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Great Plum wrote: It was the time when you had to be back in house - before it was locked...

Yes, well, that would be logical. It's just that I don't think any of the houses were ever actually physically locked.

Nothing much ever was, really. The Music School at night, the back doors of the dining hall to stop you sneaking in, probably the science labs and the art school... anywhere that contained interesting or dangerous stuff.

Richard Ruck wrote:

Great Plum wrote: It was the time when you had to be back in house - before it was locked...

Yes, well, that would be logical. It's just that I don't think any of the houses were ever actually physically locked.

Nothing much ever was, really. The Music School at night, the back doors of the dining hall to stop you sneaking in, probably the science labs and the art school... anywhere that contained interesting or dangerous stuff.

Now of course the whole l=place is locked up but most of the old building are very easy to get in (or out)!

'I remember a couple of us sneaking away from C.H. one Saturday evening to see the Jam play at the Lyceum (must have been 1978, I think)'

You caught a train? Had a getaway car? Tunnelled out? It would have been impossible in my day (not that we didn't fantasise about it) mostly because some would have shopped us. The most adventurous we got was sneaking out of bed some hot summer nights and breaking into the swimming pool for a swim - which was a fair step from Maine B; we sometimes managed a bottle of wine too. And, since this is meant to be a music thread, we sang The Animals' We Gotta Get Out Of This Place as we went.

RR said "No recordings, unfortunately. In hindsight, and with the theatre's equipment, we really should have done...."

Oh - you were pissed then - when you wrote that, were you. Sorry - I know this thread is nearly as old as you - but there WAS a recording made and I believe it is safely in storage somewhere near Heathrow airport. We did "jump" at the concert in the theatre - along with our other vocal theological masterpiece and also at an end of term big school do we set up ourselves .....

When I get my stuff I'll dig it out, make a copy and get it to Mr Ruck. He can then get it digitally remastered etc. Mind you - its on an old cassette - so the quality aint all that good...

What I dont have are any old photos of the SLJB - were any ever taken ???

and how about Duke and the Plukes?

Col B's own tribute to punk......Shaun Webb, Simon Gregg-Smith, Craig Plummer(?).......help anyone?

Can't believe you remember them!!!
Wasnt it Sean Webb?? Maybe I'm getting old but I can't remember ever hearing them play - I suppose I must have done.
(I hope youre not suggesting that SLJB and Duke etc... are comparable)

Just added a vague line-up........I think they "played" the Scout Hut

of course, the musical credentials were poles apart from the SLJB.....though Craig was a mean drummer

Rory wrote:RR said "No recordings, unfortunately. In hindsight, and with the theatre's equipment, we really should have done...."

Oh - you were pissed then - when you wrote that, were you. Sorry - I know this thread is nearly as old as you - but there WAS a recording made and I believe it is safely in storage somewhere near Heathrow airport. We did "jump" at the concert in the theatre - along with our other vocal theological masterpiece and also at an end of term big school do we set up ourselves .....

When I get my stuff I'll dig it out, make a copy and get it to Mr Ruck. He can then get it digitally remastered etc. Mind you - its on an old cassette - so the quality aint all that good...

What I dont have are any old photos of the SLJB - were any ever taken ???

Actually, yes, there was a recording of the St. Louis Jazz Band 'farewell' concert in Big School - I remember the microphones now. I don't have a copy, though, so if you DO ever find one....

No photos of us in action, either, although someone somewhere must have taken some.

I think I have some photos of us all at that meal we had at the Cock Inn in Southwater - I'll see if I can dig them out.....

Rory wrote:RR said "No recordings, unfortunately. In hindsight, and with the theatre's equipment, we really should have done...."

Oh - you were pissed then - when you wrote that, were you. Sorry - I know this thread is nearly as old as you - but there WAS a recording made and I believe it is safely in storage somewhere near Heathrow airport. We did "jump" at the concert in the theatre - along with our other vocal theological masterpiece and also at an end of term big school do we set up ourselves .....

When I get my stuff I'll dig it out, make a copy and get it to Mr Ruck. He can then get it digitally remastered etc. Mind you - its on an old cassette - so the quality aint all that good...

What I dont have are any old photos of the SLJB - were any ever taken ???

How about some photos of 'Erpingham Camp'?

Again someone, somewhere must have some.......

By the way, having written a potted biography of Adge Cutler on another thread, I remembered the first performance by an embryo version of the St.Louis Jazz Band.

This was in the Scout Hall (Parents Day??). One of the more forgettable numbers involved me sitting on a milk churn singing "I've got a brand new combine harvester" with everyone else chipping in with "oooh-aaah oooh-aaah" at appropriate moments.

Funnily enough, that never became part of our repertoire.

I read your history of Adge - addressed if I'm not very much mistaken to someone I knew rather well......
I'd forgotten that we sung that one - not surprised we dropped it tho...
For some reason my 12 year old daughter knows that song.....worrying that is.
What's your dog called?

Rory wrote:I read your history of Adge - addressed if I'm not very much mistaken to someone I knew rather well......
I'd forgotten that we sung that one - not surprised we dropped it tho...
For some reason my 12 year old daughter knows that song.....worrying that is.
What's your dog called?

It was indeed written for Robin's benefit....

Can your daughter do the accent??

My dog is called Eric, by the way.

Hhhhmm.
No
Now there's a surprise (is it whole or half?)

Rory wrote:Hhhhmm.
No
Now there's a surprise (is it whole or half?)

Well, he did ask!

Whole (well, almost - knackers lopped off at a young age).

Nice one.
Its Friday night here - so I'm off for a drink.
Bye

Rory wrote:Nice one.
Its Friday night here - so I'm off for a drink.
Bye

Have fun!