I have just spent about three hours reading every posting on this thread, it's brought back some amazing memories. Hello to Clive, Pete & Maggie, Les, Keith, the brazen Bennions and lots of others here that I remember well. I do confess I have not picked up my fiddle for a little over ten years, in fact the last time I played was New Year's Eve 1999. Les, I remember as Old Rope we did a recording for Stan Ambrose's Radio Merseyside programme. Keith sang the Early Morning Shanty, Stan said he enjoyed it but he could not put it on air. Keith was delighted, "we've been banned by the BBC", he boasted. I must get along to the Bothy soon. ken.dunlop@blueyonder.co.uk