I didn't set out to have a pop. This was towards the end of his time and he wasn't too well that night. During the interview he did speak of people seeing him in his classic pose of sitting the wrong way round in a chair holding fort. It does occur that if he were well enough he may have approached the evening differently. Peggy certainly performed a few more than normal on her own that night.

I have been on the receiving end of his sharp tongue mind. I did think it funny that he said singers should sing songs indigenous to them, then sang Scottish ballads in that odd yet nice affected Scottish accent that he picked up from school in er.. Salford. In the meantime he asked me why a Derbyshire lad living in Nottinghamshire would wish to sing a Somerset song.

Probably didn't occur to the old bugger that I liked it so wished to share it. ... or that as a miner still at the time, I wouldn't sing a mining song for all the beer in the cellar. Geography teachers and social workers were far better at singing of how hard it is downtthe pit than I could ever be. They could keep a straight face for starters. ..




I can hear you Mr Shaw, ,blaspheming again. We may have to set up a court with a gnome looking judge to sort out our differences if we are to con the world into buying into our new religion (see BS threads for anyone else reading this and scratching their head or arse.)