Two Great Leaders...

Havana, June 1981: Dr. Fidel Castro, Dick Francis.
The two Great Leaders have enjoyed a special relationship for many years.

A strange record by a teller of untruths.

This strange record was released in London in 1967. It didn't make much impact on the swinging scene but it did become a hit in The Netherlands.
The music is kitsch Latin swing.
Interviewed in Het Top Pop , The Netherlands leading pop paper in 1968 the band leader , Martin Martin (actual name Marvin Jacobsen) said:
I was actually born in Tamba- Tamba, it's a freaky kinda place. A wild little island.
In truth Martin / Jacobsen had never actually set foot in Tamba- Tamba.
We at Prott have made efforts to contact Mr Martin/ Jacobsen via various record companies and entertainment agencies, but all to no avail.
We don't even know if he's still alive.
Does anybody know?

In 1924 a whale was washed up on Berry Sands.

In 1924 a whale was washed up on Berry Sands.
Whales are not often seen in The Hargreaves Archipelago.

Happy New Year!

Pyrotechnics over Palmerston Harbour as 2010 gives way to 2011.