Rosemary Lockie's Home Page

Family History

• My own
• My Husband Mel's

Dogs

• Photographs of Rosemary's English Springer Spaniels (on this website)
• Rehoming English Springer Spaniels in the North West - North West English Springer Spaniel Rescue (NWESSR)
• Springer Rescue in the North of England - Northern English Springer Spaniel Rescue (NESSR)
• For when Rover is sick - our Vets - Leadon Vale Veterinary Centre, who I can recommend for anyone in the Ledbury area.
• I hope your dog hasn't been lost or stolen, but if he (or she) has, Helping Reunite Dogs with their Owners (www.doglost.co.uk) may help you to find him again.

Books

• Crime/Supernatural fiction (or fact?). Wonderfully captures the essence of Herefordshire and its people: The Phil Rickman Website.
• Highly evocative novels featuring Edinburgh cop John Rebus: Ian Rankin.
• Another author whose novels are set in a place he is eminently familiar with, namely the Peak District of Derbyshire: Stephen Booth.
• Conversely, I enjoy descriptions of everyday objects in a quirky way, and arguably, the master of that is: Sir Terry Pratchett.
• Well-researched Medieval mysteries set in ‘Michaelhouse’, a lost college of Cambridge: Susanna Gregory.
• Needs no introduction to her fans! Mysteries set in the middle and late 19th century: Anne Perry.

Professional

• Rosemary Lockie's Curriculum Vitae
• Rosemary's Graduation, 1969

Entertainment

• To remind myself of the titles of films I've enjoyed (when I was looking for “The Dream Team”), or those famous lines, remembered as other than they were… Repeat it often enough and it will become true; however Dirty Harry did NOT say "Come on punk, make my day" any more than Humphrey Bogart said "Play it again, Sam!": The Internet Movie Database.
• A slightly different slant on the same theme - Misheard Lyrics (Am I Right?) (also called mondegreens)
• Some say it's the most commonly misheard lyric of all time: "'Scuse me while I Kiss this Guy".
• For the late 1960s and early 1970s: Folk Music Index (note to self: doesn't work in IE11, OK in Firefox & Chrome)
• Here's one for my dad, who (I think) gave me my love of music: Charlie Kunz - Wikipedia. As a pianist himself, he was a great fan of Charlie Kunz, and was inspired to play like him with his 'soft touch'. Kunz was a Pennsylvanian American who came to England in the 1920s and gained an immediate following as a pianist and band leader.
• In the 1950s I listened to my dad's 78's collection, but in the 1960s so much more became "available" - "music, memories and magic of the most exciting decade in history" in Sixties City and (via the Internet Archive, the website itself went offline long ago) 1960's British Pop Culture.
• And for something completely different to Charlie Kunz... Gary Glitter - yeah! Glam Rock of the 70's - Ultimate Classic Rock.
• And just to round off the decade where I stopped listening to music every minute of the day I could - a site created by the author of 'Misheard Lyrics' (above) - In the 80s, which is rather fun.
• A guide to Britain's film and TV history - ScreenOnline.
• Finally, no list would be complete without a link to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.