s British Nazi Party is receiving secret funds from abroad. They are also receiving Nazi propaganda publications. It is believed that cash is sent instead of cheques. Colin Jordan believes that his views are popular in England and not subversive.

Beatlemania has infiltrated into trad jazz. Bob Wallis has a new record out – Pavanne – on which he defies tradition by including an electric guitar! This will offend purists, no doubt, and could put a nail into the trad jazz coffin. But it should be a hit for this popular young trumpeter.

Number one with a new entry – I Want to Hold Your Hand by the Beatles. Number two – She Loves You by the Beatles.The Beatles are also at number fourteen with The Beatles Hits EP and number seventeen with their Twist and Shout EP.

“Wednesday night and millions of soccer-loving working men were looking forward to the tele-recording of the Spurs-Manchester United European Cup game. Alas, it was postponed. Never mind, the BBC will show us a consolation. But what did we get? A documentary on work!” – John Griffiths, Bridgend, Glamorgan.

Football Results: First Division – Blackburn 4 Arsenal 1, Blackpool 3 Leicester 3, Liverpool 2 Burnley 0, Sheffield United 1 Manchester United 2, Spurs 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1. Top three – Liverpool, Blackburn, Spurs.

Television highlights: Memorial Service for President Kennedy from St Paul’s Cathedral. Fireball XL5. The Saint – The King of Beggars.

Radio highlights: The Rum ‘Um – Portrait of Hawker of Morwenstow. Family Favourites.

Weather: dull, misty and rather cold.

Monday 2 December 1963

Mrs Rosina Lewis, the blonde wife of the licencee of The Bull at Hornchurch, Essex, has a broomstick hung on the wall in the saloon bar. She claims that the broomstick helps to cure customers’ hangovers through witchcraft. “My great-grandmother was a witch in Essex,” she said. “And she passed many of her secrets on to me.”

Britain is the world’s largest exporter of farm tractors. We export three times as many as Western Germany and five times as many as the United States.

The Royal National Institute for the Deaf are once again holding their Deaf Children’s Party at the Seymour Hall on January 7th. Can you please spare a toy or donation? RNID, Gower Street, London.

A rescue team used a new type of inflatable plastic splint when they brought down an injured climber on Snowdonia yesterday. He was Peter Leyshon of Tonypandy, Glamorgan, who broke an ankle when he fell ten feet.

“Your assertion that Wales is musically illiterate is rubbish. Haven’t you heard of Ivor Novello, Harry Secombe, Ivor Emmanuel and Shirley Bassey?” – Dai the Pencil, Salop.

Commercials will be added to records played on Juke Boxes in 300 of London’s coffee bars. A spokesman explained, “Teenagers are an elusive and difficult market, even though they spend nearly £1,000,000,000 a year. They don’t really watch tv or read the newspapers. This way we can catch them in their own environment.”

Television highlights: Come Dancing with Peter West. The Royal Smithfield Show. Discovering Japanese Art.

Radio highlights: Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery. Screwballs and Iron Bars.

Weather: cloudy, rain in places. Outlook – dry and rather cold. 9c, 48f.

Tuesday 3 December 1963

It is estimated that there are 40,000 fruit machines in Britain’s 24,000 social clubs. And between them they are gobbling up sixpences to the merry tune of £200,000,000 annually. This is nearly a quarter of the nation’s gambling bill. When the machines leave the factories, they have been adjusted to return four-fifths of the takings in prizes to the players. However, it is possible for an operator to rig a machine so that the jackpot never comes up.

Mirror Newspapers fundraising for Christmas 1963: Sunshine Homes for Blind Babies, Fireside Fund (a sack of coal) for old folks, Dr Barnardo’s Homes and the Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain.

At the Kinross by-election, won by the Tories, once again the opinion polls were wrong. They over-estimated the Labour vote and under-estimated the Liberal vote. Substantially. They forecast Labour second and the Liberals third, but it was the other way around. This begs the question: is there a deliberate distortion of opinion to influence the voters?

Drivers of Post Office supply vans have been awarded pay rises of between eight and ten percent.

“As a milkman, I was grateful for the suggestion that milkmen should be given Christmas Day off. However, how can we let the cows know that we want a “double issue” for Christmas Eve delivery.” – G.A Hulme, Leicester.

Football: Everton drew 1 – 1 with Glasgow Rangers last night and won the “Unofficial British Championship” 4 – 2 on aggregate. However, the game was marred when a bottle was thrown at a linesman. Both Everton and Glasgow Rangers have been troubled by crowd violence this season 

Television highlights: World in Action – Dallas, city of violence. Here and Now – London’s fashion scene. Fascinating Facts with Kenneth Kendall.

Radio highlights: Bristol Fashion. Keep Up Your French.

Weather: cloudy with sunny intervals. Outlook – mostly dry with night frost. 7c, 45f.

Wednesday 4 December 1963

Detectives have arrested John Thomas Daly, who is wanted for questioning in connection with the Great Train Robbery. The police found Daly and his wife Barbara, who is expecting a baby, in a lavishly furnished basement flat in Belgravia. Members of Parliament, peers and privy councillors also live in the area. This is the twentieth arrest in the Great Train Robbery case.

In connection with the Great Train Robbery, police are still seeking to interview Bruce Reynolds, Roy “The Weasel” James, Ronald “Buster” Edwards and his wife June, James Edward White and his wife Sheree. 

Mr Hugh Carleton Greene, the BBC Director General, denied that the satirical show That Was The Week That Was was ever censored. However, he admitted that when asked for advice, he sometimes said “no” to an item.

Women motorists have been told, if you want to drive well and safely don’t wear tight bras or girdles. Turn-back cuffs, dangling jewellery and high-heeled shoes are also hazards. To lose their bad reputation on the road, women should dress to drive, and should feel comfortable.

Trading stamps with petrol: to get enough stamps to claim a television set, a motorist would have to drive from the Earth to the Moon. Five times around the world would win him a watch, and twice around the world a road atlas of Europe.

Agony Aunt: “Can you put me in touch with a man who does not drink, smoke or swear, and who is thrifty, kind and sensible, and has no bad habits.” Jane Adams’ reply, “Come off it.”

Football: European Cup Winners’ Cup, Second Round First Leg – Tottenham Hotspur 2 Manchester United 0. 

Television highlights: Stalingrad – epic German war play. 14-18 – the story of the First World War. Sportsview – soccer and rugby.

Radio highlights: Parade of the Pops with Dusty Springfield. A Book at Bedtime.

Weather: cloudy, rain at times. Outlook – rain at times. 7c, 45f.

Thursday 5 December 1963

Extra police will be on duty today to control crowds outside the Old Bailey, where Christine Keeler will face trial with two other women and a man. All four are accused of conspiring to obstruct the course of justice. The three women are also charged with perjury. 

Tory MP Henry Price told women Tories at Sydenham, “We have got to beat the Beatles.” He added that the Beatles’ music is hypnotising teenagers and that these teenagers are “being sent”. They are becoming “addicts”, but Mr Price hoped that they would grow out of it.

Two people in Bedford have typhoid fever. The cases are linked to an outbreak six weeks ago.

Rebels attacked the home of the British Ambassador in Venezuela. No one was hurt.

Historic Woolwich Arsenal Royal Ordinance Factory is to close in 1966. The Arsenal produced the shot for the Battle of Waterloo, turned out 20,000,000 shells to beat the Kaiser and 5,000,000 bombs to smash the Nazis. Future guns manufacture will be concentrated at the Royal Ordinance Factory in Nottingham.

An incident in Gloucester resulted in a mini car being written off. Mr T Poole of Worcester was driving along a country road when a horse ran out from behind a gate. As if in play, the horse sat on his car, shattering the windscreen and crumpling the roof. The horse did not appear hurt.

Housewives may be paying as much for potatoes this winter as they did last winter, but there will be no shortage. Crop acreage is up 28,000 and unless there is a series of sharp frosts, current supplies should see us through.

Television highlights: Gallery – the public ownership of steel. It’s a Square World with Michael Bentine. Weather and road works report. 

Radio highlights: Dylan Thomas Recollections. The Beat Show.

Weather: sunny spells, rather cold. Outlook – little change. 5c, 41f.

Friday 6 December 1963

Britain is set for its biggest ever spending spree. The Bank of England revealed a £40,000,000 jump in banknote circulation to £2,495,000,000. This is £124,000,000 more than Britons had in their purses and pockets a year ago. There is a big demand for £5 notes. They account for about half the value of notes now in circulation.

Debates in the House of Commons will not be televised. Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home dismissed the idea of an experimental period to see if debates were suitable for public transmission.

A bus shelter in Ash, Kent has become a “cesspool of iniquity”. Parish Councillor Frank Jenner said that people are using the shelter as a “lust shelter” and that a police sergeant and two constables are urgently needed to restore order. Mr Sidney Gilby, who manages a nearby cafe, said, “There are all sorts of goings on in the shelter.” The bus shelter is in the centre of the village and is capable of accommodating fifty people.

A turkey weighing 60lbs 13oz won the Heaviest Turkey of 1963 at the International Poultry Show at London’s Olympia. The turkey came from a farm in Cheshire and contains enough meat for 200 Christmas dinners.

Can television cope in an emergency? Since President Kennedy’s death the obsession with Dallas has lingered too long. Many of the original views and comments are merely being repeated. Furthermore, caught by a major tragic event, television showed that the straitjacket of planned programmes is its master, and was thrown right off balance.

“Surely your reader from Salop cannot be really serious when he describes Harry Secombe and Shirley Bassey as singers. They are no more than music hall turns. But Wales has certainly produced more singers of world class than has England.” – J Ahearne, Swansea.

Television highlights: A Hundred Years Underground – London’s Tube. Friday Night Drama – Plastic Mac in Winter. Ready, Steady, Go! with Marty Wilde, Adam Faith and Ted Heath.

Radio highlights: New Names Making News. La Traviata. 

Weather: cloudy, mainly dry. Outlook – colder, cloudy. 4c, 39f.

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Social History 1963 #58

Saturday 23 November 1963

The world was horror-struck last night by the news that America’s president John F Kennedy was dead – shot in the head by a hidden assassin. Mr Kennedy was riding in an open-top car in Dallas, Texas. Mr Kennedy lived only 25 minutes after he was hit. He died at about 1pm local time, 7pm British time. 

Last night, police were questioning a Texan who had once defected to Russia. They had found his rifle with a telescopic sight. And they said that the assassin had been eating fried chicken at a sixth-floor window while waiting for the president.

In the building where the shots came from police entered a sixth-storey room and found a rifle with a bullet in the breech along with three spent cartridges lying beside it.

In a Dallas cinema, police closed in on 24 year old Lee Oswald. An officer was killed in the struggle to arrest him. And later Oswald was charged with the policeman’s murder. Police said it had not been established that Oswald was Mr Kennedy’s killer.

Oswald has denied any connection with either of the killings. He defected to Russia in 1959 but returned to America last year with his Russian wife and their two babies. Dallas is the centre of right-wing politics. Right-wingers were opposed to the president’s civil rights policy to give equality to coloured people.

Many viewers complained to the BBC last night because the Harry Worth comedy show was broadcast after the announcement of President Kennedy’s assassination. Independent Television broke into the middle of the Take Your Pick quiz show with news of the shooting. At 7.30pm there was a newsflash then two minutes silence. Then Emergency Ward 10 began, but it was faded after five minutes. Bach and Chopin piano music was substituted.

Television Highlights: Dr Who (science fiction series) – An Unearthly Child starring William Hartnell. Juke Box Jury with Sid James and Cilla Black. The Avengers – The Medicine Men with Honor Blackman.

Radio highlights: Hot Twenty. New Juke Box Show.

Weather: rain or drizzle. Rather mild. Outlook – sunny spells. 12c, 54f.

Sunday 24 November 1963

Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade is confident that he can send Lee Harvey Oswald to the electric chair for the murder of President Kennedy. Oswald has been formally charged with the murder. However, he insists that he did not shoot the president. 

Storm over £500 “snob fence” plan. A council in Orpington, Kent has been asked to build a a six-foot high wooden fence between private houses and newly constructed council houses. The request comes from the owners of the private houses who, council tenants claim, want to segregate the children. Mrs Doris Measures, a private house resident said, “We had no idea that council houses would be built. We think the council owes us this fence.”

A massive plan to keep Britain on the move until AD2000 and beyond will be unveiled this week. The plan will include restricting private cars in city centres, an urgent improvement on bus services, and the separation of traffic from pedestrians.

Experts have developed an instrument that takes a body temperature reading in three seconds instead of the usual two minutes. And it can be used in tropical and arctic conditions without being affected by prevailing temperatures.

The French have invented a spade that will take the back-ache out of gardening. It is a semi-mechanical spade that digs out the earth and throws it about three feet – simply by pressing your foot on an attached stirrup.

Football Results: First Division – Arsenal 5 Blackpool 3, Birmingham 3 Nottingham Forest 3, Ipswich 2 Spurs 3, Leicester 2 Chelsea 4, Manchester United 0 Liverpool 1, Sheffield Wednesday 5 Wolves 0, WBA 0 Blackburn 3. Top three: Liverpool, Blackburn, Spurs.

Television highlights: Sunday Night at the London Palladium with Morecambe and Wise. Play – The Way With Reggie starring Michael Caine. Kidnapped – episode seven.

Radio highlights: The Countryside in November. Your Hundred Best Tunes.

Weather: stormy with rain.

Monday 25 November 1963

Lee Oswald, the man accused of assassinating President Kennedy, was himself shot dead today. He was shot down while being transferred from one jail to another. And tonight Jack Ruby, a Dallas striptease club owner, was charged with killing Oswald.

Ruby told police that he shot Oswald because of “a deep sense of sympathy” for Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy, and to save her from the ordeal of Oswald’s trial. Captain Will Fritz, Head of Dallas Homicide, said, “The case of President Kennedy’s assassination is now closed.”

Council house tenants have complained that a six-foot high “snob wall”, which has been insisted upon by private house owners, would cut them off from the community. Private owner Mrs Doris Measures said, “We are not snobs, but we don’t want people from council houses peering into our bedrooms.” This evening, a council meeting in Orpington, Kent will decide if the wall should be erected.

In twenty years time there be a third tap at the sink, for boiling water; a recorder for “storing” tv programmes to view later; garage doors that open at a code signal from a car; beds with a stream of warm air instead of blankets. Kitchens will dwindle to cupboard-size and microwave ovens will replace cookers. People will eat frozen dinners stored in deep freezers. Plastic plates will replace china plates. Dustmen will no longer call to collect our rubbish – instead they will empty our sludge pits. Washing machines will disappear, replaced by sound waves, which will remove dirt from clothes. Fabrics will be creaseless, so no more ironing. 

Five thousand frantic teenagers were turned away from a box office in Liverpool yesterday. Hundreds of girls sobbed when 5,100 tickets for two Beatles concerts were sold out in 4 hours 15 minutes. At one time 13,000 teenagers joined the over-night queue. Many of the youngsters were treated for exposure, exhaustion and a lack of food.

Television highlights: President Kennedy’s Funeral Service – via satellite. Panorama – President Kennedy’s death. Whose Neighbour? – alcoholics.

Radio highlights: Thought to be Writ by Shakespeare. Letter From America.

Weather: sunny spells and showers. Outlook – similar. 11c, 52f.

Tuesday 26 November 1963

The Salvation Army is to use guitars as well as tambourines and brass instruments. In their new “get with it” campaign, they will also visit coffee bars, dance halls and bingo palaces.

Two gangs of teenage girls, the Aristocrats and the Thunderbirds, stopped the traffic in a village street in Sunderland, Co. Durham. Using chains and knuckledusters, the teenagers – fifteen brunettes, two platinum blondes and two red-heads – fought and screamed. A woman armed herself with a hammer and tried to stop the fight. At court, the girls were bound over to keep the peace for twelve months.

With the engine on his truck smoking, driver Roy Frederickson abandoned his vehicle and ran to the police station in Essington, Staffs. He informed the police that his burning truck was loaded with gelignite and detonators. Firemen arrived and put out the fire, which had started because of an electrical fault. Later, the gelignite was transferred to another lorry.

The Housing Committee at Orpington, Kent has rejected a demand from private house-owners to build a six-foot high “snob wall” between the private houses and council tenants.

Bread prices will increase from 30 December. Ice cream and lolly prices will also increase, from 9 December. Bread prices will rise because Spillers Ltd are raising the prices on their sacks of flour.

Mrs Mole of Hammersmith was given a conditional discharge after being found guilty of placing “Ajax” in her husband’s coffee. The deputy chairman of the London Sessions said, “It was a very naughty thing to do. I’m going to look on this case as a sudden temptation to annoy your husband. It is a complaint from which quite a lot of married women suffer.”

Television highlights: University Challenge – finals, Leicester University v Balliol College, Oxford. The Plane Makers – factory series. Compact – magazine series – the taxman cometh.

Radio highlights: Our Changing Language. 208 Platter Party.

Weather: showers and sunny intervals. Outlook – showery. 9c, 48f.

Wednesday 27 November 1963

All-time production records are being set by Britain’s car makers. And export sales are rocketing. During October cars were being made at a rate of 32,500 a week – the greatest ever output. The Buchanan Report is due out soon, which aims to resolve how all these new cars can travel on Britain’s roads without causing traffic jams.

The village of Burley in the New Forest is fighting to keep its traffic jams. The locals believe that the cars parked in the streets slow down traffic and make the village safer. A spokesman said, “We haven’t had any accidents here for years.” Hampshire police want to build a car park to get the cars off the roads.

Christine Keeler has been committed to the Old Bailey on a charge of conspiring to obstruct the course of justice.

Bandits in Cambridge stole £20,000 from Barclays Bank – and two bottles of sherry. 

The visit of the Beatles to Wolverhampton cost the town £320 in police wages and overtime, and £5 for the ambulance service.

“The question of turnstiles at ladies lavatories is usually treated as a joke. But it is no laughing matter. I got trapped in one recently and had to feed it four pennies before it would release me.” – Mrs M.D.H., Purfleet, Essex.

Agony Aunt: “Robin” writes, “I’m madly in love with the girl next door, but she’s mad about Cliff Richard. Should I join a beat group to attract her?” Jane Adams’ advice, “Just stick around. Every year 10,000 girls fall in love with Cliff, and every year 10,000 girls fall out of love with Cliff.”

Television highlights: Our Strangled Cities – discussion about the Buchanan Report on road traffic. The Loved Ones – a look at the British love for animals. Our Man at St Marks – comedy series.

Radio highlights: Mrs Mills. Politics of Violence.

Weather: Light rain, drizzle, mild. Outlook – brighter and colder. 13c, 55f.

Thursday 28 November 1963

A vast new plan to resolve Britain’s traffic tangles was unveiled yesterday. Central to the plan is knocking down and reshaping whole shopping areas in London and other cities. Shops will be lifted above street level and pedestrians will use first floor pavements while traffic flows along new roads underneath. Private cars will also be controlled or limited in city centres.

President Lyndon B Johnson has pledged to proceed with John Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bill and end racial hatred in America.

Two men who murdered farmer William Rowe will be hanged on 17 December, the Home Office said. The appeals of Dennis Whitty and Russell Pascoe were dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal. Whitty will be executed at Winchester Prison, Pascoe at Bristol. 

Curate, Rev John Marshall, received two black eyes at a church rock and roll dance when a fight broke out. After receiving three stitches, he carried on his church work as usual.

A nurse has been put on special duty to care for three year old Yvonne Nolan. Yvonne swallowed a small, gold ladies watch, and it is ticking inside her. The nurse has been told to listen for the ticks as the watch travels and leaves Yvonne’s body the normal way.

“Amorous wives” row latest: Councillor Terry Lyons of Camberley is taking legal action against former councillor Mrs Margaret Clark because of “defamatory” statements made in her resignation letter.

European Cup Winners Cup: Second Round, First Leg – Tottenham v Manchester United. Postponed because of fog. Inter-Cities’ Fairs Cup – Sheffield Wednesday 1 Cologne 2 (aggregate 3 – 5).

Television highlights: Criss Cross Quiz. Space Patrol – Time Stands Still. Double Your Money – all-Scottish edition.

Radio highlights: Does The Team Think? Who Knows?

Weather: fog then bright spells. Rather cold. Outlook – rather cold. 7c, 45f.

Friday 29 November 1963

Accidents are the plague of the modern era. To reduce them, experts recommend that people should wear crash helmets on motor cycles and scooters, protective clothing in industry, and lifejackets on boats, canoes and yachts. Accidents cost £500,000,000 a year and result in 20,000 deaths and over 6,000,000 injuries.

About £7,761,000 damage was done by fires in October. This means that fire damage to date this year amounts to £56,454,000, more than the total for 1962.

Christmas poultry will be plentiful this year, and cheaper too. A spokesman for the National Federation of Poultry Merchants said that there should be sufficient quantities of turkeys, oven-ready and fresh, to meet all requirements.

In her extra spending, the housewife bought more frozen foods, milk, butter, cheese, eggs and potatoes this year. However, she bought less bread, rice and flour. Overall, there was a greater prosperity in the South than in the North. But families in the lower income groups are now spending nearly as much on food as well-to-do families.

Sheffield United will stage boxing contests half an hour before the start of their home games.

The Beatles’ drummer, Ringo Starr, was rushed to hospital last night. He was suffering from earache. However, he returned to the ABC cinema in Lincoln where the group were performing and sang a solo number – which received the biggest scream from the fans.

Television highlights: Journal – European magazine programme. Ready, Steady, Go! with Manfred Mann and the Hollies. Background to Ballet.

Radio highlights: A Cornishman in Bath. The Countryside in November.

Weather: dry and sunny. Outlook – showery and colder. 8c, 46f.

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Social History 1963 #57

Saturday 16 November 1963

A tea factory was brought to a standstill last night when a foreWOMAN gave an order to a workMAN. As a result, the complete staff of 470 walked out. The incident occurred at the Ty-Phoo Tea company in Birmingham. The question that needs answering: does a forewoman have authority over male workers? A meeting to discuss that question will be held on Monday.

A voice called from inside a smoke-filled pet shop in Tottenham. Firemen rushed in and discovered that the voice belonged to George, a mynah bird. George kept up a running commentary while the firemen rescued 250 birds, a cat, rabbits and mice. Sally, the cat, required artificial respiration and oxygen, but she recovered.

The picture on Alfred Knapp’s television set kept appearing and disappearing, in a rhythmic sort of way. He tried a new set and a new aerial, the tv picture came and went. Post Office engineers checked Mr Knapp’s house for two days. Then a young engineer noticed that the fading picture coincided with the swinging pendulum of a grandfather clock. He stopped the clock and the picture appeared because the pendulum was inferring with the television signal.

Many road accidents are caused by motorists hitting “Keep Left” signs, so one idea is to make them out of rubber.

Llanelli Grammar School has won the Rosslyn Park rugby seven-a-side competition for the past three years. However, they will no longer compete. This is because of the abuse the players receive from public school masters and spectators. A Rosslyn Park spokesman said, “We are disappointed by Llanelli’s decision, but some of the behaviour displayed on the touchline has been disgraceful.”

Television highlights: The Avengers – Second Sight. Sports Special – FA Cup highlights. The Sentimental Agent – adventure series 

Radio highlights: LP Time. From Our Own Correspondent.

Weather: sunny spells and showers. Outlook – similar. 9c, 48f.

Sunday 17 November 1963

For women – where to find single men: Lincolnshire towns, north Wales villages and the Scottish moors are your best bet. If you are looking for a serviceman, try Aldershot or Catterick. Canny women are marrying skilled men bringing home over £1,000 a year in the printing trade and steel and iron industries. South Wales is the best boom spot for rich husbands right now.

Even though housewives have less to do, they are often bored with housework. Professor Dennis Gabor has a solution. He believes that within the next 25 years a pill will make women interested in arts and sciences, and prepare them for the age of leisure. He also stated that leaving house cleaning to an electronic housemaid was a bad idea because housework should be rewarding.

The average house costs £3,148, but prices vary from £3,900 in London to £2,000 in the north-east. You’ll find the best hairdressers in London, and Coventry. The easiest place to buy frozen food is south Wales, followed by Birmingham, Manchester and London.

Roly-poly comedienne Dora Bryan has a new disc out – All I Want For Christmas is a Beatle.

There have been ten escapes from Nottingham prison in the past ten weeks.

Football Results: First Division – Aston Villa 4 Manchester United 0, Blackburn 3 Birmingham 0, Chelsea 3 Arsenal 1, Liverpool 2 Fulham 0, Nottingham Forest 2 Everton 2, Sheffield United 0 Bolton 1, Stoke 4 Sheffield Wednesday 4, Spurs 3 Burnley 2. Top three – Sheffield United, Liverpool, Blackburn.

Television highlights: Auto-Mechanics – Lubrication. About Religion with Leslie Phillips. Fireball XL5.

Radio highlights: Birds of the Air. Pick of the Pops.

Weather: cloudy with showers, some fog.

Monday 18 November 1963

More than 6,000 people in Birmingham faced death or serious injury last night – and many of them didn’t know it. There was a fault in the gas supply and the mains had to be shut off. Police loudspeaker vans toured the estates. And the BBC and ITV interrupted their programmes to broadcast warnings. A gas board spokesman warned that there would be an explosion if anyone lit a match.

Some villagers in Bethesda, north Wales are risking their lives by connecting their television aerials to a relay cable. They connect at night and disconnect before dawn. A spokesman said this practice is not only dangerous, but it affects the reception for the other villagers. By using this method, the “tele pirates” avoid paying the 2s a week charged by the relay firm.

Mr Henry Abbot, headteacher at Darwen grammar school, blamed pop music for GCE failures. He said, “I can think of several students whose prospects have suffered through preoccupations with guitars. We must distinguish between hobbies – camping and the like – and crazes like guitars that so occupy the mind.”

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A coach travelling from Birmingham to London burst into flames at Newport Pagnell. The passengers completed their journey on a relief coach.

“No truly great man ever founded a sect” – Thomas Carlyle, 1795 – 1881.

Television highlights: The Way We Live – Village Community. Adventure – the hunting of the gruntfish. Come Dancing – Wales v West Midlands.

Radio highlights: The Clitheroe Kid. Strictly for the Judies.

Weather: sunny spells and showers. Outlook – rain at times. 11c, 52f.

Tuesday 19 November 1963

The message: “Mayday, mayday, mayday. I’m ditching tub.” Then silence. Staff at a RAF control tower in Uxbridge picked up the signal and traced it to the West Country. Spotter planes took off, messages were sent, the police were alerted and the lifeboats were put on standby. Another message came through, “None of our aircraft are missing.” Then the problem was solved – the mayday message had been sent from a steamroller working on the new M5 near Bristol. The driver was telling his mate that he was packing up work for the day because of the bad weather. He used slang picked up when he was in the RAF.

The number of train accidents rose last year for the third year running, reaching the highest total since 1947. In 1962 there were 1,348 train accidents. A report into the matter blames a decline in safety standards.

The 470 men and women who went on strike at the Ty-Phoo Tea factory in Birmingham have been told to return to work. The strike occurred on Friday when a forewoman reprimanded a workman. The matter has now been placed before a conciliation officer.

In 1965, all traffic within a four-square-mile area of London will be controlled by radar. Computers built into traffic lights will count the number of vehicles passing and feed the information into a central electronic brain. This will adjust the traffic lights according to the flow of traffic.

A 150mph hurricane tore through Suffolk yesterday, flattening garages and stripping roofs. Cottages rocked on their foundations. Villagers hid under tables. Gales also played havoc in the south of England, and Wales. Trees were uprooted and cars abandoned. The wild weather is expected to continue today.

Television highlights: World in Action – a computer chooses Labour’s future Cabinet. Gala Performance with Julian Bream. Maigret with Rupert Davies.

Radio highlights: The Archers. Stars of the Old Days.

Weather: cloudy with rain and strong winds. Outlook – rainy. 12c, 54f.

Wednesday 20 November 1963

Sailors sporting a forehead fringe have been told – get de-Beatled, now! Officers have noted with alarm that servicemen are favouring peculiar haircuts, influenced by the Beatles. One sailor complained, “Even the Navy is against the Beatles.” Commander Hoyle said, “I’ve never heard the Beatles. I have nothing against them. They’re probably nice young men, but there’s nothing nice about the way they wear their hair.”

The road safety committee of Chingford, Essex have issued a poster depicting the rear view of a nude woman wearing only a safety helmet with the message, “Always Wear a Helmet – it Saves Lives.” However, the Rev Harold Goldsack is going to put the drawing before the local church council. He said, “I think it’s a disgusting drawing.”

Bath city centre was under water last night as the River Avon rose twelve feet above its normal level. Police used boats to take food supplies to people marooned in outlying districts. The AA reported flooding on 21 main roads in southern England and south Wales, with six roads impassable.

Sir David James, the Welsh businessman who made millions out of grain, milk and cinemas, has given £2,500,000 to Welsh charities.

Books for Christmas: Helen Shapiro’s New Book for Girls, Cliff Richard’s Top Pops, The Sooty Annual and The Torchy Gift Book.

A.P. of Skegness writes, “Horrible background music ruins many tv shows. Also, programmes should not show so much of the story before the titles and theme music appear on the screen.”

Television highlights: Football – England v Ireland, second-half from Wembley. What Next in Instant Homes? They’ve Sold a Million – Kenny Ball and his jazzmen.

Radio highlights: Conversations With My Younger Self. A Lover’s View of Norwich.

Weather: rain at first, then brighter. Outlook – similar. 9c, 48f.

Thursday 21 November 1963

The man who arrested Anne Frank has been named. He is Karl Silberbauer, now a member of Vienna CID. He confessed to the arrest, but no action will be taken against him because he was acting under orders.

Silent killers were menacing the coast of west Wales last night. Drifting towards Pembrokeshire from the Irish Sea were 154 drums of highly inflammable and poisonous chemicals. The drums were washed overboard from the Finnish vessel Skou during the weekend storms. Police warned that the drums should not be touched if they wash up on the beach.

Two more prisoners have escaped from Nottingham prison. Twelve prisoners have escaped from the jail in the past ten weeks.

In 1960, fires destroyed about four times as much of Britain’s output as was lost by strikes.

Football. International Results: England 8 Ireland 3, Scotland 2 Wales 1.

The BBC is to launch a new “Top of the Pops” tv disc show featuring the latest “Top Twenty” discs on New Year’s Day. Leading disc jockeys will be the comperes and, for the first time, the BBC will allow the miming of records. The disc jockeys will include David Jacobs, Alan Freeman and Peter Murray.

Television highlights: Kalanag – the world’s master magician in action. This Week – the amorous wives of Camberley. Dickie Henderson Show.

Radio highlights: Play – Room to Let. Pop Parade.

Weather: sunny then rain. Outlook – sunny spells and showers. 12c, 54f.

Friday 22 November 1963

Plans are in place to increase the number of telephones in Britain from 9,000,000 to 11,000,000. The aim is to provide a telephone for everybody who wants one. The practice of shared lines will continue, but by 1968 it’s hoped that there will be an exclusive service for all. It’s virtually certain that younger people will come to regard a telephone as a necessity.

Mice are eating telephone cables in Somerset. Engineers believe it’s because the mice like the protective coating.

In general, meat prices are down, but the demand for stewing steak has pushed steak prices up. Ox tails are good value right now. The fish situation is very poor this week, but there is news of better catches for next week. Lettuces and cucumbers are expensive, but vegetable prices are steady.

Advance orders for the Beatles’ new single, I Want to Hold Your Hand, have reached 750,000. This week, the Beatles moved from number two to number one with She Loves You. Meanwhile, a van carrying 3,000 copies of the Beatles’ new LP record, With the Beatles, was hijacked yesterday. The van was later found in Reading, but the records had gone.

Sales of TV sets and record players are soaring. TV sales jumped 25% in the first nine months of this year and 23% more record players were sold.

Television highlights: Ready, Steady, Go! with Kathy Kirby, Kenny Lynch and the Rolling Stones. Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards. Here’s Harry with Harry Worth.

Radio highlights: The Dispossessed. As Others See Us.

Weather: strong winds and showers. Outlook – changeable. 9c, 48f.

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Maid Marian and Robin Hood

Maid Marian and Robin Hood #18

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The Adventures of Robin Hood 

Episode 16: The Betrothal 

Introductory minstrel song: “In Sport it’s the professionals, that always win the glory; but Robin is the amateur, and that’s a different story!”

Regular Cast

Sir Robin of Locksley – Richard Greene

Maid Marian – Bernadette O’Farrell

The Sheriff of Nottingham – Alan Wheatley

Little John – Archie Duncan

Friar Tuck – Alexander Gauge 

Guests: Little John – Rufus Cruikshank, standing in for the injured Archie Duncan.

Original air date: 8 January 1956

Screenplay: Paul Symonds

Director: Ralph Smart 

Plot: Sir Richard of the Lea appears again, seeking approval to get his son, William Lucas as Claude, married off to the lovely Lady Gladys, Jennifer Jayne. To achieve his aim, Sir Richard enlists Robin’s help to persuade Lady Gladys’ father, Charles Lloyd-Pack, that his son is suitable.

Character reference – think Terry Jones in the “let me sing” scene in The Holy Grail, “Someday, lad, all this will be yours – What, the curtains?” – and you will have some idea of Claude, Sir Richard’s son.

Standout scene: The moment Gladys starts singing and realises she’s the right person for Claude.

Sword fights – 2. Bow fights/bow skills – 0.

Running total: Sword fights – 15. Bow fights/bow skills – 13.

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Jennifer Jayne

Jennifer made her film debut in 1948, in Once a Jolly Swagman. She followed this up with The Blue Lamp in 1949. Both films starred Dirk Bogarde. 

In the 1950s Jennifer appeared in a number of historical adventure series – The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, Sword of Freedom and The Adventures of William Tell.

Jennifer was also a talented writer. Under the pseudonym Jay Fairbank, she wrote the screenplays for Tales That Witness Madness (1973) and Son of Dracula (1974).