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Our Australia Petula Adventure, Part 2
Our three‑week trip to Australia was certainly the longest of our ” Petula Adventures”, and one we likely would never have undertaken without the added incentive of seeing Petula perform. It wasn’t that Australia didn’t interest us; it was simply that the long flight felt daunting, especially as we got older. But how glad we…
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Petula : the Glenn Gould Prize Jurist
Many considered Glenn Gould to be a genius. The famed Canadian classical pianist was renowned for his interpretations of Bach and he was celebrated for his innovative approach to music. It seemed unlikely that Gould would be interested in the pop music of his time. But Gould developed a fascination with the music and the…
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Never Enough
At the beginning of December 2017, then in our seventies –after having been fans for over fifty years- my husband and I set off on another “Petula Adventure” –this time to the southern United States. Because our home is near to New York state , we had easy access to Buffalo International Airport and flew…
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The Anticipation or Reality: Which is Better?
As Far As a Petula Clark Tour is Concerned-it’s the reality! Petula Clark is about to release her autobiography, Is That You, Petula? tomorrow; in some parts of the world it may already be on bookstore shelves as I write this. It has gotten me thinking about whether the anticipation actually is ever totally fulfilled…
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The Mary Poppins Trip:Our Last Petula Encounter
Our Most recent “Petula Adventure”! Our last, or more positively, our most recent “Petula Adventure” was in November of 2019 in London where Petula had several weeks earlier begun her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins! A week in London is a treasure in itself in my view. Over the years we have…
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Petula Encores in Montreal
Petula Clark has often spoken about her concerts at Place des Arts in Montreal in 1969, a time when Quebec’s separatist politics was very much alive. Petula encountered the political tension during her performances and it ultimately led to her unexpected participation in John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous bed-in recording of “Give Peace a Chance.”…
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Birthday Celebrations with Petula (sort of)!!
Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK In June 1987, April 2007, and May 2014, my husband and I marked milestone birthdays with celebrations centered around Petula Clark concerts. Two were carefully planned and one unfolded spontaneously. Yet each time, as a special birthday approached, we instinctively knew that the most meaningful gift we could give each other…
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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…
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