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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

On 13 July 1963, Nat King Cole started his UK tour at The Finsbury Park Astoria

If you'd been lucky enough to get a ticket, below is a copy of the programme of what you'd have been treated to.

(Image from Bradford Timeline reproduced under an Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

And lastly a TV programme, presumably the BBC one referred to the the above Melody Maker article.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Sleigh on July 15, 2022 at 9:11

For those of you who remember my mum Eva Sleigh this was when my dad Jack and her met Nat King Cole.

Permalink Reply by Hugh on July 15, 2022 at 11:19

That’s a dance to remember. Was this locally?

Permalink Reply by Robert Sleigh on July 15, 2022 at 11:22

I've no idea, I was only 9 at the time so I would have been with a babysitter somewhere. :-)

Permalink Reply by Hugh on July 15, 2022 at 11:54

Great one for the family album. Thanks for sharing.

Permalink Reply by Robert Sleigh on July 15, 2022 at 11:55

You're welcome.

Permalink Reply by Richard Woods on July 15, 2022 at 13:12

I do remember her well and kindly - and the chocolate and white Sunbeam Rapier that Jack bought for her! Like this one:

Permalink Reply by Robert Sleigh on July 15, 2022 at 14:10

I think that was her first ever car. Be worth a lot of money now.

Permalink Reply by Richard Woods on July 15, 2022 at 13:08

I just missed the review tickets for this at the Hornsey Journal - we often raffled them and I think Lesley Downes won this one. For me he was the king of the crooners - actually hitting the notes rather than sidling up on them like Frank!

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