tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765243585194738114.post5556494930322301936..comments2023-11-21T10:49:05.724+00:00Comments on Fluff on the Needle: The God of ScarboroughJolyon50http://www.blogger.com/profile/01331882838796428888noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765243585194738114.post-421968305417820682012-05-20T18:41:36.341+01:002012-05-20T18:41:36.341+01:00Oddly now that you mention it actually crossed my ...Oddly now that you mention it actually crossed my mind but for some weird reason went straight out again. I did not associate Policemen with Bobby Peel that day, possible cake poisoning in Vienna!!!Jolyon50https://www.blogger.com/profile/01331882838796428888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765243585194738114.post-1637846441811281792012-05-20T14:43:12.202+01:002012-05-20T14:43:12.202+01:00Capital stuff, young Jolyon!
Robertian, Bobbies &...Capital stuff, young Jolyon!<br /><br />Robertian, Bobbies < Sir Robert Peel > Peelers!... that's how I see this etymological lemma, your Honour.<br /><br />Now move along, there!<br /><br />GNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447090393898006955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765243585194738114.post-47655760750525194182012-05-19T19:59:46.884+01:002012-05-19T19:59:46.884+01:00Wonderful! Thank you so much, and for the interest...Wonderful! Thank you so much, and for the interesting information. I'm not that far from where Sir Dan and his Municipal Orchestra used to perform. Long before my time, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765243585194738114.post-46572144725936066922012-05-19T15:29:52.095+01:002012-05-19T15:29:52.095+01:00The odd one still functions in the UK usually with...The odd one still functions in the UK usually with brass bands - We had the surreal experience of being at Deal in Kent scoffing ice cream and looking over the waves when Land of Hope and Glory started wafting towards us - sure enough there was a band stand on the seafront with tables with Union Jack tablecloths, deckchairs all lined up in a circle, cake and tea, programmes of the music being handed out, old people humming along to well know classical ditties and children screaming their hearts out. For all the world you'd guess the sun never did set on Empire!Jolyon50https://www.blogger.com/profile/01331882838796428888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765243585194738114.post-62242456591284990732012-05-19T15:19:51.554+01:002012-05-19T15:19:51.554+01:00I dunno - Variations founded on Durandeau’s "...I dunno - Variations founded on Durandeau’s "If you want to know the time ask a p’liceman" is quite a good title, I think.<br /><br />Thanks for this, and for the link to the film. I have often wondered what encountering one of those seaside bands would have been like. We have bandstands around here but they are not on the water and are mainly occupied by polka bands.Busterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918896767504950096noreply@blogger.com