G'day again,

Dicho: The sense in which colonial was used in Australia ... for at least 70 years after the end of the Colonial Era (1 January 1901)would have quickly ceased in America in 1776.

I know that the Bush Music Club, back in 1955 had to pay £5 for a License to print (our magazine) ... payable to the British Colonial Secretary!

Garry Gillard: Both the Australian Click Go The Shears and the nautical RingThe Bell, Second Mate are parodies of H C Work's RingThe Bell, Watchman ... written to celebrate the end of the American Civil War ... but largely forgotten in peacetime.

Bill Bolton: You have a dangerously similar name ... you are in severe danger of being tarred with the brushes aimed at me ... Ah well ... we Boltons are tough (and pedantic)!

Regards,

Bob Bolton