Debby McClatchy was handed a scrap of paper by Les Barker at Fylde some years back. It contained the words of "Myrtle the Turtle", and she performed the song in the Market Tavern an hour or two later, with me accompanying on concertina. Somewhere there exists a recording made by Charles and John Webb of this historic (?) occasion.

Debby is back at Fylde this year. Sadly, the Market Tavern (Fylde's underground fringe venue) has gone the way of the Strawberry Gardens and the King's Arms and is currently closed - but no doubt a suitable occasion will present itself for a Myrtle revival.

Ross