Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

New (as opposed to correct) information should always be in a new post.

EDIT: Actually what I should have said was: New (as distinct from correct)...

[Don Petter]

Henrietta. (Just trying to think of a random 'H' that we haven't had.) Oh, that it should have come to this ...

[mercia]

Henrietta

correct gender and it's a forename as in your example

if I'm allowed off the naughty step I could provide a clue

[mercia]

H please to connect

- a native of Mecklenburg
- a first at the Queen's Hall
- Louis's fantastic mum

for fantastic read fantastique

[Norfolk Born]

- for Mecklenburg read Middlesbrough
- for Queen's Hall read King's Cross
- for Louis's fantastic mum read Louise's fantastic bum
oh yes, and for H read Q

[rubbernecker]

for fantastic read fantastique

Is that a mere correction or new information?

[mercia]

a clue, whether needed I know not

[Don Petter]

for fantastic read fantastique

Is this a (forbidden) edit or a further subtle clue?

[Nick Armstrong]

- for Mecklenburg read Middlesbrough
- for Queen's Hall read King's Cross
- for Louis's fantastic mum read Louise's fantastic bum
oh yes, and for H read Q

Well it must be Harriet as in Smithson, mother of Louis Berlioz....

Bit of a cheat as I've no idea about the other two.

[mercia]

- for Mecklenburg read Middlesbrough
- for Queen's Hall read King's Cross
- for Louis's fantastic mum read Louise's fantastic bum
oh yes, and for H read Q

thanks for your help

[Nick Armstrong]

Well it must be Harriet as in Smithson, mother of Louis Berlioz....

Bit of a cheat as I've no idea about the other two.

I lied. Harriet Cohen, Arnold Bax's squeeze, made her début in the Queen's Hall...

[Nick Armstrong]

- for Mecklenburg read Middlesbrough
- for Queen's Hall read King's Cross
- for Louis's fantastic mum read Louise's fantastic bum
oh yes, and for H read Q

Feeling in particularly mischievous mood, Ofca???

[rubbernecker]

...and Harriet of Greenwich, the ballet which was the basis of Marthe by Flotow, I think, somewhere in the mix...

EDIT: GEDDIT? Sorry, Flotow was from Mecklenburg.

[Don Petter]

correct gender and it's a forename as in your example

if I'm allowed off the naughty step I could provide a clue

Well, I did have 50% chance on the gender. Let's try Hermione (Gingold was a pianist)?

[Nick Armstrong]

Well, I did have 50% chance on the gender. Let's try Hermione (Gingold was a pianist)?

With my talk of cocktails earlier, it seems a number here may have hit the bottle early today!