A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum

[Serial_Apologist]

Maybe but I’ll not bother to check - I’ll just take Brian Auger’s word for it

‘Come Back Home To Croydon Where Everybody Beedle And Bo’s’

https://youtu.be/4B5CTHiKfNk

Gary Boyle's solo on that, in which he anticipated the later John McLaughlin, is the one interesting thing about that track!

How many people have heard of Croydon's low-budget answer to sagging physiognomics?

http://www.hairfinder.com/hair4/croydon-facelift.htm

[Serial_Apologist]

She didn't clip you one on the ear then?

See #421

[cloughie]

Gary Boyle's solo on that, in which he anticipated the later John McLaughlin, is the one interesting thing about that track!

How many people have heard of Croydon's low-budget answer to sagging physiognomics?

http://www.hairfinder.com/hair4/croydon-facelift.htm

Gary was a very good guitarist his interplay with Brian on the Open album is lovely.

https://youtu.be/NEf32k2GAk0

https://youtu.be/NB76E_0wkv4

[Serial_Apologist]

Gary was a very good guitarist his interplay with Brian on the Open album is lovely.

https://youtu.be/NEf32k2GAk0

https://youtu.be/NB76E_0wkv4

I picked that album up for six squid at our local flea market a few years ago, having many years before that seen it on offer for £500+ in an exchange & mart periodical. It had a few scratch marks on it but once cleaned up played with only minimal surface noise and no track jumps. Terrible pink album cover, mind - but doesn't the music just evoke that period!

[cloughie]

I picked that album up for six squid at our local flea market a few years ago, having many years before that seen it on offer for £500+ in an exchange & mart periodical. It had a few scratch marks on it but once cleaned up played with only minimal surface noise and no track jumps. Terrible pink album cover, mind - but doesn't the music just evoke that period!

The only annoying bits are the sound effects between tracks! I have OPEN on CD which has Wheels on fire, Save me, Road to Cairo and Croydon Beedles and Bos as additional tracks. One of my regular go back tos on the shelves!

[Serial_Apologist]

The only annoying bits are the sound effects between tracks! I have OPEN on CD which has Wheels on fire, Save me, Road to Cairo and Croydon Beedles and Bos as additional tracks. One of my regular go back tos on the shelves!

I probably have that one too.

[Pulcinella]

Overheard by my partner on a train today:

I'm looking forward to the bank holiday on Monday.
I suppose there'll be another one next year for the king's cremation.

[Serial_Apologist]

"And you're travelling on a BIKE???" asked the astonished shopper as I hauled my overloaded shoulder bag onto my back. "Oh it's OK so long as I take care going around sharp corners", I replied.

[Pulcinella]

Is it 1 April?

It's hard to find any sympathy for these 'poor' people having to tighten their belts.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-spend-it-now-we-re-streaming-not-eating-out-sbqc7p9gx?shareToken=27f7bef60d683bc9c0e855d595984b63

[Mal]

Overheard by my partner on a train today:

I'm looking forward to the bank holiday on Monday.
I suppose there'll be another one next year for the king's cremation.

Must be a "House of the Dragon" fan.

[french frank]

Had a phone call at 9.30 this morning from Apple, arranged yesterday to investigate a slooooow iMac. It was first declared a 'vintage' model but some things could be tried like reinstalling the OS, wiping the hard drive &c. I was tempted to ask if I was speaking to a human being or an AI generated chatbot (could be embarrassing if a human being but it did sound like a bot). In the end I decided that my vintage iMac was best left as it was, so I thanked The Voice for its assistance, made my excuses and ran away.

[johncorrigan]

This is a story from a few weeks ago, but I thought it worth a wee outing. My old Mum (96 and a week) died last month. Funeral Mass in her local chapel in Paisley followed by burial and then the purvey at a local hotel. She was the last of eleven brothers and sisters and she still had plenty nieces and nephews kicking around. It was a fun affair...she was a fun person.
At the purvey the oldest of my remaining cousins, Morag, told me a fine story. After my Mum's funeral Mass she and her husband, Andy, had returned to their car to await the hearse and follow to the cemetery. As the hearse went past she told Andy to move out which he duly did. They found themselves headed out towards Paisley Hospital. Andy said he couldn't understand why they were going this way to the cemetery, but assumed that they were going out past my Mum's house en route. However just past the cricket ground the hearse turned right into this narrow street at which point the hearse stopped and one of the guys got out, top hat and all and walked in front of the coffin. Morag and Andy continued to follow. The hearse stopped outside a house and about twenty people came out of the house and got into cars, and the cortege moved off, heading back out onto the main street. That's when the penny dropped, and Morag and Andy realised that they had been following the wrong hearse...funnily enough, I did notice another hearse go past the Church as we were waiting for my Mum's coffin to move off and thought it quite unusual. Anyway, needless to say we all had a right laugh about it and I have no doubt it will become an ongoing family legend in years to come. :bigsmile:.

[oddoneout]

This is a story from a few weeks ago, but I thought it worth a wee outing. My old Mum (96 and a week) died last month. Funeral Mass in her local chapel in Paisley followed by burial and then the purvey at a local hotel. She was the last of eleven brothers and sisters and she still had plenty nieces and nephews kicking around. It was a fun affair...she was a fun person.
At the purvey the oldest of my remaining cousins, Morag, told me a fine story. After my Mum's funeral Mass she and her husband, Andy, had returned to their car to await the hearse and follow to the cemetery. As the hearse went past she told Andy to move out which he duly did. They found themselves headed out towards Paisley Hospital. Andy said he couldn't understand why they were going this way to the cemetery, but assumed that they were going out past my Mum's house en route. However just past the cricket ground the hearse turned right into this narrow street at which point the hearse stopped and one of the guys got out, top hat and all and walked in front of the coffin. Morag and Andy continued to follow. The hearse stopped outside a house and about twenty people came out of the house and got into cars, and the cortege moved off, heading back out onto the main street. That's when the penny dropped, and Morag and Andy realised that they had been following the wrong hearse...funnily enough, I did notice another hearse go past the Church as we were waiting for my Mum's coffin to move off and thought it quite unusual. Anyway, needless to say we all had a right laugh about it and I have no doubt it will become an ongoing family legend in years to come. :bigsmile:.

Sounds as if your mum would have been amused as well? Apart from this raising a smile I learned something new today - your use of the word purvey for the "funeral meats"

https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/view/id/2841

[johncorrigan]

Sounds as if your mum would have been amused as well?

She would have been in stitches at it, oddie.

I learned something new today - your use of the word purvey for the "funeral meats"

I always thought of it as a Glasgow/West Coast thing, but perhaps it is used in other parts of Scotland . I like it because it distinguishes from 'wake' which I had always considered to come before the funeral...the purvey is most definitely the afters.

[Serial_Apologist]

She would have been in stitches at it, oddie.

I always thought of it as a Glasgow/West Coast thing, but perhaps it is used in other parts of Scotland . I like it because it distinguishes from 'wake' which I had always considered to come before the funeral...the purvey is most definitely the afters.

But which in turn would seem rather strange to some of us "down south", where wakes tend to follow behind boats. But I loved the story, John!