IT'S BEM'S LIFE 1967.

Boy number 6 is born that May.
Al is the seventh child of Kit and Ger.

There was also a second new arrival
that year.
The Mc Govos Bitch,Tina had
given birth to a few pups.
We begged our folks for one of the pups
and eventually they agreed so long as
we kept him in a kennel as there was no room
in the house.
The Ma wouldn't have allowed  a dog in the
house anyway.
Bem came up with a name for the pup.
"Bran" was going to be his name.
As Bran got bigger he would follow the lads
everywhere they went.



THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
The Da arrives home one Friday and
knocks on the front door.
Del opens the door,
"Lads give us a lift in with some stuff in the car ",
says the Da.
Del ,Bem and Ger leg it out to the car.
There in the back seat was a long wooden
Press..
"What's this for ,Da ?", Ger asks.
"You'll see when we get it into the house", says Da.
They lift it in with him and lay it on the
Living Room floor.
Da goes back out to his car and comes back
in with 4 wooden legs.
He screws them onto the press and
stands it up.
The lads realise its not a press but a
record player.
Everyone was excited as they never had
one before.
The Da opened the lid and one part was
the actual player and the other part
had a shelf for holding LP'S.
The Da had got a few LPs
1) The Sound of Music,
2) A Glen Campbell LP,
3) A few Dubliners LP s.
He added ,The Sgt Peppers Lonely hearts club
band the next year.( that was and is Bem's favourite album).
The Dubliners LP s were a big favourite as well.
Luke Kelly is Bem's favourite singer still to this day (2020).
That record player was great for the House back then,
as everyone of all ages enjoyed it.