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07 Jan 08 - 05:41 PM (#2230653) Subject: Les Barker ill From: Surreysinger I started a separate thread to notify people of a cancellation of Les's gig in Guildford due to his illness - he had a mild heart attack (whatever "mild" in those circumstances means). For full details, and other people's messages go here Someone suggested that another thread should be started to alert people to his situation - which I've now done. I'm loath to alter the heading of the other thread, though, as it's intended to alert anyone who may have booked for that particular gig to the circumstances for Friday. |
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07 Jan 08 - 05:44 PM (#2230656) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Jim Lad Get well soon, Les. Cheers! Jim |
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07 Jan 08 - 05:48 PM (#2230659) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: skipy Hi Les, we need you! Get Well sooner than soon Please! Skipy P.S. Do EVERYTHING that the doctors tell you! We can wait really. |
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07 Jan 08 - 05:52 PM (#2230662) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: ClaireBear Take care, Les. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Claire (whom you may recall as Jon Berger's friend in northern California) |
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07 Jan 08 - 06:02 PM (#2230666) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: BusyBee Paul Get well soon Les, then you can do a Vin and write a little something about it!. Deirdre |
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07 Jan 08 - 06:06 PM (#2230671) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: McGrath of Harlow I'm looking forward to Len's account of all this. And the sooner the better till he's ready to write it!!! |
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07 Jan 08 - 06:17 PM (#2230675) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Herga Kitty I nearly wished that he would soon be back to normal, but then he wouldn't be Les.... all best wishes for a speedy recovery! Kitty |
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07 Jan 08 - 06:29 PM (#2230686) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: MoorleyMan Had an odd sense of deja-vu on seeing this thread... seriously that, dunno why. So take best care Les. And get well really soon, friend. |
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07 Jan 08 - 06:38 PM (#2230691) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Steve Shaw Good wishes from me to an exceptionally fine man. |
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07 Jan 08 - 06:42 PM (#2230694) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Betsy Hi Les, very, very best for a quick and full recovery - they do marvelous things these days in hospital , and so will they, for you. Cheers Betsy. |
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07 Jan 08 - 07:40 PM (#2230733) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: katlaughing Take care of your ticker and it will take care of you! Get well, Mr. Barker and remember Laughter Is the Best Medicine! Look how many folks you've helped to stay well. All the best, kat in Colorado |
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07 Jan 08 - 07:52 PM (#2230742) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Charley Noble Oh dear! I'm sorry but there's no way that Les can be permitted to leave this earth at this time. He's got responsibilities! Charley Noble |
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07 Jan 08 - 07:58 PM (#2230748) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Surreysinger Just to reiterate what I said on the other thread, I'll arrange to print out any messages to go with the card that we'll be arranging on Friday at the Guildford club night. Irene |
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07 Jan 08 - 07:59 PM (#2230750) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Leadfingers Who said 'Normal' and 'Les' in the same sentence ? The old bugger will be back with a string of hospital poems ! I bet he gets Nurse Ratchet ! LOL - Good thoughts Les !! |
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07 Jan 08 - 08:10 PM (#2230760) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Bonecruncher Get well soon, Les. You haven't finished that latest book of poems yet! Colyn. |
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07 Jan 08 - 08:29 PM (#2230777) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,Bill the sound Get well soon Les-I've met other people that try do do your poems BUT I HAVEN'T MET ANYBODY THAT COMES ANY WHERE NEAR YOU! PS I would have been in tht Forest Folk Club on the 18th. |
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07 Jan 08 - 08:33 PM (#2230781) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GerryMc A get well soon to Les. Do you know how hard it is to go on stage after Les? I sing a line of me song and then I have to stifle chuckle. Hope to see you out there soon Gerry :-) |
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07 Jan 08 - 08:35 PM (#2230782) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GerryMc OK, that should be either a 'chuckle' or 'chuckles'. It's the same already! Gerry :-) |
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07 Jan 08 - 08:55 PM (#2230793) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Bonnie Shaljean Thinking of you Les - hope you're back to full strength soon! Love, Bonnie |
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07 Jan 08 - 10:45 PM (#2230853) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,elfcape If I could write a limerick for your recovery I'd do it. But I'm a miserable rhymer. So here are some high hopes for your speedy recovery. Emily from Cape Cod many years ago. |
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07 Jan 08 - 11:25 PM (#2230869) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,Tanglefoot Please get well soon Les. You have many admirers who think very highly of you and can't bear the thought of you being ill. - everybody from Tanglefoot |
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07 Jan 08 - 11:33 PM (#2230875) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Bugsy All the best for a speedy recovery from one in Australia who's been where you are now. Get well soon Les mate. Cheers Bugsy |
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08 Jan 08 - 01:34 AM (#2230892) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Sandra in Sydney We're expecting him at JennyO's club this year. And we'll expect some good hospital poems, too. And I'll be there to collect the money, see you then, Les. Get well soon, you'll feel better. sandra My experience in Emergency wired to a heart monitor was that the next bed was kept for drunks-who-had-fallen-over-and-might-have-done-themselves-an-injury. There were a lot of them that Saturday night. And they all had the same difficulty in answering the Registrar's questions. |
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08 Jan 08 - 01:37 AM (#2230893) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: The Fooles Troupe The Fooles Troupe have been greatly inspired by Les. Robin |
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08 Jan 08 - 01:56 AM (#2230902) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Fran Get well soon Les |
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08 Jan 08 - 02:44 AM (#2230912) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,The Barden of England at work Have a good rest and get back to fitness as soon as you can Les as you are irreplaceable. John Barden |
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08 Jan 08 - 03:33 AM (#2230918) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Raggytash Best wished Les, take it steady and come back fighting fit |
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08 Jan 08 - 04:22 AM (#2230928) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Scooby Doo Les get better soon we are thinking of you in Llantrisant. Scooby. |
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08 Jan 08 - 04:25 AM (#2230932) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Dave Roberts As mentioned in the 'Music In Middlewich' thread, Get Well wishes to Les from we ex-STPs and everyone else in Middlewich. |
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08 Jan 08 - 04:29 AM (#2230935) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Folkiedave Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Dave |
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08 Jan 08 - 04:33 AM (#2230937) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Schantieman What's all this then? Hurry up and get better and start enjoying yourself again! Steve |
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08 Jan 08 - 05:08 AM (#2230945) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: evansakes 101 Damnations! Sorry to hear this, Les. Hopefully you'll be up and about soon. Best wishes from all at Twickenham! |
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08 Jan 08 - 05:17 AM (#2230947) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Mo the caller Get well Les Love from earwig Mo |
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08 Jan 08 - 05:34 AM (#2230955) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,JeremyRS Get well soon Les, you;re the best |
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08 Jan 08 - 05:45 AM (#2230958) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Les in Chorlton Don't know what to say really ... Great bloke, the funniest around, brings so much joy, and considerable insight, We hope for and anticipate another 40 years of great poetry Les (no relation) in Chorlton |
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08 Jan 08 - 06:01 AM (#2230969) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST Dear Les, Best wishes from everyone at the Lewes Arms Folk Club. The patients on either side of you have probably put their hospital beds up for auction on Ebay already. Get well soon, Valmai |
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08 Jan 08 - 06:12 AM (#2230976) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work Tell him to get better soon or I'll come and visit him! Seriously, someone give him a big kiss from me and a squeak. Actually... better leave out the big kiss, that might send his ticker into overdrive. Thinking of you dear.... LTS |
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08 Jan 08 - 06:31 AM (#2230987) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Les in Chorlton Liz, Liz I'm not feeling well .... Les (no relation) in Chorlton |
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08 Jan 08 - 06:44 AM (#2230993) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work I'm not feeling either. LTS |
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08 Jan 08 - 06:57 AM (#2231000) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: mouldy Oh dear! Please get well soon, Les! Andrea |
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08 Jan 08 - 07:06 AM (#2231006) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: JennyO Liz, the last time I spoke to Les, he remembered you well. I think you SHOULD go and visit him. We want him out of there and over here in Oz for Easter. |
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08 Jan 08 - 07:13 AM (#2231009) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Derby Ram Les Get well soon, missing you already!! Keith & Sylvia |
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08 Jan 08 - 07:21 AM (#2231014) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,The Black Belt Caterpillar Wrestler Your public demands your immediate recovery!! Very Best Wishes, Robin Madge |
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08 Jan 08 - 07:37 AM (#2231024) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: LesB Get well soon Les. The world awaits your version of the 'Casualty' theme music. Cheers Les (Southport) |
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08 Jan 08 - 09:31 AM (#2231100) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: stallion I had a "mild" heart attack January 2006, a thoroughly unpleasant experience, however the condition is now under control and I am back! (Heart proc. in August 2006 helped!)Now I have loads of pills and drink less but otherwise ok back working climbing scaffolding, ladders etc. so chin up Les weren't we the lucky ones, at least four of my friends had their one and only cardiac infarction this year which saddens me, but hey, so far so good. Peter |
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08 Jan 08 - 12:42 PM (#2231231) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: r.padgett Take yer flippin time! No sense rushing around, so look after yerself Les! Funny blokes are in short supply, and we need you to amuse us!! See you soon Ray |
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08 Jan 08 - 01:06 PM (#2231250) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: My guru always said Was so sorry to hear this. Get well soon Les, but do it slowly & take this as a warning - slow down!! Looking forward to hearing new material gleaned for your enfoced stay in the Ward! Hilary Ward |
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08 Jan 08 - 01:21 PM (#2231257) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Anne Lister Les - there's a card on its way to you (I hope!) from us both. We both know the Welsh NHS can do very well for its patients (Steve's Dad is currently in the Royal Gwent) so here's hoping that Wrexham is no exception to the rule. All best wishes and hugs - Anne (and Steve - who knows you less well than I do, but who is equally concerned for your health, if only to prove that eating green stuff isn't essential for survival!) |
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08 Jan 08 - 02:24 PM (#2231324) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: lady penelope Ye gods! The poor man's had a heart attack and you wish Liz upon him? Don't you worry Les, I'll make sure she stays put in London till you're well enough to cope... assuming there is a point at which people can cope with Liz... (I get me invisibility cloak....) All the best Les, Lady P. |
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08 Jan 08 - 02:45 PM (#2231349) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Liz the Squeak It's so lovely to know the impact my presence has on people.... LTS |
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08 Jan 08 - 05:10 PM (#2231483) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Mr Red because Les was due to be at a ceilidh in Wroughton on the 19th this has been posted on ecoli. the ceilidh is being considered currently. Sort of slipped under Steves radar as it were.... To: eceilidh@netservs.com Subject: [eceilidh] Les Barker - updatte Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:38:53 EST Those wishing to send their best wishes to Les - here's the hospital address: Wrexham Maelor Hospital Croesnewydd Road Wrexham LL13 7TD. sunshine and smiles Dave Hunt Mr Red's is in the post. |
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08 Jan 08 - 05:19 PM (#2231495) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,wheatman Gan canny Les from all of your friends at Straw Bear |
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08 Jan 08 - 06:04 PM (#2231529) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Tig Sorry to hear this Les. You'll just have to do what John did and take it steady for a while. Chance to do lots of writing but don't try overdoing it. Lots of love and hugs Tig and The Badger aka Chris and John Ingram xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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08 Jan 08 - 06:10 PM (#2231536) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,Cannie Shields Laddie Is there any news of Les Barker We really miss him you see Is there any news of Les Barker Or am I Barking up the wrong tree ! Is there any news of Les Barker Best wishes Les thinking of you and here's to a speedy recovery. |
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08 Jan 08 - 06:19 PM (#2231546) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Linda Kelly It will be interesting to see if he manages to find anything to rhyme with 'infarction'.! Get well soon! |
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08 Jan 08 - 09:44 PM (#2231673) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Gorgeous Gary Get well soon Les! And like everyone else, can't wait to hear the poems that'll come out of this... -- Gary |
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08 Jan 08 - 10:19 PM (#2231702) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,Tom Nelligan Les has the gift of making people laugh and feel better. I share everyone's hopes that he soon feels better himself. |
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09 Jan 08 - 05:48 AM (#2231859) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Shantyfreak Only heard this at the club last night. Is he being treated by the NHS or PDSA? He brings joy to me and many others and I hope Les is back to abnormal as soon as possible. |
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09 Jan 08 - 05:49 AM (#2231860) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: JennyO It will be interesting to see if he manages to find anything to rhyme with 'infarction' If anyone can, Les will be the one to do it. Get well soon Les. We need you here! Jenny (North By Northwest Folk Club) |
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09 Jan 08 - 07:58 AM (#2231917) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Mr Red infarction? I will put it to my SOED CD ROM and see what it says but I leave Les to tell you if there is a candidate. (are concatenated or included rhymes kosher?) |
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09 Jan 08 - 08:14 AM (#2231934) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Canberra Chris Les, best wishes for recovery from the Shiny Bums. You are well remembered in Oz and frequently mentioned in conversation. You are the Master, we are just mucking around. Hang around a bit. Wrexham is though a hell of an unfortunate name for a hospital ... Hope they transfer you post op to Putzembach Tugetheragen. Cheers, Chris |
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09 Jan 08 - 11:46 AM (#2232103) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: elmo 1 get well soon les still two to go plus bypass to catch up with me. you can join festival pill sharing heart club lots of love eileen maurice |
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09 Jan 08 - 12:01 PM (#2232114) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: elmo 1 get well soon still 2 to go plus a bypass to catch me up you can now join the share the heart pill club lots of love eileen maurice and animals |
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09 Jan 08 - 02:53 PM (#2232262) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: folkwaller Be Well Les --- Bury St Edmunds. |
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09 Jan 08 - 03:54 PM (#2232401) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Wildboy All the best Les, get well soon. |
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10 Jan 08 - 09:43 AM (#2232929) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: danensis So Les had a cardiac infarction That temporarily put him out of arction We hope he's soon well But as you can tell, I'm not nearly as good as Les is at writing rhymes, John |
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10 Jan 08 - 02:27 PM (#2233180) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,Ralphie Hey Les. Get better soon,or I'll buy a dog to bite your legs. Best wishes. Ralphie |
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11 Jan 08 - 12:50 PM (#2234014) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Surreysinger All these messages have now been printed off, and will be sent with the Music Institute card after tonight. Irene |
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11 Jan 08 - 02:47 PM (#2234118) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Anne Lister He's home! So send the card etc to his home address, not to the hospital. Anne |
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11 Jan 08 - 06:21 PM (#2234312) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Surreysinger Thanks for that Anne - the card is already winging its way to his home, as Lawrence had been informed by his agent..... Good to know that he's out of hospital, of course! (Thanks to his absence we had the, so far, one and only singers night held at the Music Institute club, and a very enjoyable night it was too... and it was good to find that some of our regular punters are also pretty fine singers... I reckon I'm going to be out of a job!!!) |
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11 Jan 08 - 07:20 PM (#2234359) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: katlaughing Oh, good! Glad to hear he is home. Have you heard any word of Nurse Ratched? Barker, her patient was he Have you heard any word of Nurse Ratched, Seems from her whip he did flee! Arrgghhhh...no match among us a'tall! |
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11 Jan 08 - 08:48 PM (#2234411) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,wordy Yes he's home, but due for an angiogram, which, as he says, is a machine for playing Davey Graham records! |
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12 Jan 08 - 05:04 AM (#2234581) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Surreysinger LOL! |
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12 Jan 08 - 10:02 AM (#2234680) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: r.padgett I like the one that said was he being treated by the NHS or PDSA? All the best Les! Ray |
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12 Jan 08 - 07:22 PM (#2235052) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Folkiedave Les Barker - The Heart Attack A statement from Les Barker. From teatime on the 5th of Jan 2008 until now. "It happened about teatime on 5th January and I assumed it was heartburn following a particularly sticky shepherd's pie in a college canteen at lunchtime. I spent the evening taking part in the local Mari Llwyd tour (an ancient ritual involving going from pub to pub with a horse's skull on a stick) with some of my fellow organiser's of Tegeingl, next August's new folk festival in Mold. I didn't feel very well, but I was a lot better off than the horse. Next morning, the discomfort still hadn't gone, so I went to a doctor, who sent me to Wrexham Maelor Hospital, where they pronounced it to be a heart attack, and I was promptly thrombolised. They dissolved a clot in my heart, and from then onwards I felt fine. For the last week I've been having tablets and injections to bring down the pulse rate and blood pressure, while sitting by my bed attempting a very long poem in Welsh using each of the twenty four classical metres. I just wanted to know if I can do it. Yesterday - 11th Jan - I was released into the community with a large supply of pills; I am experimenting with deep fried aspirin. I have to have an angiogram later this month, which may or may not lead to some further treatment. January's gigs have been cancelled; February's are still on. In March I was to have gone to Australia for a month, but it seems sensible to put that back a year in case the further treatment's necessary. In the meantime I'll sit and look out of the window at the Clwydian Hills and try to finish the poem. The staff at Wrexham Maelor Hospital were excellent. If I have to be ill again, I'll try to do it in the same place". Issued on behalf of Les Barker (www.mrsackroyd.com) & Guide Cats for the Blind. Pat Tynan Media PO Box 785 Ickenham Uxbridge Middlesex England UB10 8WQ Office: +44 (0) 1895 636935 Mobile 07985 400297 pattynan@btinternet.com + www.pattynanmedia.com |
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12 Jan 08 - 09:48 PM (#2235118) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Sandra in Sydney It's great to hear he's doing well, but very sad to find that once again, Oz is soooo far away from the Old Country that we will have to wait another year to meet Les. Why, it's just like to Good Old Days when a letters & replies between The Colonies & the Old Country could take a year! sandra |
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13 Jan 08 - 12:05 AM (#2235176) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: JennyO Aw, sounds like our Les Barker concert at my folk club in Sydney, which was to have been on 6th April, is going to be off. That's a damn shame, but obviously he has to do what is best for his health, cos we need him around for a long time yet. Hopefully next year.... Now I have the problem of who to replace him with. I suppose I'll find other performers - there are plenty of good ones out there - but it won't be easy. The one and only Les Barker is irreplaceable! |
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13 Jan 08 - 02:40 AM (#2235198) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,Observer Theatres can do wonderful things with technology these days. Mine recently had Frank Sinatra performing - live band on stage, Frank on screens, so clever it was almost like he was there. Surely Les can do the same? Maybe tour Australia from his living room via satellite link. Instead of a live band a la Sinatra the Aussies could arrange for an almost accurate knifethrower on stage plus a dachshund trying to climb some stairs... |
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13 Jan 08 - 03:09 AM (#2235203) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Helen Jocys So pleased to hear you're on the mend Les. You don't know me but boy, do I know you! Helen Jocys. |
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13 Jan 08 - 07:47 AM (#2235290) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Mick Tems "I spent the evening taking part in the local Mari Llwyd tour..." Glad you're all right, Les. We don't want to raise your heart rate some more, but Welsh has some amusing mutilations - we mean mutations - which have caused Welsh learners to hang themselves. "Llwyd" means "grey", but "Mari" is feminine and always takes the mutation "l" instead of "ll" - so it's "Mari Lwyd." Just thought we could help... Incidentally, the best way to take aspirin is to wash it down with Tim Taylor's Landlord. Get well soon! Mick and Olly (from the Llantrisant Mari Lwyd party) |
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13 Jan 08 - 10:08 AM (#2235344) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: elfcape I'm over here in the USofA and don't have a home address. Could someone fill me in, please? I'd like to send Les a card from a day we spent together once, long ago. |
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13 Jan 08 - 01:21 PM (#2235483) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,baz parkes Apologies if this has been done already Les' home address It's Pant Teg Nant Road Bwlchgwyn (sic) Wrexham LL11 5YN The third line isn't a typo!! Baz who has the honor of being mentioned in one of Les' works rhyming with "pizazz" |
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13 Jan 08 - 04:02 PM (#2235594) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: elfcape Thanks. Now I wonder how long it will take a get-well card to get there from New England... |
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13 Jan 08 - 04:10 PM (#2235608) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,Jan and Gary, Brisbane Take care, mate; we'll miss you this year but there are a lot more train musuems to visit so come back soon!Jan & Gaz |
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13 Jan 08 - 04:25 PM (#2235625) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,Bob ( Maghull) Glad to hear your on the mend.Deep fried aspirin?? Washed down with TT?? Just do it in batter like those Mars Bars in Scotland! Becomes a full meal. Best wishes Bob |
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13 Jan 08 - 05:38 PM (#2235685) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Anne Lister Why would Bwlchgwyn be a typo? Perfectly straightforward Welsh name, complete with vowels, even. Anne |
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13 Jan 08 - 08:48 PM (#2235800) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,old girl Glad to hear you are on the mend Les just get well soon Newport folk club sends all best wishes for your speedy recovery. Rose |
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14 Jan 08 - 07:32 AM (#2235973) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Surreysinger Agree with Tabster - perfectly pronounceable word !! (Mind you, I suppose having spent three years at a Welsh university in the heart of Mid Wales probably helps me to say that - LOL!!!) |
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14 Jan 08 - 07:45 AM (#2235980) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Mr Happy Maybe not a typo, but Spelchecker makes his house name into 'Pants tug!' |
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14 Jan 08 - 08:27 AM (#2236010) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Anne Lister Spellchecker also makes the perfectly good Welsh name Geraint into Geranium ... Anne |
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14 Jan 08 - 10:40 AM (#2236110) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Surreysinger Coo - my Welsh History tutor at Aberystwyth was called Geraint - anything less like a geranium you couldn't imagine - more like a rather well built rugby player!!! |
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14 Jan 08 - 10:59 AM (#2236131) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Schantieman So , when are MS going to bring out a Welsh version of Office?! Steve |
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14 Jan 08 - 12:21 PM (#2236208) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Anne Lister There's one already available, as far as I know. Why the exclamation mark? There's a lot of business conducted in Welsh - it's a living language. Anne |
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14 Jan 08 - 03:13 PM (#2236338) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Merek'n'Dary Les Good to hear that you are back home. Take extra special care of yourself and get yourself properly better before you go off on the road again. Love from Derek and Mary and all of your fans in Banbury xxx |
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14 Jan 08 - 03:42 PM (#2236351) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Mr Red FWIW the ceilidh with Les (presumably as the none-dance part) in Wroughton on the 19th is definitely postponed. As Les is not going to Oz there must be a hole in his schedule. |
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14 Jan 08 - 06:58 PM (#2236508) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Sailargh Get well Les, lots of Left Coast folks sending you good wishes. Cheers, John Victoria, BC - dancing Border Morris frequently wearing a black Gnus & Sores T. Last mutual sighting was Nancy's Farm summer 07. PS Welsh (cy-GB) Firefox (and Thunderbird(s) "Are Og!") Language Pack OpenOffice learns Welsh (smarter than me) How do I use Welsh on my computer? Scroll down for OOo. --- |
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16 Jan 08 - 09:24 AM (#2237642) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,Charles Harrison Get well soon Les, we need your sane take on this mad world ... |
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17 Jan 08 - 06:23 AM (#2238287) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Wilfried Schaum Best wishes from Germany for a speedy recovery Wilfried |
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17 Jan 08 - 06:57 AM (#2238291) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: DG&D Dave I'm pleased that it's not all Doom, Gloom & Despondency then. Rhymes for infarction and anagrams of angiogram notwithstanding. Loads 'o Love Dave + Fiona |
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17 Jan 08 - 08:10 AM (#2238312) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Raggytash One Nun Dead |
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21 Jan 08 - 07:20 AM (#2241161) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Schantieman There was an email from Les (via his agent) on the board at the Bothy FC last night. Apparently he's home, having had thrombolysis, and is waiting for an angiogram. He's got loads of different pills, and he says he's experimenting with deep fried aspirin. Steve |
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08 Feb 08 - 01:21 PM (#2256974) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,JohnB I was just on a website which gave Les's date of birth as January 30th 1947. If that is true, the lad is now 60, congratulations Les. If I missed this on another thread, sorry! JohnB |
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08 Feb 08 - 02:55 PM (#2257083) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Herga Kitty JohnB - I think that means Les was 60 last year..... Kitty (hoping he's doing well for his age....) |
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08 Feb 08 - 03:00 PM (#2257089) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Liz the Squeak There was a Birthday thread but I had no idea of the year... 60 eh? Doesn't look a day over 84. LTS |
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08 Feb 08 - 06:46 PM (#2257292) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: GUEST,Bill the sound Tell Les to get his bus pass. They are betterm than credit cards every time you use them they save you money. |
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08 Feb 08 - 06:50 PM (#2257297) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: McGrath of Harlow And he gets free prescriptions now - I hadn't realised that for a year after I turned 60, and I was still paying up. I'd thought they didn't come free till I was 65. |
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09 Feb 08 - 05:11 AM (#2257520) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Anne Lister Les gets free prescriptions anyway because he has the good sense to live in the People's Republic of Wales. Where we all get free prescriptions. Anne |
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09 Feb 08 - 08:24 AM (#2257580) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: McGrath of Harlow But he does travel into England from time to time. |
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09 Feb 08 - 09:39 AM (#2257621) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: KeithofChester Yes he does. Les and I spent his birthday at the same gig last week, a Steve Knightley concert at Alexanders Jazz Theatre in Chester. |
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09 Feb 08 - 01:00 PM (#2257767) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: Anne Lister Um ...I spot a non-sequitur! Of course he travels to England sometimes. It's not far. Anne |
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01 Mar 08 - 08:24 AM (#2276450) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: aussiebloke Get better soon Les - we'd love to see you back in Darwin again! Cheers all aussiebloke |
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02 Mar 08 - 07:20 AM (#2277237) Subject: RE: Les Barker ill From: stallion got to get off Nelson |