Alphabet associations - I

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

(Thankfully, there was none of that Pinafore nonsense. )

Are we looking for an HMS?

... and Middlesbrough???

[Northender]

Yes, Pinafore as in the G & S opera. It's a reference to (indeed a phrase taken from) a well-known number from that work, which should provide you with an adjective that should then lead you to 'H'. (Information offered with nothing but good intentions).

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'll never get this ... ?

EDIT: Oh, bigger! That's an adverb!

[Northender]

..despite the thumping great clue in my last message?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

..despite the thumping great clue in my last message?

Well, I was 'oping you'd reply "What, never?".

... just as well: I can't find a "Hardly Blues Festival" anywhere!

[Northender]

The festival in question starts on September 3rd.

[Flay]

The festival in question starts on September 3rd.

Not the Plumpton Beer and Blues Festival?

[Flay]

Oh, that was last year...

[Anna]

"Hail! men-o'-war's men ... I'm called Little Buttercup" I just thought I'd mention that from HMS Pinafore. Might try that in my set down at Brizzle Docks Coming late to the party, has anyone solved anything yet? I see there is a Blue Horizon blues fest at Hebden Bridge, but that's not relaunched (did you know Hebden Bridge is the lesbian capital of the UK?) Lots of composers come from Middlesbrough, cannot see any of them are salty sailors. Edit: I have absolutely no clue as to this puzzle

[Northender]

Not the Plumpton Beer and Blues Festival?

You need to look North and East of the UK, whistling, as you do, 'all the airs from that ....... nonsense Pinafore'.

[Flay]

Here's the whole script! But I'm no closer...

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/H.M.S._Pinafore

Gosh, I thought Captain Pugwash was bad!

DICK. Ah, it's a queer world!
RALPH. Dick Deadeye, I have no desire to press hardly on you, but such a revolutionary sentiment is enough to make an honest sailor shudder.
BOAT. My lads, our gallant captain has come on deck; let us greet him as so brave an officer and so gallant a seaman deserves.

[Anna]

You need to look North and East of the UK, whistling, as you do, 'all the airs from that ....... nonsense Pinafore'.

And, the missing word is - infernal! Well, I guess that could describe the North East!! Something to do with infernal combustion engines .......... ?

[Northender]

Yes, Pinafore as in the G & S opera. However, the phrase in question comes from a song in another G & S opera . It should provide you with an adjective that should then lead you to 'H'. (Information offered with nothing but good intentions).

Sorry about any confusion. To clarify matters:
The missing word from this phrase: 'And whistle all the airs from that ....... nonsense Pinafore' should set you on the Road to H.

[Northender]

And, the missing word is - infernal! Well, I guess that could describe the North East!! Something to do with infernal combustion engines .......... ?

Infernal - meaning?

[Flay]

Infernal - meaning?

Please sir, Hellish, sir