Lest We Forget

 September 2026 - update

Watch a production of the play - click here. 

VIDEO

60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA on the 20th anniversary

Twin Towers taken in 1987.

1998

December 2001 we went to New York right after 9/11. Photos are pre-digital.

September 2013 - Manhattan NY

9/11 Memorial

Plaque in Central Park

TORONTO 

Foto Tunes

Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme

May 2026 - Toronto ON

LOVE LOVE LOVE Queen and their songs.

"Radio Ga Ga"

Radio.

Radio.

I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio


Franz Josef New Zealand




You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds invaded by Mars
You made 'em laugh, you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly.
Radio.


Madrid Spain






So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know or just don't care
And just complain when you're not there

You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio, Radio.




Whitehorse Yukon






All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio, what's new?
Radio, someone still loves you!




New York City NY





We watch the shows, we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
How music changes through the years.


Edmonton AB



Let's hope you never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around 'cause we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual


Toronto ON






You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio, Radio.


Rochester MN

Weekend Roundup

 Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler

1. Starts with "A"
2. A Favorite
3. APPLE - Chosen by Tom

Starts with A

ASAKUSA Japan

Asakusa (浅草) is the center of Tokyo's shitamachi (literally "low city"), one of Tokyo's districts, where an atmosphere of the Tokyo of past decades survives.

FAVOURITE

AIRPLANE ANA

APPLE

From my box collection - New York City

John Lennon and The Beatles

December 8 - Today is the anniversary of John Lennon's death.

Photo taken in 1986 in London after seeing this play.

I need to make this my motto.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
– John Lennon

I need to make this my motto.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
– John Lennon

June 2026 - Paul McCartney Photos AGO click on link

October 2025 - Lennon and Ono's Bed-In Montreal QC click link

March 2025 - Candlelight Tribute to Beatles and Queen click link

February 2015 - Singapore

May 2010 - Liverpool England click on link, Includes many photos of The Beatles Story and the Magic Bus Tour.

Taken at The Beatles Story Museum at Albert Dock

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Cavern Club, Liverpool

The Quarrymen Skiffle Group, featuring John Lennon, made their first appearance at the Cavern on Wednesday 7th August 1957. A week earlier Ringo Starr is thought to have made his debut with the Eddie Clayton Skiffle group. Paul McCartney did not made his debut until 24th January 1958 with the Quarrymen. George Harrison had to wait until the Beatles made their first appearance at a lunchtime session on 9th February 1961.

New York NY

Imagine

Photo taken 2011 at St. John the Divine in NYC click on link.

Photo taken at Central Park in August 2013 when visiting with friends.

Strawberry Fields Forever

The Dakota where John lived and was shot on December 8 1980. The building is just across from Central Park.

And yes, we watched as a car was driven through the gates with a little Asian woman in the back seat. It dawned on us that it was Yoko and the doorman more or less confirmed it with a smile when asked.

2019 Toronto Mural

2019 Mazatlan Mexico

2017 Firkin Pub Toronto ON now closed.

 

2015 las Vegas NV

Mural

2008 Toronto ON

The acclaimed Beatles concert and multimedia theatrical show Rain – A Tribute to the Beatles played a limited engagement in March/April 2008 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (then newly renamed from the Hummingbird Centre).  A note-for-note live musical and visual journey spanning the Beatles' career from their 1964 Ed Sullivan debut through their psychedelic and final album eras.

RAIN: A Tribute To The Beatles 2008 video

2006 Las Vegas NV

Random photos

Somewhere in Montana click on link

2019 Barcelona Bullring Museum click on link

Granada Nicaragua street sign

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London England