#25th may

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. Billboard ran an article about Lena.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. Cash Box listed Ma! at No 111 in the charts.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. Record World had Lena at 121 in the record charts. (Page 28).

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. The Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail featured Lena on it's children's page.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. The Single Ma! He’s Making Eyes at Me was released in Japan.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. In America, Lena appeared on the Merve Griffin Show, channel 11 at 8.30 pm.

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟓. The Sunday Post reported that Lena would return from South Africa the following day.

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖. The Stage reported on The SOS Variety Show which took place at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham on Sunday 14th. As usual Lena got a glowing review.

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗. The Gainsborough News had Lena as one of it's picks for the following Wednesday.

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗. The Evening Times reported that when Lena finished her summer season in Bridlington, she would move up to Rothesay to finish her schooling. This was a cynical move by the Solomons, Lena could leave school in Scotland on her sixteenth birthday. If she stayed at school in England then she couldn’t leave until Easter 1980, Lena would have readily agreed because she hated school.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. Lena series 3 episode 1 was broadcast on BBC 1 at 7.40 pm, her Guests were Grace Kennedy and Brian Marshall.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. The Daily Mirror featured Lena on it’s television pages.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. The Belfast Telegraph mentioned her on the TV page.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. - Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. - Derby Daily Mail.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. The Daily Star had a short article about Lena on it's TV page.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. The Daily Record also had an article about Lena on it's TV pages.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. A Universal Pictorial Press publicity photograph for "Lena".

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟔. Associated News photographed Lena coming home from the newsagents.

𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏. The singer Rickie Lee Jones was interviewed on the BBC world Service. At about 5 minutes 30 secs in, she describes how when she was young, she struggled to master the song “My Funny Valentine”, It is a difficult song, but I don’t think Lena had much trouble learning it for The Bachelors Show in 1975. She then followed it with Stagestruck, another difficult song.

Do you know what that means? 35 days until May 25th!

Первая сирень в этом году!

Знаете, что это значит? 35 дней до 25 мая!

I'm already starting to paint the lilacs.