The old clubhouse. Photo Courtesy of the Southampton Yacht Club
Last week, I related how Dad and I had our Friday schedule – pack up the Horsemobile and drive to Southampton. A lot of people have such similar routines. Saturdays no different.
Even the grand dame of our Southampton rooming house, Mrs. Fordham, had a weekend habit. Every Saturday she would get together with her buddies and – I have no idea what they were drinking, rolling, or tooting – but were they up, I mean UP!, for the Lawrence Welk show at 6PM! They were huddled together in the chairs, arranged in a semi-circle around the boob tube, simply breathless for the start of the show… Roll the bubbles… Ah, one, two, three…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TtvbBIEIQY&feature=youtu.be
The Bernard Olcott Story 