Elgar archives moved

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I think that it's already fairly well documented that Elgar did this against his own better judgement and, after all, he'd already written the tune to which the sadi doggerel came to be appended, so it was not what one could really call a "setting" by Elgar.

Mesuspecteth that MrGG was referring to a different piece of "DoGgerel" when he made his winkeyed comment.

[LMcD]

Not all of London fits the hectic stereotype you know! - I live just 6 miles from Traf. Sq. and it's not like that at all here; and even right in the centre there are islands of peace & quiet: visit the Kings X nature park for a start. True, the countryside is nice for the odd outing - and the living allows you to miss some if not all our pollution levels (but Mayor Sadiq is doing something about that, doncher know!); instead you have rural smells, including those of agribusiness; low-flying military aircraft; pubs, village shops and post offices closed down; few or no remaining public transport links; and the politically backward opinions of your lovely cuddly nosey neighbours!

My tongue was somewhat in my cheek ....and I actually live in what I guess counts as suburbia, with a shop round the corner incorporating a post office, an hourly bus to town where there are all the facilities that can one can reasonably desire, and not deep in the countryside But I still think that there's a bit too much metrocentricity about.

[ahinton]

Mesuspecteth that MrGG was referring to a different piece of "DoGgerel" when he made his winkeyed comment.

Ah, maybe so; I'd not thought of that!

[hmvman]

Update to this thread. I read about it in the latest Private Eye and then found this:

http://www.colinscolumn.com/the-elgar-birthplace-in-danger/

Worrying times.