Six Degrees of Separation

[gradus]

Wish I could remember which broadcaster recounted how during WW2 he had met an elderly French general who as a lad had known an elderly man who also as a lad had witnessed the tumbrils rolling through the streets of Paris at the time of the Revolution. He never mentioned meeting Robespierre though.

[John Wright]

An entertaining thread, and I thought I could not contribute, but as suggested in post 1 we likely all can, if we think of the most famous person we've met or shook hands with. I immediately thought of astronomer Patrick Moore who was a bit of a musician too. I met him when I was at Edinburgh Uni circa 1972. Mr Moore has played with a few well known musicians. I haven't done the trail via Evelyn Glennie, but I thought of Mr Moore's meeting with physicist Albert Einstein who was also a bit of a musician. Turns out Einstein was friends with Joseph Zoellner, who knew Eugene Ysaye, who knew Debussy (maybe also Franck and Saint-Seans).

Of Patrick Moore's 'one-degrees' - he believed himself to be the only person to have met the first man to fly, Orville Wright, the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, and the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong.

[salymap]

I'd forgotten meeting Milein Cosman once or twice. She was Mrs Hans Keller, and a wonderful artist.

Perhaps that leads to [gasp] Mr Glock and the high-ups at the Beeb. Wow.

I saved all Milein's sketches of musicians that used to appear in the Radio Times. I wonder if there was ever a book of them ?

[Richard Tarleton]

She was Mrs Hans Keller, and a wonderful artist.

Perhaps that leads to [gasp] Mr Glock and the high-ups at the Beeb. Wow.

Never mind them, saly, you're two away from Schoenberg (who knew Keller), three from Mahler and four from goodness knows who else!

[salymap]

Oh Imust have a cup of tea and think aboutit

[Nick Armstrong]

Never mind them, saly, you're two away from Schoenberg (who knew Keller), three from Mahler and four from goodness knows who else!

Enjoy your tea, sals. I'm preparing my forelock. (If only I could remember which drawer I left it in... )

[salymap]

Enjoy your tea, sals. I'm preparing my forelock. (If only I could remember which drawer I left it in... )

Got wet in this weather perhaps Cali

[Nick Armstrong]

Got wet in this weather perhaps Cali

That's it! Popped it in the washing machine! Thanks, sal

[Petrushka]

Connecting with another thread, I met Betty Marsden (of Round the Horne fame) a few years ago, probably at the same time as Bill Pertwee, so just a couple of degrees from Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams.

[salymap]

Connecting with another thread, I met Betty Marsden (of Round the Horne fame) a few years ago, probably at the same time as Bill Pertwee, so just a couple of degrees from Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams.

And I havea link too - I queued for Richard Murdoch's autograph in Goddington Park, Orpington in Battle of Britain week, 1943. He was in his Squadron Leader RAF uniform and cracked jokes as we waited.

I think it's one of the two autographs I collected. The other was George Elrick, singer with Henry Hall and even further back.

[gradus]

'Mrs Elrick's little boy' - Housewives Choice and the only presenter that sang words to 'Party Mood', the music that intoduced it

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

'Mrs Elrick's little boy' - Housewives Choice and the only presenter that sang words to 'Party Mood', the music that intoduced it

And at the end:

"I'll see you all again this time to-mo-rrow,
And leave with this sentiment 'Bye-bye for now'"!

... can't imagine Chris Moyles doing anything similar, no matter how hard I try.

[french frank]

Connecting with another thread, I met Betty Marsden (of Round the Horne fame) a few years ago, probably at the same time as Bill Pertwee, so just a couple of degrees from Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams.

In a similar category, as a child I got the the autograph of that superlative operatic tenor, Harry Secombe (appearing in something at the Bristol Hippo), so one degree away from Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. And from there, who knows? HRH? The Queen? Julian Lloyd Webber? The Lord LW?

[amateur51]

And at the end:

"I'll see you all again this time to-mo-rrow,
And leave with this sentiment 'Bye-bye for now'"!

... can't imagine Chris Moyles doing anything similar, no matter how hard I try.

keep up ferney - I thought Moylesy had gorn? But then what do I know of young people's radio?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I thought Moylesy had gorn? But then what do I know of young people's radio?

He may well have: I've only just caught up with the news that he'd arrived! (The last time I listened to R2, it was Jimmy Young's final prog. Indelibly associated in my memory with Alan Forte's The Structure of Atonal Music - a copy of which I bought from Ilkley Oxfam: listened to JY in the car on the way in and back.)