April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds

Subject: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 02 Apr 07 - 05:34 AM

Hi everyone - Happy Easter

Sessions for April

Folk etc. - Wednesday the 11th & 25th April

Open workshop/jam etc. - Wednesday the 4th & 18th April

Everyone welcome to come along & join in - we now operate in the function room - so no background noise/people walking through the session - function room has it's own bar & toilets/non smoking room

Still completely free - just buy yourself a drink

Other things on:

Mondays – Herga at the Pinner Green Social Club, Rickmansworth Road, Pinner, Middlesex HA5 3TJ
Mondays – Tudor Folk Club – The Whitehill Centre, Chesham
Tuesdays – Run of the Mill session – now King Harry pub, St Albans – 1st Tuesday
Tuesdays – The Globe, Dunstable
Tuesdays – British Legion, Ebury Road, Rickmansworth – 4th Tuesday of month
Wednesdays – The Orange Tree, Baldock – Baldock & Letchworth folk club
Wednesdays – Hertford somewhere on odd dates – see Mudcat threads
Wednesdays – The Fox, Pirton – 2nd Wednesday of month
Wednesdays – Bedford Folk Club – Daley's Club in Kempston
Thursdays – Redbourn Folk Club – The Cricketers
Thursdays – Rose & Crown, St Michaels, St Albans
Thursday - Shed behind the Sportsman pub in Croxley Green, 1st Thursday
Thursday – The Chequers, Little Gransden, Sandy – 1st Thursday
Thursday – Three Horseshoes – Winkwell, Hemel – Folkaholics singalong - last Thursday
Thursday – Singaround at the Polish Club, Luton, Beds
Friday – Bucks Head, Little Wymondly – last Friday concert
Friday – Hitchin Town Hall – last Friday Ceilidh/dance
Sunday – St Albans Rose & Crown – 2nd Sunday in the month – Alison & guest
Sunday – Windward/John Breeze folk experience – St Albans Rose & Crown – 3rd in the month
Sunday - Three Horseshoes – Winkwell, Hemel – Folkaholics singalong – last Sunday
        
Web site is here - http://bartonleclayfolkclub.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 03:57 AM

There is the King Harry tonight in St Albans - monthly around the room session - 3rd April

There is an open mic at the Bull in Barton tomorrow - 4th April

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 04:23 AM

And there's a blackbird singing his little head off in the tree outside my kitchen,


and if he persists with this racket at 5 in the morning I'll blow his b****dy head off!

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 06:30 AM

Hi PA - I know what you mean

Blackbirds are the Spartans of the bird world

The ones in Barton are right bullies

One flew at me car this morning singing 'come and have a go if you think you're hard enough'

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 07:38 AM

Wood Pigeons! My friend had one fly head-on into the windscreen of his car. It splattered blood and guts and feathers all over the front of the car, made worse by using his wipers to clear the screen! Eyuk!
Thats the cars wipers - pigeons dont have them.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 04:44 AM

Hi PA - yeuch! indeed

Are wood pigeons made of wood?

It's a bit grey today - no rain though

It's an open mic/workshop/jam/have a go in the Bull Fonction Room tonight (4th) - All welcome

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Cathie
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 06:22 AM

Parrots! Green ones. Initially so eye catching as they fly about in the trees, but.........

There are apparently so many in parts of Kent and Sussex that they are talking of a cull.

Do you have parrots where you are? There aren't any in Stevenage.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 06:31 AM

Yvonne keeps telling me there are loads of parrots in the function room sitting by the bar

She tells me they get agitated everytime she sings

What's that all about?

Collar doves are quite popular in Barton

Perhaps Wood Pigeons should join the RAF; as they are looking for kamikazi pilots

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Cathie
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 06:48 AM

Oh Ross you know so many birds!

You could play a- z.



I once won a prize for a bird project when I was 10. - All copied from tea cards.


And so many birds know you!!!! mmmmmmmmm.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Hitchin' John
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 06:51 AM

Hi Ross

I can't make it tonight to Barton on account of working.

Oh well - hope you have a good night

Regards

John

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 07:12 AM

Cheers John - that's a blow

Don't work too hard - it's nearly Easter for goodness sake

What kind of bird lays a Cadbury's creme egg

Are they free range?

I used to get the Brooke Bond picture cards free as my Dad used to make tea bags for a living

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Cathie
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 07:18 AM

That's spooky - I have just eaten a cadbury's creme egg. Truly.

I don't know what laid it, but I SWALLOWed it.

Boom Boom

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 07:52 AM

A cadbury's creme chicken of course.

And my auntie used to work on the tea bag making machine at PG tips.

Are you my cousin??? We could get married and have two-headed children.

Sorry, that was tasteless wasn't it.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 09:21 AM

Cathy - are you sure it wasn't a GANNET?

How spooky indeed - my Dad did work at the Brooke Bond Factory in Redbourn

Sorting the leaves for the freshest cup of PG tips for the discerning consumer

And I do indeed have two heads

Is your surname Stalin?

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 10:28 AM

It wasnt a GANNET it was a SHOVELLER (thats a duck) you TIT

Auntie Betty worked at PG in Brum.

Which head am I talking to today??

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Cathie
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 10:41 AM

Stoppit - Now you're MOCKINGBIRD or just having a LARK?

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 10:48 AM

Oh stop CROWing !

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Cathie
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 11:00 AM

Very good. For my TERN I have had to resought to internet search and found these birds....

Black Shags, Pied Shags, Little Shags, and Spotted Shags.

Do you have a favourite SHAG PA?

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Cathie
Date: 04 Apr 07 - 11:03 AM

Can we say, later in the month,

'Lets go down to Winkwell, sit by the Canal, listen to The Folkaholics, and hope we find a shag?'

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 05 Apr 07 - 03:16 AM

Well I certainly do, but I'm not telling!

Oh Cathie you are a WAGtail. Just got paid - Tax! The ROBIN buggers, I'll have a word with my accountant JACK DAW he works for royalty dont ya know, KING FISHER !

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 05 Apr 07 - 03:39 AM

Blimey - the BIRDS are going mad

Head No. 1 here

Many thanks to MK John, Mike Jones, Keith, Eve, Jeff, Steve & girlfriend, Stevi Jagger, Peter, Bob, Cathy and John G

Music with friends for

Said baby TERN to mother TERN
Can I have a brother
Said mother TERN to baby TERN
Certainly
One good TERN deserves another

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 05 Apr 07 - 04:15 AM

Ross you cheat, you nicked that from Spike Milligan !! Ha, nothing gets past me, except the big motorbike on the byepass this morning he was SWIFT, he raced past the HOUSE, MARTIN, afterall it was the THRUSH hour !!!

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 05 Apr 07 - 05:34 AM

Yes, I admit it - Spike was a genius

Someone to CROW about

Got any jobs for a jet setting Quantity Surveyor?

I'm mostly measuring paintwork today - it's as boring as watching it dry

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 05 Apr 07 - 07:13 AM

Yep no probs, where d'ya fancy, I've got chaps in, Cork, Palanga Lithuania, Riyadh, Montevideo, Tiawan. And soon they'll be off to Mexico and Denmark.
Cant promise there'll be anything to measure though, but they have great fun trying to get through customs with a Hilti gun in their hand luggage !!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 05 Apr 07 - 08:05 AM

No jobs in Iran - no holidays then?

I suspect PA's down the pub

Anyone else out there, that can soothe this troubled soul

I'm measuring the bin stores now - how apt

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 05 Apr 07 - 08:34 AM

I hear there's a vacancy in Iran for a fishing crew.

There are lots of jokes doing the rounds here about the fact that the only woman on the boat just happened to be reading the maps.
Another said they would not have been caught if she were driving, cos she would still be trying to reverse out of the parking space.

I think I'll be sending a few more abroad if they keep it up. One way tickets to Bolivia are quite cheap at the moment.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 05 Apr 07 - 11:35 AM

Cheers PA - have a nice Easter

and to all our readers

I hope all your eggs come rolling in

The sunshine is beaming through the window here in Bletchley

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 07 Apr 07 - 06:15 AM

Hello - it's a beautiful day here in Barton-Le-Clay

Lets hope the Iranian gunboats stay away

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Cathie
Date: 07 Apr 07 - 07:08 PM

Hello Easter Bunnies - Oh it's midnight here - Easter has arrived.

I went to Orpington Folk Club on Friday and had a nice evening. A man sung one of Yvonne's songs. I won a raffle prize.

Well if the truth be told - nobody else wanted the third prize which was a box of Cadbury's creme eggs. So it was offered out to any takers and I was the only one. Wasn't that kind.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 06:13 AM

Corr - lucky you

I got s Kit Kat easter egg and a mug

It's Barton folk this week - all welcome

The Globe tonight (10th) in Dunstable

Messages from Theo at the Unicorn magazine

A couple of messages that have come our way that may be of interest to you.

Firstly, Pump House Clog Morris is a women's North West side, founded in June 1979. The group is for women dancers and mixed musicians and they meet at Pump House, Local Board Road, Watford, on Mondays at 8pm from September to May. During summer the group performs at various venues, and they are desperately looking for musicians (male or female) to join them, otherwise they may have to cancel some or all of their bookings planned for this summer. If you can help, please call Sue Rawlins on 01727 823791.

Secondly, St. Neots Folk Club has a new venue as from this Tuesday (10th Apr), as the King's Head will be closed.
From now on they will meet at The Priory Centre, St. Neots, which is situated on the banks of the River Ouse, close to the Market Square. For more information on the club call Patti Pitt on 01234 376278.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 06:52 AM

What are mixed musicians? Are they like Bertie Basset, and I dont believe there is anyone in the whole world called Patti Pitt.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 10:36 AM

It could be transvestites wanted

Is there a demand in Morris Dancing?

If Patti replaced Glady's Knight it would be Patti Pitt and the Pips

If you're looking for scandal

The reason for the St Neots Folk Club moving is the King's Head has been raided and closed down for drug dealing - shock/horror

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 11:33 AM

So when is the Priory Centre being raided. Will they go from the Priory - to the Priory??

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 11:53 AM

Do you think they'll develop a HABIT

boom boom

It's Life on Mars tonight final episode

I wish I could remember the 70's

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 11 Apr 07 - 03:13 AM

Watched the final episode of Life on Mars - brill, and they actually played my favourite Tom Waits song, and my husband cooked dinner - does life get any better.
Maybe not except I do remember the 70's, my teenage son just roared with laughter all through, the cars, the clothes, the police radio.!!!

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 11 Apr 07 - 03:36 AM

Hi PA - yes it was very good - life on Mars

I think I understood the ending - was it a clever twist

He was really living in the 70's and the future was fantasy

Or was it?

How did he?................oh never mind

It's the Bull tonight (11th)

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Cathie
Date: 11 Apr 07 - 05:33 AM

Hi

I have just seen the last episode of Life On Mars, having missed the rest of the series. I am glad I didn't read your post first Ross, or you'd have given away the ending!

That's what happens if you wear a leather jacket - timeless fashion.

I went to The Globe last night. It was a good night with all 3 of Rick's band. (That's The Globe Dunstable, not Shakespeare's with The Doctor). Oh dear , all this time travel is warping my reality. Let's focus on reality - The Bull, Barton and...........

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 11 Apr 07 - 06:53 AM

I love Doctor Who, my husband is still terrified of the Daleks !!

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Hitchin' John
Date: 11 Apr 07 - 03:01 PM

Hi Ross

Can't make tonight now - the lure of of a rock and roll band to see.

I will get down there soon

Have a good night!

John

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 03:51 AM

Cheers John - we missed you

Many thanks to Cathy, Mike Jones, MK John, Steve Tann, Bob, David, Keith, Eve, man at bar, Jeff, Bob, Bert, Pat, Derek, MK Trevor, Diana, Rita, Yvonne, Geoff and Lorna

and anybody else I missed

Cracking night of music and two people under the age of twenty

When I was a kid (1820's) there was always things coming out of gloomy mist shrouded stagnant water to attack Dr Who - where are those pond monsters now - have they been wiped out by galactic warming?

Were they rehoused in St Evenage?

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Cathie
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 04:35 AM

We have a variety of monsters in Stevenage. But I think that your pond monsters turned up in 'Creatures from the Blue Lagoon'. That wss a scary film.

I will have to take my laser gun now to get to Redbourn car park tonight in case they materialise on the Common.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 05:00 AM

Good to see you are calling it the Common

Say the village green to us locals and we go berserk

There is a blue lagoon in Arlesey

Which is quite close to fairfield hospital before it closed

Where they have black squirrels

Am I nuts?

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 06:08 AM

No, but you are.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 07:10 AM

Now I'm confused

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 07:14 AM

Ross, confusion is just a state of mind. Its not real.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 07:45 AM

Now I'm baffled, confused and mad

Reality is an illusion caused by lack of alcohol

My name is Ross, I was a fish gutter in Grismby in 1834

I had an accident and woke up as a Quantity Surveyor in 2007 measuring brickwork

Am I.............

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Cathie
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 08:42 AM

The reality is that you are alive now.....do you need a slap to feel?

You grew up near the village Green in Redbourn......remember?

Try jumping off a multi-storey if you don't believe me.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 08:51 AM

I've just had a Magnum - Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmie.

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: Ross
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 09:20 AM

MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............ice cream

Sounds wonderful

I've got a court order that stops me from going near high buildings

How very dare you call our Common the VG

Please don't hit me again

The play on radio 4 is very good this afternoon - Jenny Eclair

Subject: RE: April things at the Bull, Barton, Beds
From: The PA
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 09:58 AM

A recent scientific study found that women find different male faces attractive depending on where they are in their menstrual cycle.
For example, when a woman is ovulating she will prefer a man with rugged, masculine features.
However when she is menstruating, she prefers a man doused in petrol and set on fire, with scissors stuck in his eye and a cricket stump shoved up his arse.