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  • mercia
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8920

    so what else was pioneering about the Cologne Billy Budd? was there an onstage tank of water? was it an all-female cast? was it set on a U-Boat ? sung in German ?

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    • cloughie
      Full Member
      • Dec 2011
      • 22107

      Mornin' all

      This L is:

      1 Good for a bet.
      2 Seen reularly in Manchester and Sheffield in the late 60s
      3 Sounds like Celtic water in a hurry.

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26506

        Originally posted by mercia View Post
        so what else was pioneering about the Cologne Billy Budd? was there an onstage tank of water? was it an all-female cast? was it set on a U-Boat ? sung in German ?
        Just that it was the first performance in Germany, I think.

        Morning clougie...

        (*Looks around for thinking cap*)
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • Anna

          Originally posted by cloughie View Post
          This L is:1 Good for a bet.
          Ladbrokes!!

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22107

            Originally posted by Anna View Post
            Ladbrokes!!
            no

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            • Anna

              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              no
              Well obviously I didn't really expect it too be, nor expect an answer! I'm assuming the Manchester and Sheffield late 60s is probably connected with Northern Soul but have to go offline and out now, will reconsider question when I return (but it will probably be solved by then!)

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              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                Gone fishin'
                • Sep 2011
                • 30163

                Originally posted by Anna View Post
                I'm assuming the Manchester and Sheffield late 60s is probably connected with Northern Soul
                Ah! I was thinking of footballers, but Francis Lee never played for Sheffield. (I also wondered if "Lea" had anything to do with "Celtic water"; I only know the Welsh "Dwr".)

                Hmm; back to square one!
                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                • Anna

                  Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                  Ah! I was thinking of footballers, but Francis Lee never played for Sheffield. (I also wondered if "Lea" had anything to do with "Celtic water"; I only know the Welsh "Dwr".)

                  Hmm; back to square one!
                  ferney, Lea means a meadow. Isca is celtic for water (with variations of spelling, usually in Gaelic I think starting with U (have to rush now!)

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                  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                    Gone fishin'
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 30163

                    Originally posted by Anna View Post
                    Isca is celtic for water (with variations of spelling, usually in Gaelic I think starting with U
                    Oh YES!!! - hence "Uisca"/"whisky". What's happened to my memory? It's as if I've joined the French Foreign Legion these days!
                    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                    • vinteuil
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 12761

                      ... of course there is another Celtic word for a stretch of water, which begins with an L .

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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        Cheers Vinty!

                        Forget football, are we talking about Loughran?

                        ... err, "Good for a bet"?
                        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                        • mercia
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8920

                          Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                          "Good for a bet"?
                          Angus Loughran ?? - "sports pundit"
                          wikipedia says Angus is the son of James - is that correct ??
                          Last edited by mercia; 11-02-12, 11:14.

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                          • cloughie
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2011
                            • 22107

                            Originally posted by mercia View Post
                            Angus Loughran ?? - "sports pundit"
                            wikipedia says Angus is the son of James - is that correct ??
                            OK so in full 1 2 3

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                            • mercia
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8920

                              i wouldn't have got Angus without the "grafting" of others
                              great question

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                              • cloughie
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2011
                                • 22107

                                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                                i wouldn't have got Angus without the "grafting" of others
                                great question
                                We've go Ferney getting Loughran, Merc getting Angus (aka Statto), can we have a tidy up of the other clues please?

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