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by Gerald Lawrence
Mon Oct 23, 2023 6:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Ruby Murray Village Green Ceremony
Replies: 1
Views: 1631

Re: The Ruby Murray Village Green Ceremony

I have had a telephone call today (Bernie's 95th Birthday!) from Julie and she has told me that she is planning to attend the Village Green naming ceremony on the 24th November.

More details later when I have them.
by Gerald Lawrence
Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Ruby Murray Village Green Ceremony
Replies: 1
Views: 1631

The Ruby Murray Village Green Ceremony

Following strenuous efforts, initially by Bernie and more lately Billy Dickson, it has finally been agreed that some kind of memorial will be erected on the Village Green, together with some ceremonies. These will take place on the green between 3 pm and 5 pm on Friday the 24th November. We don't ha...
by Gerald Lawrence
Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Belfast City Council set to name park after Ruby.
Replies: 10
Views: 9619

Re: Belfast City Council set to name park after Ruby.

Thank you Billy for giving us an update on the Ruby Murray Village Green project. I will put my thinking cap on, and also have a word with Bernie about ideas. I happen to be reading this today on the anniversary of Ruby's birthday, she would have been 88 years old. PS I am sure you meant to type 5 r...
by Gerald Lawrence
Sat Dec 17, 2022 5:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ruby Died today well after midnight here in NZ
Replies: 2
Views: 1140

Re: Ruby Died today well after midnight here in NZ

Always a sad time of the year for me because in 1996 a week after I had told my mother in hospital that Ruby had died, she herself passed away on Christmas Eve. I still remember very well those Christmas days in the 50s when the loveliest present anybody could give me was the latest recording by Rub...
by Gerald Lawrence
Thu Oct 06, 2022 8:51 am
Forum: General
Topic: Belfast City Council set to name park after Ruby.
Replies: 10
Views: 9619

Re: Belfast City Council set to name park after Ruby.

We now have a.......Ruby Murray Village Green........Thanks to all who made this possible Thank you for your nice comments Graham. As a point of information, I have been working with Bernie and Billy Dickson for the last six months to try to achieve this aim, taking up all the persuading that Berni...
by Gerald Lawrence
Sun Oct 02, 2022 5:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: Site Update
Replies: 2
Views: 1403

Re: Site Update

Well Done and Thank You, Timmer! All working well so far, on PC and smartphone, but I will let you know if I find anything not quite right.

I all looks lovely and fresh and I think you have done a good job!
by Gerald Lawrence
Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Library reopened
Replies: 17
Views: 8939

Re: Library reopened

I have checked the third section called Miscellaneous Images . Page 1 Item 5 can be deleted Page 4 item 8 is not as titled, and can be deleted because Item 7 is a better copy of that picture Other than that, there are a few pictures which would be better if rotated. I think I can do this, but at the...
by Gerald Lawrence
Sat Sep 11, 2021 8:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: Library reopened
Replies: 17
Views: 8939

Re: Library reopened

Hi Tim, the Preview Feature certainly works very well indeed for pictures and Text (.txt files). For documents, music files, and videos I get offered to view or download, and there is not really any difference in the time it takes to do either of these things. A preview would be useful, but I guess ...
by Gerald Lawrence
Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Library reopened
Replies: 17
Views: 8939

Re: Library reopened

Thanks for the button! OK, I have checked out the first section called Album Covers . All is OK except Page 1 Item 2 and the title does not match the text. This could actually date back to an uploading error, but in any case, the picture is of the sheet music for Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye, and is alread...
by Gerald Lawrence
Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: Library reopened
Replies: 17
Views: 8939

Re: Library reopened

I have tried out the new search facility too, and it all seems to be working well. I particularly like that when you type in a word, such as Teddy, it searches the whole site and comes up with a document with the lyrics, as well as the mp3 of the song. Only one small point, there is no Search button...
by Gerald Lawrence
Wed Sep 01, 2021 6:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: Library reopened
Replies: 17
Views: 8939

Re: Library reopened

I go away for a few days and when I come back I see that you have been very busy sorting out the problem with the old library! :D Well done in getting it all working again. I also like very much the fresh look of it, and the easy way you can navigate around it so thank you very much for all your eff...
by Gerald Lawrence
Wed Sep 01, 2021 6:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Passing of Ruby's son Tim
Replies: 11
Views: 7215

Re: The Passing of Ruby's son Tim

Hello Mellymel, welcome to this website and forum from me too. I too found Tim to be a very pleasant person to meet and speak with. The last occasion we were talking was a Skype meeting when he was marooned in Lanzarote at the start of the Covid pandemic, which was not very long before he sadly died...
by Gerald Lawrence
Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: Teresa Hart - Timmer's mother
Replies: 21
Views: 18830

Re: Teresa Hart - Timmer's mother

It is with great sadness that I have to tell you that Timmer's mother Teresa has sadly passed away. She was in a care home, and although Timmer had to travel from one side of the USA to the other to get there, he was able to visit her a short while ago and play her some Ruby Murray records, which he...
by Gerald Lawrence
Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: Rubys Birthday
Replies: 2
Views: 2437

Re: Rubys Birthday

Remembering Ruby. She was once likened to Vera Lynn, who sadly died last year at the old age of 103. If only Ruby had had better health, she might have still been around. Her memories in the form of records, photographs and news cuttings still live on here on this tribute website.
by Gerald Lawrence
Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Passing of Ruby's son Tim
Replies: 11
Views: 7215

Re: The Passing of Ruby's son Tim

It is indeed a sad posting about the loss of Tim. He together with Bernie and Julie have done so much to help keep alive the memories we all share of our Dear Ruby. Some years ago, when he was a singer, he prepared a tribute show to Ruby, and Bernie and I went to the first such show on the South Coa...