Freddie and Dreamers - 5 0 clock club 65?

[Jack Hall]

I have an extremely vivid memory of a VT look show at tea time, black and white 60s era.

In it, Freddie Garrity appeared not as in usual suit but a black roll neck sweater. The caption 'Freddie and the Dreamers' appeared on screen. For years I thought this was the title of the series. It was definitely ITV. I thought 1966. Garrity was strolling up and down a 'London Palladium' type stage with Long backdrop grey curtains; conducting an audience of kids to join in singing (they didn't!)

It was a fun style, party atmosphere and one of my fondest early memories.

The song line I recalled was 'how lucky, how lucky I am, to live here in a windmill in old Amsterdam'.

The title a friend informs me is 'windmill in old Amsterdam' and appears on a cabaret musical style L.P. dating from late 1965.

I also recall Wally Whyton as a folk singer playing 'Puff the magic dragon' and Gerry Marsden playing songs solo on an acoustic guitar. Marsden had a casual grey roll neck instead of the usual suit.

Of course I want to identify these and if they exist. Could I be thinking of '5 0 clock club' (Rediffusion)?

[Kev Mulrenan]

This definately sounds like the 5 O'clock club to me.

Type in tonyreespopdiaries into google and you can find the entries for 65.

[johnstewart]

Hi Kev - Thanks for that.

Please note though I don't know who 'Jack Hall' is; probably an alias of Chris and all the others recently doing this.

But this is yet ANOTHER cut and paste of one of my old queries.

Talk about lack of imagination and integrity - at this rate we will getting
another mystery man cutting and pasting the Bible here and claiming its their own work!

Interesting to see what response that gets!!!!!