I'm in a similar boat to Rog.
A friend of ours from Hawaii gave my twin brother and I each a uke back in 1954. We played and sang many a duet before graduating to guitars.

I've always credited Tiny Tim for "unpopularizing" the instrument to some degree.

As an aside, the small uke that I still have is tuned A-D-F#-B, the typical "my dog has fleas" tuning. BIAB doesn't show this tuning, or at least I can't get the guitar window to show anything but the G-C-E-A tuning.

Is there a way to change that, or is it something for the wish list?
Thanks!
LLOYD S