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Morris On was to be heard in Mid B in my time. I think it might have belonged to Andrew Wood, who introduced me to Fairport although my memory might be defective.

rockfreak wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 8:49 pm Steeleye Span. Indeed it was they and Fairport who took traditional folk and set it in very inventive electric arrangements.

There is a Fairport connection mentioned in viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3955&p=143579&hili ... rt#p143579

In those days, bicycle pedals were not threaded at all (except perhaps for specialist sporting bikes). They were simply a push fit on the crank axle. That's what I was saying - the pedal cranks would have to have been swapped and as you say are held in place by cotter pins (I know them well!). Swap...

sejintenej wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:32 am ‘An, ID ten T error? .

Also know as PICNIC (problem in chair, not in computer) and code 16 (problem is 16 inches from screen)

I recommend Radio Paradise, an 'eclectic' online radio station which has greatly widened my range of musical experiences. Somewhat disruptive when working, as one has to look up what's being played, but perfect for retirement/lockdown!

One morning the pedal was removed and put on the other side! He had to walk back to the House. I heard this story, and was taught English and possibly Latin by Kit. I'm suspicious of the bicycle pedal story as the pedal have opposite thread. Swapping the chain from one side to the other might have ...

PS I have to add that I have no recollection of Dave Agnew being a fan of Hawkwind. I think that hare may have been started by Nick 'Normal' Houghton-Brown (so named by Dave, who was therefore named Abby, short for Abnormal). 'Dribbling into a tin of baked beans, blasting his brains(?) out with Haw...

ASR wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:52 pm "I'm Backing Britain" stickers,

The (Yeomans'?) printing press in BaA was used to preprint envelopes with suitable slogans - 'We've got to get in to get on' and 'Make a ghost of the two tier post' were two I recall (and printed!)

Or the afternoon where I caught the first half of Hawkwind's seminal "In Search Of Space" album at Lamb A, and then heard the rest of it about 20 minutes later, playing on someone else's hi-fi in Mid A. Amazing! And through friends playing me their records, I became a fan of Captain Beefh...

this is a normal 00 gauge railway. the one built by the head of the manual school is in a local school. i can not remember the name of this school but i will find out for you tomorrow. i have riddden on said railway 2 times now as i have gone, as a community service co-ordinater, to help out at the...

Katharine wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:01 pm Give us thankful hearts O Lord God

I think it was Roger Hallam who started 'Give us hearty thanks' and was pulled up by Pongo...

... in a Barnes A House Play ... That would have been about 1968 or 69. Would that have been the one where Cobber Cornish was also sent up, I can't recall who by, with a spiel that ended with his favourite word 'absurd'? Pongo's bark was worse than his bite, I thought. I never got beaten although m...

Stats is one of my major blind spots (I discovered at Uni) but I have been following the official figures with interest and am pleased to see them being effectively challenged by David. I was cynically not surprised when the 1000 tests per day target was miraculously and momentarily achieved on the ...

Back to the Merrythought Cafe - I recall the Pavlovian reactions to the footsteps on the (external) stairs as the food for the next lucky party appeared to the upstairs diners from the ground floor kitchen...

My guess is that he was called Pongo because he might have used the term himself derogatively. My understanding is that where the army goes, the pong goes... cf RAF = crabs (explained elsewhere) and Navy being Skates, allegedly due to their use of the same for pleasure