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20 Feb 06 - 06:12 AM (#1673614) Subject: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man This from Mike Greenwood. "Yes. Another day of pub music sessions (well, one long one, really!) is planned for April 1st (seriously!), up in our wonderful Welsh valley. Those who've been before know the whereabouts and the format. Others please see the attachment. Hope you can make it. Best wishes, Mike Greenwood" ------- (from the poster) ALL FOOLS AT THE FALCON… Saturday, 1st April 2006 Come and join in another day of music sessions (Welsh, English, Continental, Come-what-may)in the convivial surroundings of The Falcon Inn at Godreaman (nr Aberdare) Why not bring your dancing shoes and trip the light fantastic on the wonderful riverside patio? (music available!) Continuous musical activities from lunchtime through 'til late Weekend Beer Exhibition (20+ real ales and continental specialities) Contact: Mike Greenwood (PM Splott Man for a number) Food and overnight accommodation available The Falcon Inn, Tel: 01685 873758. www.thefalcon.co.uk DIRECTIONS Take A470 north from M4 Jcn 32 (N Cardiff) or south from A465 Heads of Valleys Road; at Abercynon roundabout, take A4059 towards Aberdare. Straight on at Mountain Ash traffic signals, then left at Cwmbach roundabout (still following Aberdare signs) Left at roundabout by Asda; right at T-junction, then sharp left at 1st sign for Cwmaman (Community Activities Centre) After 350 yds, take left turn marked "No through Road". Follow road to bottom of hill, then around to right, and keep going; the road becomes a narrow track, following the River Aman, ending at The Falcon (Don't give up!) |
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21 Feb 06 - 07:21 AM (#1674692) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man refresh |
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22 Feb 06 - 03:32 AM (#1675545) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man rerefresh |
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23 Feb 06 - 03:47 AM (#1676564) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man Rererefresh Just keeping it this up there till April 1st. |
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24 Feb 06 - 03:35 AM (#1677448) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST reeeeeeeeeeeefresh. I don't expect anyone else to post about this, but I want to keep it up there until the day. |
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27 Feb 06 - 11:00 AM (#1680277) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man fresher |
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27 Feb 06 - 12:35 PM (#1680323) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST If you can 'keep it up' until 1st of April I expect a big smile on Pat's face! |
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28 Feb 06 - 04:06 AM (#1680897) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man No comment |
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01 Mar 06 - 04:31 AM (#1681984) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man Because it's there |
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02 Mar 06 - 04:20 AM (#1683018) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man Would someone else like to keep this above the 1 day line for a while? |
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02 Mar 06 - 04:22 AM (#1683020) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: My guru always said Would do Ned Dear, but we're off to Ireland for the weekend, sorry! Looks like you'll have a brill session! |
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03 Mar 06 - 04:02 AM (#1684102) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man Have a good trip, see you at Crediton. |
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03 Mar 06 - 07:52 AM (#1684244) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Shuffer Refresh |
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04 Mar 06 - 06:46 AM (#1684898) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Shuffer refresh |
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05 Mar 06 - 03:27 AM (#1685407) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Scooby Doo Its -1 here today hope it gets warmer for the session. |
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06 Mar 06 - 02:56 AM (#1686220) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Scooby Doo refresh |
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07 Mar 06 - 03:55 AM (#1687014) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man hserfer |
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07 Mar 06 - 12:35 PM (#1687429) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Eye Lander rheersf |
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07 Mar 06 - 03:28 PM (#1687576) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Scooby Doo eehrsfr |
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08 Mar 06 - 03:59 AM (#1688042) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man Thanks Dooby Scoo and Randy Leee |
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09 Mar 06 - 03:58 AM (#1688927) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man sherref |
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09 Mar 06 - 10:33 AM (#1689210) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: SussexCarole Any chance of some singing????? |
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09 Mar 06 - 10:39 AM (#1689219) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: The Unicorn Man Here I will give you a hand then Splott Man. Why don't you explain why you are called Splott Man? |
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09 Mar 06 - 11:24 AM (#1689261) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man It's one of those sessions that goes with the flow of who is there. So singing will be in evidence. Splott is a district of Cardiff where I lived for 20 years. It's not a unique name, there are at least 4 other places with Splott in their name, in south Wales and in Somerset. But it has a lovely ring to it, sounds like it was dropped from a great height on a wet day. |
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10 Mar 06 - 03:47 AM (#1689809) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man Called into the Falcon on a whim last night, having gone for a sesh at the nearby Cwmaman Institute that wasn't on till next week. Ended up having a sesh there. A great pub. |
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10 Mar 06 - 09:14 PM (#1690399) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST Refresh |
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11 Mar 06 - 05:52 PM (#1690850) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST Not long now!!!! |
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12 Mar 06 - 06:48 AM (#1691108) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: cyder_drinker Sounds like fun - but what about camping - is there anywhere to park a camper van overnight? Wouldn't want to drive bck home after a day of drinking and playing! |
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12 Mar 06 - 06:55 AM (#1691110) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Scooby Doo Contact The Falcon they are very friendly,or wait until tomorrow and "PM" Splott Man". Scooby |
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12 Mar 06 - 02:57 PM (#1691397) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: The Unicorn Man Yes a lovely sound indeed SPLOTT. I used to be called Martin from Barton, cos my name is Martin and I used to help (hinder) Ross who runs the session at The Bull in Barton le Clay in Beds. |
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12 Mar 06 - 08:15 PM (#1691599) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST,Dr Price They're a very rough lot What lives down in Splott I would not be loth to move up to Roath |
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13 Mar 06 - 03:56 AM (#1691766) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man Nothing could be finer Than to live up in Rhiwbina. It's one step up the ladder From living out in Radyr. |
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13 Mar 06 - 05:04 AM (#1691804) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST,Dr Price Just doing my bit to flag up the session! Splott Man, I was quoting Pete Meazey, the writer who used to play with Mabsant - he owned a Welsh bookshop called Siop y Triban, in the arcade at the bottom of Cardiff High Street, and he published a joint pamphlet of raucous political ballads, called Broadsides, with Meic Stephens and Denis O'Neill. Mabsant did a tour of Brittany, and Pete never came back - he vowed to become a Breton, or something like that. I last heard of him when he was living in Pleyber-Christ, just to the south of Morlaix. Among Pete's verses were: Nothing could be finer than to live in Rhiwbina 'Tis one step up the ladder before moving to Radyr 'ark, 'ark, the lark in Victoria Park And the moon, nature's lantern Aglow over Canton I'd always assumed they were Pete's verses, but WHO did write them? Like other 60s and 70s stuff, they got lost in the mists of Cardiff folklore - but it would interesting to place a name. By the way, Pete's ex-wife, Nell, took the photograph which was to grace Calennig's debut album, in her living room! |
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13 Mar 06 - 04:28 PM (#1692379) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Scooby Doo Folks only 19 days to go before a fantastic day of music and Dance if you wish. Scooby. |
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14 Mar 06 - 04:08 AM (#1692847) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST Refresh |
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14 Mar 06 - 10:14 PM (#1693934) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST Its not too long now folks. |
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15 Mar 06 - 01:37 PM (#1694204) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: The Unicorn Man Not another Doctor???? |
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15 Mar 06 - 06:46 PM (#1694552) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Scooby Doo Hope not or i will need to see you for help. Scooby |
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15 Mar 06 - 06:53 PM (#1694563) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST,I Scream I knew a bloke once he claimed to come from abedare. Landlord of a pub in Thornton Heath, called the Prince Of Wales. Ralph Griffiths was his name, that was back in the early 80s he was in his fifties then. |
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15 Mar 06 - 07:38 PM (#1694624) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST Woss all iss "Victoria Park" stuff? You rreelly local or wha'? I alliz tort ih wuz:- "'Aaark, 'aaark de laaark In Caaardiff Aaarms Paaark" sose we cud learn people 'ow to talk Caaardiff proper, like. Ahem, note to the bemused non-local reader, Cardiff (and Barry) people have a rather distinctive way of enunciation when it comes to words containing the letter "a". Think of the way that Liverpudlians say "Arrite, arrite, carm down", then add a sort of Welsh accent and then morph it for a hundred years or so . . . and you still won't be getting it quite right. Gray D |
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16 Mar 06 - 03:58 AM (#1694925) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man Warra teg, innit? Butty |
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16 Mar 06 - 04:32 AM (#1694942) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST,Dr Price Alas, I'm from Llantrisant ("the hole with the Mint") so I couldn't taaalk proper Kaaardiff like - though I spent 19 years as a journalist down the Echo, in Thompson 'Ouse, like. Victoria Park is in the outskirts of Canton, where the residents could stare longingly across the distance to their promised land - Llandaff! It's genteel, like. Kaaardiff Arms Paaark is a popular mecca for rugby fans - it's the same difference, but the urban folk tradition has popularised it. By the way, Frank Hennessey (of BBC Wales' Celtic Heartbeat fame)brought up the question of the song "Llandaff", and played the Irish qroup Cran's recording of "Laugh And Half Daft" (a smoothed-out folk version of "Llandaff".) I heard the Irish singer Brian Mullen sing "Llandaff" a long time ago, and I was in The Ship And Pilot when I heard this woman sing "Llandaff". I think I'll start a new thread... |
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17 Mar 06 - 01:14 AM (#1695845) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST Refresh |
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17 Mar 06 - 08:00 PM (#1696560) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Gray D Muss be workin' onna papers an' avin' a educashun bureye gorra bow to Mick's . . . sorry . . . Dr. Price's superiuh spellin'. Ih shud defnitley abeen Kaardiff widda "K" to gerrih soundin' righ'. Spot on, owkid. Gray D (re-cookied) |
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20 Mar 06 - 04:00 AM (#1698376) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man Let's float this thing to the top like. |
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20 Mar 06 - 03:36 PM (#1698937) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Scooby Doo Sorry Splott Man it nearly sunk again!!!!!. Scooby |
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21 Mar 06 - 02:50 PM (#1699503) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Scooby Doo Not long now. Scooby |
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22 Mar 06 - 12:04 PM (#1700309) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST Refresh |
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23 Mar 06 - 09:05 AM (#1700976) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Shuffer refresh |
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24 Mar 06 - 07:58 AM (#1701631) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Shuffer refresh |
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25 Mar 06 - 05:53 AM (#1702415) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: My guru always said I've got nothing to add either. Pat Spoons in disguise |
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27 Mar 06 - 03:15 AM (#1703620) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Splott Man It's this Saturday. |
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27 Mar 06 - 11:08 PM (#1704324) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST I can't wait!!!!. |
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28 Mar 06 - 12:07 PM (#1704737) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Nigel Parsons REFRESH! To save Splottyman from doing it! "I say, Superted..." |
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28 Mar 06 - 12:08 PM (#1704740) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Scooby Doo What about myself Nigel!!!!. Scooby |
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29 Mar 06 - 02:03 AM (#1705369) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST Refresh |
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29 Mar 06 - 05:10 PM (#1706000) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: ifor Show me the way to Aberdillo I've been hugging and kissing my pillo On the first day of Aprillo Sweet Marie she waits for me great eh |
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29 Mar 06 - 06:08 PM (#1706055) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Nigel Parsons Apologies to Ifor, but... Its Aberdare, (or Aberdare - oh) NOT Aberdillo Show me the way to Aberdare, Oh I've been wond'ring what I should wear oh. Dreaming dreams of Aberdare, oh The Falcon Inn, it calls to me There are 'folkies' coming. Fingers in ears, singing and humming The excitement's mounting. They say there's 20 beers and counting! To the North of Cardiff, Off Junction thirty-two Transport's not too hard if It's what you wanna do-oo Show me the way to Aberdare, Oh I've been wond'ring what I should wear oh. Dreaming dreams of Aberdare, oh The Falcon Inn, it calls to me CHEERS Nigel |
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30 Mar 06 - 12:30 AM (#1706262) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST,scooby Thats tidy Nigel. Scooby |
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30 Mar 06 - 10:09 AM (#1706596) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Nigel Parsons "There'll be handbells ringing* People there will be dancing and singing There'll be folk with guitars, Maybe bodhrans, squeezboxes, sitars The whole thing is growing, with folk who come again. It must be worth going.. To Aberdare again...." Come on, just a couple more verses and we could get a long running No1 hit. (Ha, bloody Har Har!) CHEERS Nigel (I'd forgotten I'd started this song, I'd just got in from Llantrisant Folk Club last night after a 'couple' of nice pints of Abbots') My local Scout group has a set of 'Handchimes'. An octave and a half in'C' (from middle C up) with a couple of shaps & flats (Bb & F#) |
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30 Mar 06 - 10:12 AM (#1706600) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: Scooby Doo What about a lift Nigel from Llantrisant on April the first. Scooby |
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31 Mar 06 - 02:51 AM (#1707299) Subject: RE: Session near Aberdare 1 April From: GUEST Have a good time everyone. Scooby |