Helly’s Celebrities of the 20th Century – YBONA PRICE
Tags: Celebrities. Actors. Famous people. YBONA PRICE
SPAGHETTI OR NAILS?
Most teenagers like to conduct a little rebellion against their parents. Few, however, can have seen it get so much out of hand as England’s YBONA PRICE....
HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY – OMAR SHARIF AND THE 35 STEPS
Tags: Celebrities. Famous People. Actors. OMAR SHARIF
When Omar Sharif introduced me into the glamorous world of international contract bridge in 1969, little did I suspect that he had set into motion a chain reaction which...
A REALLY GREAT READ
I doubt that there are many avid readers who have not enjoyed one or more of the mainly African themed novels by well-known author Wilbur Smith and I think that it would be accurate...
ENTERTAINERS OF THE Island – RICK DALTON
From when I began this series in 2017, I have been surprised at just how many former members of well-known bands from the ‘60s and ‘70s now live and still entertain in the local...
Music Review – Erin May
Earlier this year, local band Erin May featured as “Entertainers of the Island” in this magazine and I remember thinking at the time when I wrote the article that this was a band that...
ENTERTAINERS OF THE Island – KEITH HAIGH
From when the very first “Entertainers of the Island” series appeared in the April/May 2017 issue of The Mini Bribie Islander, I have written about many talented entertainers including “Wings of Fleetwood” (the very...
The Bribie Celtic Fiddlers – A PROMISE THAT LIVES ON
Remembrance Day in 2018 marks one hundred years since the end of conflict in World War 1 and following the customary observation of one minute’s silence at 11 am and other associated services to...
ENTERTAINMENT – WHAT DO YOU GET?
QUESTION: If you join a few people who have an extensive musical background with others who have had a professional singing career or have been connected with stage and choir singing in the past...
ENTERTAINERS OF THE Island – BITS N PIECES
Tags: Bribie Island Entertainers. Musicians. Singers. Songwriters
When Angela and Wayne Carter made the decision almost a decade ago to advertise for a few musicians to join them for the occasional jam session, they attracted...
HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY – JOHN MILLS – NOT TO THE MANOR...
Tags: Celebrities. Famous people. Actors John Mills
It’s 1946, when two struggling young actors, with their second daughter just being christened in a Buckinghamshire village, that the couple fall as much in love with the...