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Your faithful note-taking skills and reports are always fully appreciated, Roger, and the very few additions/amendements I may occasionally provide should always be prefixed by “If my noble leaned friend would allow a humble query from an oaf who was too busy bouncing up and down and shouting nonsense to be certain, but…” I’m not a scholar, but yes it’s molon labe, “Come and take them!”, the remark the Spartans sent to Xerxes in response to “Hand over your weapons!” before the Battle of Thermopylae (480BC) – the omega is correct I think. It’s a great T-shirt (notwithstanding the use of the slogan by US gun lobby nutjobs who use crossed assault rifles rather than guitars). In the gap between the turns, I caught up with Lou, Graham and Sarah. Nigel/Exxo was in the midst. And there was Niall and Marcella, over from Ireland. I exchanged waves with Mike as oft before. Graham Le Taxi told me that he now has a second job. But I don’t think I could ever call him Graham Le School Bus. I own one and have been known to talk of the beautiful game, although I draw the line at bottled lager. A horrible journey down from Cumbria was soon forgotten after beers in The Great Western. Thanks for the welcome Brumbiscuit. Good to meet you and some other devotees too and to have a laugh and explain who Nerys Hughes is to a man from Texas.
As the place cleared, I had a chat with Miles on the merch stall. No new products available. Nothing new in the diary beyond Bristol, Wolverhampton, Holmfirth and Newcastle. That’s just four. Surely somewhere else will be added before long? Midnight Mass Murder was dedicated to the Reverend Sarah Jenkins. “Every Christmas Eve she gets them coming out of The Chestnut Horse.” The song says it all. We were invited to “join in if you want” when they played How I Wrote Elastic Man. All grand stuff, as usual.
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The travelling army of Chatteris supporters certainly suggested that the weavers’ cottages in the town were devoid of tenants that particular day. exxo @Richie thanks! I always fear I am missing something, not being from the North and not being a fan of the Fall/Joy Division/Bob Dylan/The Blues. Voltarol is a proprietary name for the anti-inflammatory diclofenac, and is available over the counter in the UK only in skin preparations. (The tablets were made prescription-only in 2015, irking the gout sufferers.) Anyone in from Oldbury?” asked Nigel. “Do you know Macca?” And a follow-up question established that they have seven re-cycling bins. “Seven!” Nigel wondered. “That’s for the whole town!” was the response from the floor. In Renfield’s Afoot it was noted that Roydon Park was “nowhere near Oldbury”. And he pointed out that the song is a “true story”.
Old Tige- thanks for the beer.I know you turned one down at the show but next time you’re over…and I hope United treat you to a performance as good as the band did. Mr B also told a tale of his veteran cycling partner leading him up the Bwlch yr Oernant once, but turning right after the Britannia Inn to do the Old Horseshoe [average 13.8% for a fairly straight mile, as opposed to the average 5.5% of the modern route] They were deservedly applauded by all the bikers outside the Ponderosa cafe at the top. Not entirely sure I’m going to be able to fathom that spreadsheet, so in the event that I can’t, please may I have Bishop’s Cleve? TIA, Moo
The gig did not qualify for the Local Events section in the Denbighshire Free Press either, although there was a feature about an event in Prestatyn on the weekend of 22 and 23 July. Apparently, it is fifty years since Holiday On The Buses was shot there. Surviving cast members will be there, but no names were given. It would be nice to hear how that goes.
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