3 of the 4 members of the band are YOBs
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Saw them playing at Eden Sessions (Eden Project) in the summer. They were really good!
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"Palma" Violets? I looked them up to see if there is a significance in the spelling. Some contemporary pun, perhaps?
Eeeuch, the parma violet - a particularly weird tasting sweet!
Eeeuch, the parma violet - a particularly weird tasting sweet!
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Angela Woodford wrote:"Palma" Violets? I looked them up to see if there is a significance in the spelling. Some contemporary pun, perhaps?
Eeeuch, the parma violet - a particularly weird tasting sweet!
I adore them, or at least, I used too when 'snogging' first started for me many many years ago !
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Sorry, I might be being a bit slow here but do you mean they are young Old Blues or they are hooligans?
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dsmg wrote:Sorry, I might be being a bit slow here but do you mean they are young Old Blues or they are hooligans?
YOB's is a shortening of Young Old Blues.
On second thoughts...................
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Thanks JR for the clarificationJ.R. wrote:dsmg wrote:Sorry, I might be being a bit slow here but do you mean they are young Old Blues or they are hooligans?
YOB's is a shortening of Young Old Blues.
On second thoughts...................
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Appearing on Jools Holland`s show this evening ...
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Mrs C. wrote:Appearing on Jools Holland`s show this evening ...
I missed it, but I'm sure it'll be repeated shortly.
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11.50pm Friday on BBC2 - extended version I gather.
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........... or iplayer, if you really can't wait?
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I saw them on Jools Holland last night.
Not a bad sound at all.
Not a bad sound at all.
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They will be on the BBC 6 website tomorrow from 10am, according to a trailer I've just seen.
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Just watching them now on T In The Park.
Which ones are the YOBS or rather which one isn't?
Which ones are the YOBS or rather which one isn't?
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