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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 13 Sep 01 - 04:26 PM She sent me some of Rod's CD's and didn't put a return address in them, any chance you can PM me the address please?? I want to say thank you. LTS |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Morticia Date: 13 Sep 01 - 06:46 AM good to know we didn't scare Greta off completely :) |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: alanww Date: 13 Sep 01 - 05:24 AM LIFT FOR ROD SHEARMAN'S SISTER TO BROMYARD FF Those attending Towersey FF will know that Rod Shearman's ashes were scattered along the road from the festival site to the Barn at the Three Horseshoes where he enjoyed singing. It was therefore a very emotional weekend and one I shall always remember. I know that many Mudcatters attended. His sister Greta Alexander was one of his relatives who attended and it was her first folk festival. She enjoyed it so much that she also plans to come to Bromyard FF. As she is not online, my reason for making this posting is to ask for a lift for her from Herne Hill in South East London where she lives. Alternatively, if that is not possible, she says that she can get a train to Worcester, arriving around the Friday lunchtime/early afternoon. (I would give her a lift from there myself but I will already be at Bromyard by mid morning). Please can someone help? Her telephone numbers are 020 7274 6638 (home) and 020 7277 1374 (work). Thanks! "Here's to the friends that I've yet to make ...!" |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Micca Date: 11 Sep 01 - 08:38 PM " and under her skirt a pair of balls??" |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: alanww Date: 11 Sep 01 - 07:50 PM Mmmmmm ... skirts ... now let me see ... ;-) ! "She wore a bonnet with ribbons on it ...!" Alan |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Micca Date: 11 Sep 01 - 05:15 PM Or Skirts for that matter...:o)... |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: GUEST,skipy Date: 11 Sep 01 - 04:43 PM I think that men who wear dresses at Folk Festivals are very sad indeed! and I should know, for I am one, roll on the next chance! Perhaps somewhere in Northamptonshire in late September! |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Noreen Date: 11 Sep 01 - 04:22 PM Pejorative?? It's all true! Is it getting to you then, Fiona? :0) Noreen |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Morticia Date: 11 Sep 01 - 01:26 PM Hello sweetie....glad to hear the melodeons have faded...but you don't want to go saying perjorative stuff about folk music here...you are severely outnumbered! ( I'm assuming that it was my daughter who just posted, certainly sounds like her).Got your internet back then? |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: GUEST,Fiona Date: 11 Sep 01 - 07:45 AM Folk is a terrible addiction to have....perhaps there should be meetings and stuff! You could all sit around and discuss how best to give up being cold, muddy and smelly whilst singing about death, doom and woe for five days. Hurrah, the sound of the melodians has faded but the memories linger on. Oliver! etc. |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: JudeL Date: 10 Sep 01 - 10:10 AM Actually, last year there was an international conference held in Madrid - something about discussing social work provision in different countries and establishing base line minimum expectations. The only reason I know is because UNISON was invited and sent 2 delegates.... & no I didn't wangle my way into going. Jude P.S.(sorry about the thread creep) P.P.S. check out the events photos - last year's Towersey - I have some more to add, when I've had a chance to scan some more in. |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 09 Sep 01 - 07:42 PM Yeah, but they'd be to places like Borstal (which is actually quite a nice village) or Bognor. No-one ever heard of a social service conference in Barcelona or the Bahamas did they? LTS |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Morticia Date: 09 Sep 01 - 06:07 PM he isn't on holiday, he's on business.....dammit all, wish social services did business trips! |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 09 Sep 01 - 04:38 PM Bloody Hell Jez - posting from holiday abroad - you really ARE a convert!!! Reel him in Max, he's hooked!! LTS |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: GUEST,Jez Date: 08 Sep 01 - 06:33 PM Bloody hot here ! |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Morticia Date: 05 Sep 01 - 05:53 PM He's in Hawaii next week, and somehow I don't think he'd return early to get his mints back. |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 05 Sep 01 - 05:02 PM But that shirt was dead cool Jez.... and I still have your mints and sweeteners. Talk to Terri about a possible return date next week. LTS |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Noreen Date: 05 Sep 01 - 02:59 PM Yes, Rog? :0) And Jez will be bringing his best frock next year... |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Roger in Sheffield Date: 05 Sep 01 - 01:58 PM |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: JudeL Date: 05 Sep 01 - 09:40 AM I suppose if some of the "outfits" he saw didn't put him off I don't know that anything would ! |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Noreen Date: 05 Sep 01 - 09:35 AM As I said, we tried, Jude... *grin* |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: JudeL Date: 05 Sep 01 - 09:20 AM You mean we didn't manage to scare him away.... ...... |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Jez Date: 05 Sep 01 - 08:45 AM Well the Guinness and the excellent 6X helped! You never know - I might even have a go and the singing bit - could be a good way to break up the drinking bit. |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Noreen Date: 05 Sep 01 - 08:06 AM And some of us tried *very* hard to put him off too, Terri... I'm amazed you want to come back next year, Jez! Maybe I'll have learned some less miserable songs by then... :0) Noreen |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Jez Date: 05 Sep 01 - 07:40 AM Its a cross I hve to bear!!! Well, someones got to do it! |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Morticia Date: 05 Sep 01 - 06:56 AM Do you get extra points in folkie heaven for converts?Jez had never even heard folk music before, let alone been to a festival....now he's as firm a convert as you could wish for.....mind you, still haven't forgiven him for escaping post-festival blues syndrome by buggering off to Hawaii tomorrow! |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Jez Date: 05 Sep 01 - 06:16 AM My first time at Towersey! What an experience. I met many great people - too many to mention individually. Big thanks to Morticia for inviting me (although it didnt take too much arm twisting - she mentioned that there would be lots of beer drinking involved! :-) ) Thanks to everyone for a great time and no doubt I will see a lot of you next year! Jez |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Linda Kelly Date: 03 Sep 01 - 06:10 PM I'm sorry too Jude, but there will be a next time i'll make sure if it. |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: JudeL Date: 03 Sep 01 - 12:39 PM Lovely to see so many catters all at once, the mudcat sing in the barn was amazing! Ickle Dorrit I'm sorry that we never found time to sing that song together, must try again next festival. Jude |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: KingBrilliant Date: 03 Sep 01 - 05:06 AM See I got it all horribly wrong. Thought site 2 was the noisy one - but the people we were camped with made it very clear that they were NOT up for any late night singing etc. Ha! I thought it was a folk festival! Sulk? You should have seen me! Never mind - next year we'll come & find the 'catters instead. Its a real pain when you've geared yourself up for a campsite sing & then everyone goes to bed. B*gg*r! Sorry we didn't hang around long on the monday night - but Hammerite was pretty nackered & cold, so I thought we'd better beat a retreat before she went bad. AlanWW - thanks for the info about Wareham Wail. We didn't get there because Mark was all folked out - but I have plans of coming down with Hammerite next year & himself can please himself... We had a great weekend anyway - and it was nice to meet more 'cats. I'm just back at work this morning - which is why its taken til now to post properly. Kris
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 02 Sep 01 - 10:34 AM Not mention the dog incident?? Whoops..... Check out the song challenge lost count thread..... Er.... I hope she likes the songs..... LTS (running and hiding for cover...)
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Jenny H Date: 02 Sep 01 - 07:46 AM Thank you to whoever in the Barn was wearing the T-shirt that gave me this URL! I had been wishing I knew where there was a song discussion and when Moira (here under another name?) told me about this one I thought I was going to have to trawl around for it. Now I've found it I daresay I'll be around. Jenny /// :-) \\\ |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Linda Kelly Date: 30 Aug 01 - 05:42 PM Just to add my three pennorth we had a wonderful time. Positively knee deep in Mudcatters - and frankly, what a talented bunch of individuals they all are! Thanks to Noreen, Geordie Micca AlanWW Micca LtS Morticia and JudeL in particular for your friendship and humour. Particular thanks for not mentioning the 'dog' incident -because it would be terrible if people thought that I would actually have a panic attack thinking I had lost my dog, persuade the whole village to look for it, burst into tears and cry hysterically, only to find that she was asleep under a bench in the Barn two feet away from me -ot might blow my cool image! |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 30 Aug 01 - 04:22 PM Noreen - I have those dots but the programme has developed a fault, so can't attach them to anything. PM me a snail mail address and I can make sure you get a copy. It's still in D. LTS |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 30 Aug 01 - 04:20 PM 'Stop doing that it'll make you blind'? I managed to see some of King and Ammerite, whilst stewarding... even Mark looked pretty good at 8.00am! Shame we never got to party together, but campsite 1 really WAS supposed to be the quiet site!!! LTS
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: alanww Date: 30 Aug 01 - 10:07 AM Pity you hardly got to the Barn, KingBrilliant, as you missed some memorable sessions. Contrary to my prior intention of playing/practicing my concertina, I ended up almost entirely singing, hardly playing it at all. After our long chat at the start I was hoping to see more of you ... You had asked about sessions after hours. Every night on Camp Site 1 there was a good get-together of the Mudcatters from 12 midnight onwards ... "When I was a young man, my father did say ... !" Alan |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: GUEST,Hammerite Date: 30 Aug 01 - 06:28 AM Shush we're in a library Hamm |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: GUEST,KingBrilliant Date: 30 Aug 01 - 06:26 AM Hi all. Lovely to see you all. Didn't get to the barn much as it was too nice sitting in the sunshine listening to the concerts and the outside-the-bar singing. See ya Kris |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 29 Aug 01 - 09:12 PM Sorry Ali, I have an attack of CRS and can barely remember the song - trying to remember the singer is beyond me! It may even have BEEN me for all I know! (though I did do it years ago, I haven't done it since I got married....) LTS |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Herga Kitty Date: 29 Aug 01 - 08:17 PM Welcome Cllr - luckily for you you're not recognisable from the Wimmins' night pictures (even more luckily, neither is Ian Bruce unless you know which dress to look for. Or which tattoos). I hope the beard grows back soon. Kitty |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: John Routledge Date: 29 Aug 01 - 07:16 PM Just returned from my local singers club - what a great preparation Towersey was *BG* Thanks to all for an amazing weekend!! Roll on next year. John |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: AliUK Date: 29 Aug 01 - 07:00 PM All this talk about Towersey has made me cry. It was about the only festival that I went to regularly. And Liz I was pleasently suprised that you remembered that song. I'm glad that Towersey is getting the reputation of one of the best festivals around, I always found it friendlier than Cambridge or Sidmouth, but always with a top notch line up. Liz can you remember the name of the girl who used to sing The Rose? |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Micca Date: 29 Aug 01 - 06:47 PM What a weekend!!! And so many memories…Scattering Rod Shearmans ashes on Saturday morning, with all his friends singing "Stormalong" as we processed and all taking turns at the scattering them on the path between the campsite and the pub. The empty Glass for him (after its contents had been poured where his scattered ashes were) that was on our table all weekend. The wonderful singing of Pearl, Moira, Noreen, Gervase, Eleyna and many others. Ickle Dorritt singing "Sparehand". Singing " Sing no sad songs for me" written in memory of Rod and sung in the presence of some of his Family and the wonderful choral support from the Barn, on the choruses, and I was very moved and almost broke down when Rods banner was taken down at the end of the last night... The Mudcat gathering and all of us singing to each other…. I have never sung so often and been received so kindly, or complemented so much!! The warmth of Mudcatters, that we were meeting for the first time!!! also I echo Morticias words about the body of Talent!! It can't be beat anywhere, |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Noreen Date: 29 Aug 01 - 04:19 PM Ah, Cllr... I get it now... (well, I understand your name anyway). You never said goodbye! *sniff* And if you're daft enough to sit in the path of a tent pole, don't blame me... :0) Noreen |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Morticia Date: 29 Aug 01 - 12:56 PM I may go to Sidmouth next year, it looks like a lot of fun! Towersey was splendid, as usual, and it was amazing to meet so many new mudcatters, and oh my, how talented they are....I know I've said this before on here, but it is quite stunning to learn that the people here are hugely talented as well as nice....and of course, a tad odd....but then,I like that in a a person. I'd like, please, to add a very heartfelt thank-you to those of you ( you know who you are) who showed Fiona and I such support and kindness over what was, for us, an emotional weekend.It's an honour to know you and count you as friends. |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 29 Aug 01 - 11:50 AM Aha! Cllr - I know who you are now!!!! And they were jarmies.... Gervase, you look fantastic in that dress, why didn't you bring it to Towersey?? For those who don't understand or never knew, the dress up night at Towersey is all my fault. I think I explained it somewhere but here goes. I had my hen night there exactly 11 years ago last Sunday. As there were few females of my acquaintance actually there, I said men could come if they dressed appropriately. Somewhere there is a picture of Micca in a lovely blue two piece Margaret Thatcher number, with handbag, court shoes and stripy hat. It ended with 15 blokes and me doing a can can across the pub carpark. The following year, we decided to have the Hen party anniversary Cocktail party, for which we dressed up formally. I wore the wedding dress, Micca wore his kilt, there were a couple of tail coats and some posh frocks around. We couldn't be bothered to change to go down to the pub so went as we were..... The following year was the same.... the year after that, Tony O'Neil (aka the Admiral) announced that it was posh frock night on Sundays, and it's gone downhill from there ever since.... And I don't care what people say, army boots go with anything. It was the argyle socks that were possibly a tad too much.... LTS |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Gervase Date: 29 Aug 01 - 10:55 AM Ah, Mudcat Corner. It's like a rite of passage. For ages, that corner has been known as "that place where the noisy reprobates sit" or worse. And now it's a got a name! Good to meet so many 'Catters there - a shame I couldn't stay longer, but the next big get-together I'll get to properly and fraternise etc (eek, tht probably comes across as more of a threat than a promise!) |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: GUEST,DaisyA Date: 29 Aug 01 - 10:47 AM Yes, I had a great time at Towersey too, and it was really nice having faces to to put to all of the names here on mudcat. I also bought a shiny new accordion, mmmmm. I love informal singarounds, they are so much more fun than most concerts. See you all next year no doubt! Daisy |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: Cllr Date: 29 Aug 01 - 10:44 AM It was supposed to be evening wear at Towersey. Thats why I was wearing my pajama style rippa's (or jimmy jams as Liz the squeek so elegantly put it) It was wimmins night in sidmouth- yes I'm in one of the group photo's And Noreen have you forgotten me already? I still have the mark on my forhead where you hit me with the tent pole. Cllr. |
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Subject: RE: Towersey 2001 From: alanww Date: 29 Aug 01 - 10:35 AM How remiss of me. Clearly my education is not complete! Its very clever, isn't it! Obviously what I meant to say was: see wimmins' night for the Sidmouth pictures. "In Amsterdam there lived a maid ...!" Alan [PS My fingers are crossed ...] |
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