{"id":6283,"date":"2023-04-08T23:39:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T22:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.t-e-g.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6283"},"modified":"2024-12-08T01:48:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T01:48:59","slug":"the-watershed-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.t-e-g.co.uk\/blog\/the-watershed-venue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Watershed Venue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you believe in fate? Do you believe that a film released 32 years ago could predict my future? I am here to tell you the universe works in mysterious ways. The film in question is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddy%27s_Song_(film)\">Buddy&#8217;s Song<\/a> released in 1991. The same year as <a href=\"http:\/\/gjzpw.nimsite.uk\/blog\/doctor-hollywood\/\">Doctor Hollywood<\/a> featuring my all-time favourite actor Canada born, American-raised Michael J. Fox\u00a0<\/p><p>The opening scenes of the movie are set at a hotel. This would be the wedding venue firstly for my cousin Anita a mere year later in August 1992. I recall being a bratty 10-year-old in the car park walking past her wedding gift. A brand new bright blue Peugeot 205 GTI &#8211; which sparkled in the summer sunshine. It was probably the first time I began to appreciate cars for their beauty. The car does not look as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.handh.co.uk\/news-item\/1992-peugot-205-gti-19-the-uks-most-famous-example\/\">shiny<\/a> with the passing of time.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70482485@N00\/10893748595\/in\/photolist-hADiVD-9GG6iY-hADwYy-9GG6hY-T7pXyJ-9GG6iw-9GG6iU-27rT3pC-2j6qivX-T7pXc1-2j6nHJj-2j6qivr-2mDpVwT-2j6rNGg-pDcaUa-2mDksV5-pDc9Tx-nrmTXg-fkghHr-2mDoPAA-fkvrjW-9vUHWK-DALEFs-KLusFg-2mDgbRa-2ov3b6o-2omixdd-uyr3xY-2mDmDcs-2j6rNFe-7M4JP3-jkQXDp-T7pWTA-2mDmDeg-2omm51t-2mDmDjm-RVbo6a-2ndfKBc-2hjc2dx-5kE962-JRNuPG-eDKVjF-2omixQR-7Pgq1g-2nddbYP-fAwP7G-9nvxw7-ajM9uz-2hjdNQa-2hjc17j\" title=\"Peugeot 205 GTI Dimma\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3792\/10893748595_0265aa80a9_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" alt=\"Peugeot 205 GTI Dimma\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"right\">[Image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70482485@N00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">phillylomo<\/a>]<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Fast forward almost exactly 19 years I got married to my better half Michelle there as I rode in on the horse from EastEnders at the start of our Hindu <a href=\"http:\/\/gjzpw.nimsite.uk\/blog\/mr-mrs\/\">ceremony<\/a>.<\/p><p>Many of the scenes were shot in the local area of Bracknell and Slough. Towns I would later spend many years living and working in. Without question, while the song and artist are considered a one-hit wonder &#8211; that is false. Chesney has three entries in the Guinness Book of Hit UK records. So let&#8217;s connect all the dots.<\/p><p>For a certain generation of kids born in the early 80s &#8211; I don&#8217;t want to want to use the M word. This anthem will be one of their favourite songs of all time. A student anthem that has taken on a life of its own. So much so that I would see Chesney perform in Leicester at a Hall of Residents gig in 2001.<\/p><p>In the same year of the song&#8217;s release, it was featured in a hit US movie featuring one of my favourite actors. It is as if somebody upstairs was building a big Easter Egg of my life. Oh, I suppose I should give a plug for the wedding venue. It is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/travel\/hotels\/s\/oVKxS49Zq1XkFTX28\">The Bellhouse Hotel<\/a> now owned and operated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihg.com\/crowneplaza\/hotels\/gb\/en\/buckinghamshire\/hyccp\/hoteldetail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crowne Plaza<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you believe in fate? Do you believe that a film released 32 years ago could predict my future? I am here to tell you the universe works in mysterious ways. The film in question is Buddy&#8217;s Song released in 1991. 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