I eventually got to see Eric Bogle at Hatfield (after a 20 year gap) in September having missed him at Watford and again in Listowel.

The reason I missed him in Listowel was that my mother was very ill and I had to return to London. She died soon after.

I spoke to Eric a couple of times and was going to ask him to sing Scraps of Paper for me but I didn't in the end as I didn't think I was ready for it.....

A great song.

Terry