Robin, that's very good of you, but don't add to the stress of moving. Give yourselves time to settle in before digging into the archives. I'll enjoy the tune all the more when it reaches me.

Jack: an interesting suggestion. Architectural ironwork is fascinating and beautiful stuff. John Every's Phoenix Ironworks made, as well as the bandstands and piers I've mentioned, a magnificent cast iron cricket pavillion for Sheffield Park in Sussex. It was melted down as part of the war effort, alas, but photos show it looking like some sort of royal Thai summerhouse with a riot of arches and tracery.

We can't get away with Bulgarian chant for this particular event, but the bandstands will allow us to play some brass band music; it goes well on concertinas.

Valmai