The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112551   Message #2383579
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
08-Jul-08 - 05:35 AM
Thread Name: Seth Lakeman - Folk Hero!
Subject: RE: Seth Lakeman - Folk Hero!
"The International Folk Music Council".

those of us who lived through those times can only too readily imagine them. I bet it was like the Brish Trades Alphabet - given out to all school kids.

We sent off to Cadbury's - and they sent us leaflets about gallant black men harvesting cocoa, before going home to their mud huts. We sent off to Robertsons marmalade, and they sent us leaflets about about gallant spanish people picking oranges all day before going home to do a bit of bullfighting. gallant Australians shearing sheep all day and singing Clip go the shears Boy!

and when we got the leaflets - we did projects on them.

You can just imagine the International Folk Music Council, I bet they made the Eskimo leave his kayak outside the conference hall.

The world was stupider in those days - we need to wise up!