Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

whaaaaaaaoooo

don't let your love-interest Caliban hear you saying that

No no, Anna's quite right.... We are all pretty much in awe of the sleuthing grey cells of the artist formerly (and appropriately) known as 'hercule'

[Anna]

whaaaaaaaoooo

don't let your love-interest Caliban hear you saying that

Mercia, my love-interest? No, Calabrese and I are just members of a Mutual Admiration Society, he's an expert on Dickens and I make perfect gravy. Together we perform A Christmas Carol for the Orpheans of Chancery Lane and throw them some leftovers. Nothing more than that!

[Nick Armstrong]

Mercia, my love-interest? No, Calabrese and I are just members of a Mutual Admiration Society, he's an expert on Dickens and I make perfect gravy. Together we perform A Christmas Carol for the Orpheans of Chancery Lane and throw them some leftovers. Nothing more than that!

The Happy Orpheans are on Carey Street, I think....

But have you forgotten the engine-sheds, my little 0-6-0 ?? toot toot!!!!

[Anna]

But have you forgotten the engine-sheds, my little 0-6-0 ?? toot toot!!!!

No, of course not, but sometimes your obsession with narrow gauge Hornby train sets .... Please, can I sometimes wear the Station Master's hat and blow the whistle?

[Don Petter]

Please miss! You haven't seen my carpet yet:

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee507/Don_Petter/CarpetmarshallingYard.jpg

You could play with all of them, except Mallard (out of picture).

[Anna]

Please miss! You haven't seen my carpet yet:

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee507/Don_Petter/CarpetmarshallingYard.jpg

You could play with all of them, except Mallard (out of picture).

<swoon> <thud> I may have to lie down for a while. Gosh! Mallard, what a beauty that was, classic lines, so elegant. Sir Nigel Gresley, locomotives don't get better than this!

Norfy doesn't seem to be about to set a D, so enough of this chit-chat and into the kitchen with me for the foreseeable future.

[Don Petter]

Norfy doesn't seem to be about to set a D, so enough of this chit-chat and into the kitchen with me for the foreseeable future.

Agreed. I'll try to get you a picture of Mallard later, but it's a bit difficult at that speed.

[Norfolk Born]

Sorry, folks - I posted my answer without really expecting it to be right.
'D' coming up very shortly.

[Don Petter]

Is this the first time we've been served a D notice?

[Nick Armstrong]

No, of course not, but sometimes your obsession with narrow gauge Hornby train sets .... Please, can I sometimes wear the Station Master's hat and blow the whistle?

Anna in uniform....

[Norfolk Born]

Which 'D' links these three composers:
The first was the son of a violinist with the New York Philharmonic; the second, the son of a pioneer of homeopathic medicine; and the third studied privately with an Australian composer with a Caribbean connection.

[mercia]

he's an expert on Dickens and I make perfect gravy

a marriage made in heaven

[subcontrabass]

Which 'D' links these three composers:
The first was the son of a violinist with the New York Philharmonic; the second, the son of a pioneer of homeopathic medicine; and the third studied privately with an Australian composer with a Caribbean connection.

The third looks to be Alun Hoddinott, who studied privately with Arthur Benjamin (Jamaican Rhumba). That is as far as I can get.

[Norfolk Born]

Alun Hoddinott is indeed one of our three composers.
Alun Hoddinott is indeed one of our three composers.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Alun Hoddinott is indeed one of our three composers.
Alun Hoddinott is indeed one of our three composers.

Is this a clue, Norf, or just the workings of the Christmas sherry?