Ken Fisher, Author at TENERIFE MAGAZINE

The Beatles on Tenerife

It was not until 15th October 1963 that the Daily Mirror introduced us to the word Beatlemania. Accordingly there was no Beatlemania in evidence when three of the boys, Paul, George and Ringo, holidayed in Puerto de la Cruz between 28th April and 9th May of that same year.

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Mrs Thatcher on Tenerife

Lady Thatcher (in constituency mode) and her husband Denis enthusiastically worked the rooms learning about the history of the Library and its ongoing important role in the life of the community.

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Poirot Meets the Saint on Tenerife

To escape her distress, in February 1927, Agatha Christie, accompanied by her daughter Rosalind and secretary Charlotte Fisher, arrived in Tenerife. Leslie Charteris spent the winter of 1935/36 in Tenerife researching for one of his Simon Templar novels.

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The British Match That Ignited The Spanish Civil War

Posted on December 27, 2012June 26, 2017
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byKen Fisher

As the latest Bond movie, Skyfall, continues to rake in revenue in US and UK box offices, Ken turns his Shifting Sands gaze to the real world of international espionage.…

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A Remarkable Family on Tenerife

Posted on November 16, 2012June 26, 2017
byKen Fisher

During the summer of 1915 Alexander Baillon met Dr. Earnest Hooton, an anthropologist, who had been sent to Tenerife by the Peabody Museum of Cambridge, USA to collect and bring back some Guanche remains…

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Tenerife’s Golden Age of Cabaret

Posted on October 16, 2012June 26, 2017
byKen Fisher

Following up my mention of Go Pontinental in my last article, I was pointed in the direction of Eastenders star Polly Perkins who plays Rose Cotton, Dot Cotton’s sister.

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Shifting Sands, The London Boys

Posted on September 12, 2012September 17, 2014
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byKen Fisher

Whilst we lotus eaters in the north were living the dream, Lewisham born Tom Keating was slaving away at the easel in his villa in the southern village of Vilaflor (above) happily churning out Samuel Palmer pastiches.

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Shifting Sands, Celebrities

Posted on August 9, 2012September 17, 2014
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She was one of the Daily Express’s top 5 women of the year in 1936. In 1972, she owned a small apartment in the Avenida Aparthotel yet very few people, including me, knew who she was.

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Shifting Sands, Tenerife in the 1970s

Tenerife 1972 – Seven Peseta Island. Dorada Pilsner was 7 pesetas a bottle if you stood at the bar, 10 pesetas at a table. I never did find out the price if you stood on a table. Local cigarettes with black tobacco which allegedly made them healthier – 7 pesetas a pack…

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