Tag: Music
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Beyond Legend: The Enduring Magic of Petula Clark!
The first concert was spectacular but so too was the last! It was November 1967 and I was twenty years old and had been completely taken by Petula Clark ‘s music from the moment I had heard Downtown two years before. Then came all the other hits —I Know a Place, A Sign of the…
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A blustery Night on the North Sea Warmed by a Boisterous Petula Audience.
An unforgettable concert: the audience was ablaze with Petula fever! Having been to many places to see Petula Clark perform and having been a part of many appreciative audiences, none stands out more than the one on a blustery November night in Ostend, Belgium in 2012. Ostend is a city perched in the north of…
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Petula: So much more than Downtown
Many people only know Petula Clark for her massive 1965 hit “Downtown,” but her career is far more extensive and impressive. Her success had begun years before when she was just a child with her own “Pet’s Parlour” radio programme, as well as a successful acting career in films for the Rank Organization. So, well…
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Starting Backwards
Our Most recent “Petula Adventure”! I am going to start at the end, rather than at the beginning –I do not mean at the real end because Petula Clark is still amazing –actually, she is about to release her auto-biography in October 2025. But I refer to the last time my husband and I saw…
Petula Travellers 