2011 illness: McGrath of Harlow

Subject: RE: 2011 illness: McGrath of Harlow
From: meself
Date: 04 Dec 12 - 09:53 PM

I mean, glad you've been back for a year, almost ... !

Subject: RE: 2011 illness: McGrath of Harlow
From: meself
Date: 04 Dec 12 - 09:52 PM

I somehow missed all this excitement till now - anyway: glad you made it through, and glad you're back!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Dec 12 - 06:37 PM

I do not know what I a m doing here but just found this place on the computer so perhaps if i write someone out ther will see this and give my best regards to kevin from the dim and distant. patrick o'sullivan came into my shop and had an urge to make contact so i hope he manages to do so when i forward this info to him ,,, in the meantime fondest wishes backdroped with great memories. paul wesley

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: GUEST,Howard Clark
Date: 26 Nov 12 - 10:09 AM

Just had a message from Peace News that someone had just come into his shop in Totnes and asked about you. So Paul phoned PN to see if anyone knew, and I - now living in Madrid - got the message and started googling.

Hope you're staying well after that shock described above.
Glad to see you're still singing - and now writing songs too.

all the best

Howard

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: chazkratz
Date: 21 Feb 11 - 02:50 AM

What's this, McGraw, ya jealous of all the attention Catspaw was getting? Pull yerself together, man. Get the Guiness flowin' through your veins, pick up yer lance, and get back at the windmills.

Charles

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Janie
Date: 20 Feb 11 - 10:59 PM

How goes the healing?

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Maryrrf
Date: 05 Feb 11 - 10:35 PM

It sure is good to see you posting again, Kevin!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 05 Feb 11 - 10:33 PM

thanks for the other pic - another wow! Maybe I need to look for modern churches (& homes?) rather than old ones to see if I can see similar examples of modern designs & techniques.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: GUEST,NaomiH
Date: 05 Feb 11 - 01:47 PM

Glad you're home and on the mend!

Naomi

PS Great pictures!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: billybob
Date: 04 Feb 11 - 08:48 AM

Stunning pictures Kevin, keep well
Wendy x

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: treewind
Date: 04 Feb 11 - 08:44 AM

Welcome back Kevin. Take it easy now...
Anahata

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 04 Feb 11 - 08:37 AM

It is an amazing stained glass interior - and no one seems to know about it. They should be beating their way to see it. A hidden jewel.

It was made by monks at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, and here's a picture of a remarkable window from the same people, which is at the Abbey itself.

Great to see you here again Aine!!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: breezy
Date: 04 Feb 11 - 06:41 AM

Welcome home Kevin

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: My guru always said
Date: 04 Feb 11 - 04:00 AM

So very glad to see you back here Kevin, recover well!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 04 Feb 11 - 01:39 AM

good to see you back & also good to see those beautiful pics.

sandra

I take a lot of photos of old/antique stained glass & haven't seen any like your church glass, so I just searched for modern church glass & wow!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Karyana
Date: 04 Feb 11 - 12:09 AM

A Chaomhin, a chara,

La gra! Is mise, Aine, from so long ago . . . I've wondered why I've been drawn back to the 'Cat after so many years, a ghra! Thanks be that you're recoverin' after such a do! You've been a main stay in my heart all these years I've ben away from the 'Cat! So glad to hear that you're still kickin' it above the ground . . . so glad to hear that I am too, don't ya know!!

All the best to my still loved ones here at the 'Cat!! Hugs and snogs all 'round, Aine (aka Karyana . . . I had to come up with with a different name, since ya don't seem to know me no more . . .)

;-) Aine

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 10:29 PM

Good to see you back... DO take it easy.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: freda underhill
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 09:11 PM

A 1 in 50 chance - we always knew you're special Kevin. Congratulations on your remarkable survival and recovery.

best wishes

freda

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Janie
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 08:09 PM

Welcome home, Kevin.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: open mike
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 06:35 PM

It is amazing how a brush with the grim reaper can bring you a re-newed appreciation for the land of the living! Glad you are here!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Jeri
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 05:53 PM

Welcome, back, Kevin! The "swimming pool couple" did well. Lots of people learn CPR, but no one knows if they'll actually do it when the opportunity presents itself. Some freeze up. (I was one of those, but I think Imay be better.) I'm glad you came out the arse end of this. I still think Catspaw wins the prize for direst medical situation survived though.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: wysiwyg
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 05:04 PM

Wonderful window pix, Kevin!

~S~

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 04:21 PM

Pshaw. As I told Louis Killen, it's the body-piercing of our generation.
Glad ou're back.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: mouldy
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 03:37 PM

I know you'll be sensible...but don't forget that however far you walk - it's that far back again too!

Welcome back1

Andrea

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 02:38 PM

Phew! Even greater news!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Leadfingers
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 01:42 PM

Glad you're home again Kev ! Take it easy and dont start any marathons for at least Forty Eight Hours !

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 01:42 PM

Good to have you back at the 'cat, Kevin. You and I tend to talk more about tech things than music - I suppose you have a whole new expertise on techie things, medical-wise. I hope I don't have to rely on your observations in this field! Let's get back to discussing web pages and recording/editing devices!

Maggie

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: jacqui.c
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 01:32 PM

YAY!!!!

So glad to see your post Kevin. You have been missed.

Now, take it easy but get well ASAP.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 01:18 PM

Kevin - I'm so glad to see your post (especially after Anne's accidental one)! Looking forward to seeing more, and meanwhile carry on recovering!

Kitty

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: GUEST,John MacKenzie
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 12:56 PM

Wonderful outcome, congratulations Kevin.
Lang may yer lum reek, as they say in these parts.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: C-flat
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 12:37 PM

Welcome back Kevin.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: GUEST,BBP at work
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 11:46 AM

Kevin, I've been lurking, reading this thread over the weeks and quietly rooting for you.

But, the "blue clicky thing" above just made me laugh out loud - thanks for putting the silly grin back on my face and keep getting better.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Feb. 3
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 11:06 AM

McGrath himself. Back home properly, touch wood.

This is an amazing thread. I read bits of it Ciaran printed out for me, but when I've got the energy I'll read the whole thing. Right now I'm still pretty bushed.

Thanks for all the good wishes and good thoughts.

Actually going back in our local hospital was quite good and strange, because the Accident and Emergency rooms were full of people who'd worked to save me back on 19th December, when my heart just stopped in church, and caused general consternation, and the swimming pool couple stepped in and did CPR on a real person for the first time.

Anyway the A & E people were excited and pleased, because most stories like mine don't end too well - a nurse said maybe one in 50...

I felt a bit like Harry Potter, "the boy who didn't die". I hadn't realised it was that close. I think the Mudcat good wishes must have been backdated to help out.

Incidentally here is a set of photos of the church it all happened in. Great setting for a final curtain - but I'm glad it wasn't.

I was wiser than I knew when I wrote:

Well I try to explain, and you might understand,
it's a fine place to go to when you're feeling grand -
but when your heart's heavy, and you're shackled and pinned,
you can reach out for help with the Blue Clicky Thing

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: maeve
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 07:56 AM

'Twas I who posted just then. Sorry- my cookie was thrown out with the dishwater.

Maeve

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 07:45 AM

Thank goodness! Thanks for both posts, Anne.

Maeve

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 07:40 AM

(see previous message sent accidentally!) .... for a day and a half. He is pleased to be home again but is tired. He's had very little sleep in the past six weeks. He hopes to post later today.

Anne

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 03 Feb 11 - 07:31 AM

Kevin has had a bit of a set-back and was admitted to our local hospital f

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar
Date: 02 Feb 11 - 06:35 AM

Just popped into the Mudcat after a long absence, and was shocked to read this thread.

My very best wishes to Kevin, with whom I have PM'd in the past during some flame war or other, because I found him to be a kindred spirit and a rock of common sense.

Coincidentally, the occasion of my visit today was the poem An Bunnán Buí, which is a warning of the danger of adopting too healthy a lifestyle, especially during winter weather.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: My guru always said
Date: 02 Feb 11 - 03:52 AM

Keep on taking it easy Kevin!

Did anyone get him a big Teddy Bear to hug when he feels like coughing? I thought that was an excellent suggestion!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Feb 11 - 12:50 PM

Great News, well done!

Rog

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: GUEST,Irish Guest
Date: 01 Feb 11 - 12:20 PM

"Master" McGrath,    those of us who know your breeding always knew that there is at least one more "Waterloo" in you, and perhaps a few with it :)
Good health lad.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: Bernard
Date: 01 Feb 11 - 09:10 AM

Excellent news!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: GUEST,Bill the sound
Date: 31 Jan 11 - 07:23 PM

So glad to here Kevin is making good progress.
I have never met him but I hope I will one day as I have managed to learn one or two of his songs(Thanks for those).
All the best
Bill

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: GUEST,John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Jan 11 - 09:07 AM

Slainthé Kevin.

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: GUEST,Essex Girl
Date: 31 Jan 11 - 09:00 AM

Very glad to hear you're on the mend Kevin, best wishes
Linda

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Jan 11 - 08:19 AM

marvels of modern surgery!

keep healing

sandra

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: C-flat
Date: 31 Jan 11 - 08:01 AM

Great news and bang on schedule so safe to presume he's making perfect progress!!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 31 Jan 11 - 06:22 AM

I bet he's thinking of writing a song about it!

RtS

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: MikeofNorthumbria
Date: 31 Jan 11 - 06:00 AM

Thanks for passing on the good news Ciaran.

Best wishes to Kevin and Anne.

Wassail!

Subject: RE: McGrath of Harlow: UPDATE Jan. 30
From: mouldy
Date: 31 Jan 11 - 02:38 AM

Likewise.
Can't keep a good man down,eh?

Andrea