Alphabet associations - I

[subcontrabass]

I am totally lost somewhere up the River Ribble....

No rivers are involved. (And you are in the wrong county.)

[cloughie]

Is the Preston anything to do with either Stephen or Simon?

[subcontrabass]

Is the Preston anything to do with either Stephen or Simon?

No. It is a place.

[Flay]

No. It is a place.

Bloomin' 'eck! There's a lot to go through!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston#Places

[subcontrabass]

Bloomin' 'eck! There's a lot to go through!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston#Places

That will not help very much. Try linking the name with the previous bit of the clue.

[Flay]

That will not help very much. Try linking the name with the previous bit of the clue.

You mean Preston House and the formation of the Barclay James Harvest Orchestra?

[subcontrabass]

You mean Preston House and the formation of the Barclay James Harvest Orchestra?

No. I mean the words in the original problem.

[cloughie]

Any link with Norah Jones, though if there is a link with Barclay James Harvest - they did record on the Harvest label.

[subcontrabass]

Any link with Norah Jones, though if there is a link with Barclay James Harvest - they did record on the Harvest label.

No. The harvest is agricultural.

[mercia]

"For thee O dear, dear country" translated by J Mason Neale

?? I think we're in the world of hymnody

[mercia]

vaccinating

...... so Preston-next-Wingham ? Doctor Flay should have got this by now

[Flay]

...... so Preston-next-Wingham ? Doctor Flay should have got this by now

Oh dear dear. Jenner sais pas.

I think ferney knew all along, but mercs clinched it. Quam dilecta.

[subcontrabass]

Oh dear dear. Jenner sais pas.

I think ferney knew all along, but mercs clinched it. Quam dilecta.

Yes. Henry Lascelles Jenner, composer of three hymn tunes:

Quam Dilecta (taking its name from the opening words of the Latin hymn translated by J M Neale as "We love the place, O God");
Jenner (named after himself, set for the hymn "For Thee, O dear, dear country" - another J M Neale translation from the Latin);
Preston (presumably named from Preston-next-Wingham, where Jenner was twice the Vicar [1854-1866 and 1870-1898], serving as Bishop of Dunedin in between, set for the hymn "Lord of the harvest, once again").

So mercia to keep us on our toes.

[mercia]

I think we had a little way to go with that but thanks for putting us out of our misery. Is it me now ? K may not arrive till tomorrow.

[Flay]

K may not arrive till tomorrow.

That's OK.

I think the expression quam dilecta is delightful. I shall make it my motto henceforth!

Now how do I add it as a footer? Can't remember...