Peter Stephenson

Good old radio3, always ready to do justice to minority musical interests. The only other evidence that Sunday was St. George's day was a few England flags on car aerials. In England we are made more aware of St. Patric's day Thanks mainly to Guinness promotions. Perhaps some of the English brewers could do simmilar things for St George. "In comes I.........."

Chris I had always assumed that Karl Marx grave was just a communist plot !

With great respect to you guys charging off into games of this sort without a referee or a scorer, shouldnt you have waited for Samantha to get back from a pub session. You know she was looking forward to having her knees-up round the kings head.

To quoin a phrase..............

I see they do a d/g. That's handy, though the screws look a tad near the edge ?

No Jim I'm sure there's mortar come.........

Theo If a brick had a depression it would tend to look down a bit. Think I'll throw in the trowel.

I remember in my college days at Gravesend (on the lower Thames) our lunchtime pub was a Shepherd-neame house, called The Three Daws. When the tide was flowing you could hear the beer barrels boinging together in the cellar. Or was it frogs ?

Found this after searching the session site. http://www.bdrileys.com/

If you can play by ear this site is well worth spending a couple of happy hours wandering about in. It has many types of music 'rooms' but the page I have posted here is for Irish dance music, from old 78rpm recordings. http://www.juneberry78s.com/sounds/ListenToIrishDance.htm

Hi Theo from Gateshead. Here is a photograph I took of 'The Angel last time I was up. unfortunatly my friend Karl got in the way.

Hi Theo from Gateshead. Here is a photograph I took of 'The Angel last time I was up. unfortunatly my friend Karl got in the way.

Talking of frogs, a fiddler friend of mine would keep a table tennis ball with a hole in it to plonk on the end of his violin at crowded sessions so he would'nt blind other musicians.

Any frogs yet Alan ?

How's about The Flight of the Bumble-bee, thats in Hive/four..

I remember learning about log drivers at school but this is the first footage I have seen of it. Good stuff. I guess "The Log Driver's Waltz" is in 'tree/four' time. Pete

Alison My octagonal box would tent to roll more than a hexagonal one so I am carefull to place it under a bench or back in the rucksack after making sure everyone has seen the workmanship. the red cord is an added securtiy feature which I sometines place under a chair leg to stop it rolling out the door ond down the lane. Pete.

Phil Here's one I made from Ash, Note the catches round the side to aviod the awkward angle you would get on the front. Inside there are hinged arms each side to stop the lid opening too far back, and blocks which press on the end plates to keep the bellows snug. In it's resting position the concertina is the right way up so the 'bits' all hang down and you can lift it out without straining the bellows. Pete

It's back http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jeffries-C-G-Anglo-C...1QQcmdZViewItem

Convert to Midi and use a Marshall stack. If you cant join em, beat em.

Thank you Jim for the link to the old thread, seems like it's not only new members that are digging up old stuff. The Wicker man was/is a cheesy old film with lots of squirmy songs and stuff, not to mention the 'naughty bits'. True enough Michael Cole played concertina, harmonica and bassoon. Turns out he is bassoonist with the philharmonic. I have posted a thread on the philharmonic forum asking him what system and make the instrument was. Could turn out it was a Jeffries prop that was thrown off the cliff at the end of filming who knows.

Free with my copy of 'The Guardian' newspaper this morning was a free DVD of the 'cult' movie The Wicker man set on a west Scottish island. Lo and behold during the pub sing-song there is a fiddle and concertina accompanyment. Raised metal ends, hand straps, was it a Jeffries ? sounded honky enough, two musicians make the credits but I have left my reading glasses at a party last night somewhere. Anyone else seen this ? Pete.

That was a long time ago, I had forgotten about the pollis man in his jim jams, (there must be a trunceon joke here somewhere). I do remember tears of joy when you bent the words to 'New York galls' to include an Anglo Saxon by the name of Eddie Dunmore.

Indeed this is a point worth mentioning. Having banned smoking from a place of work how far can that ban be stetched outside to protect workers entering the building. The hospital I attend (for lung function tests) has extended the ban to the whole of the grounds, car parks and all. But getting back to pub sessions, I've heard that,in S Ireland, the smokers out front like to have a window open to hear the music, if the wind is in the wrong direction would this contravene the ban?

I think a total smoking ban here is the most sensible as it gives the smokers no excuse to boycott so have to 'stay put' and I think that inclusion is always better than exclusion. From what you folks are saying, after the initial shock of loosing ones civil rights things mellow out and people find they can have a good time without a ciggy just as drivers have learned to have a session in a pub without getting elephants. But like Phil I am at a loss to understand why we have to wait a year for enfocement, how long does it take to collect in the ash trays ? Good to hear from you Dick from Ballykillferret, do you still sing The German musicianer ? Chris and Anne wandered into a session in Buxton out of the blue last year and we all had a cracking night even though Chris didn't sing The Punch & Judy song.