Canterbury Cathedral Choir on French TV

[mw963]

Somewhat off topic, but last night we were flicking through the channels on French TV and happened on a little train journey programme on France 5, . featuring this week England, and probably in fact made a couple of years ago.

The presenter alighted at Canterbury and headed straight for the cathedral in time for the "Office du Soir" (which seemed to be a trebles only show), but the next morning was admitted to the Song School and there followed a delightful few minutes during a rehearsal.

Mr Flood it turns out speaks near-perfect French, and effortlessly addressed himself to the camera in la langue de Moliere and to the boys in the language of Shakespeare.

What tickled me was that on a shelf behind the piano is a standard-issue road traffic triangular warning sign with the word FLOOD upon it. Let's hope it was acquired through official channels.

Anyone with a VPN (it's geo-blocked unfortunately) can probably watch it here (although I can't check as I don't have one).

https://www.france.tv/france-5/des-trains-pas-comme-les-autres/des-trains-pas-comme-les-autres-saison-9/2068587-angleterre.html

[Dave2002]

What tickled me was that on a shelf behind the piano is a standard-issue road traffic triangular warning sign with the word FLOOD upon it. Let's hope it was acquired through official channels.

Well at least it wasn’t a flashing sign. I have known people “borrow” flashing road lamps, which proved a nuisance, and had to be covered up with fabric to reduce the glow. I heard that the lights keep going for quite a long while, before giving out. Somewhat anti-social really, and I suppose that eventually they were “returned” to somewhere where they could be picked up.

Students!

[mopsus]

The 'Flood' sign has been there since at least 2002, when I sang a post-Christmas weekend with Priory Voices at Canterbury. In those days visiting choirs had the use of the Song School and the sign was already in place.

[DracoM]

Clicked link and got this:
La vidéo n'est pas disponible

..............so? Erm?

[mw963]

Had you read my post diligently you'd have noticed that I mentioned that the video was geoblocked, and that you need a VPN to see it.

I don't personally have a VPN (Virtual Private Network) as I can get French TV direct via satellite, but I cited the link in case some computer-savvy people here were able to access it by this method.

[DracoM]

Sorry for being so stupid.

[oddoneout]

Well at least it wasn’t a flashing sign. I have known people “borrow” flashing road lamps, which proved a nuisance, and had to be covered up with fabric to reduce the glow. I heard that the lights keep going for quite a long while, before giving out. Somewhat anti-social really, and I suppose that eventually they were “returned” to somewhere where they could be picked up.

Students!

Back in the day I remember such items being popular until such time as the battery died, at which point the practicalities of owning such a plaything became onerous - Woolies didn't seem to have suitable battery replacements...

[mw963]

Sorry for being so stupid.

Didn't mean to be crushing, but all your .....er's and ....so's could perhaps be expressed better with a simple query, which I'd have been happy to answer.

[BasilHarwood]

Didn't mean to be crushing, but all your .....er's and ....so's could perhaps be expressed better with a simple query, which I'd have been happy to answer.

My, this is a dull thread.

[Dave2002]

Back in the day I remember such items being popular until such time as the battery died, at which point the practicalities of owning such a plaything became onerous - Woolies didn't seem to have suitable battery replacements...

I think they were less popular - or at least the absence of them was less popular - by cyclists who sometimes hit or fell into holes where the yellow lights had been before they were "borrowed".

Students!

Does that liven the thread up a bit?