Quinn

I belive she knocked up a pair - made from the arms of Grunt's yellow anorak. !

What 'Venues' ? 5555

Chestnut Man - OK - but I wearied a little halfway through the series. Now onto 'Cobra Cyberware' Series 2. British political thriller. Watched Series 1 a while ago. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10062652/ Series 2 available on Pirate Bay etc.

"probably the best known version by The Band" . . . ! Really ? I used to play this in the folk club way back in the late 60's. Heard it from UK singer Malcolm Price. ! He died about 4 years ago. Ha !

Pleased it was OK Emmy. Start thinking about Halloween Night - day 31 in 2 weeks time. Quinn

Merde La Duvet !

Agreed !

Slight deviation - onstage - Van Morrison - another man of few words - however times I have seen him his shows have been excellent. Many years ago I was seeing a girl from Scotland and she went to see Van at the Glasgow Apollo. As the show started 'His Grumpyness' bounded to the edge of the stage to greet his fans. However he had either forgot or didn't know that there was a steep drop into the orchestra pit. He immediately retreated behind the piano for the rest of the show. The hard/witty Glasgow audience were unforgiving - "Hey come out Elton - show us yer legs " !

Cheers !

I thought the 'girl' around 0.56 was very LBish !

The Chieftans with Ry Cooder

Michael Bentine - one of the original 'Goons' was of Peruvian descent ! - As indeed was Paddington Bear !

Mary Coughlan. The Magdalene Laundry The Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, also known as Magdalene asylums, were institutions usually run by Roman Catholic orders, which operated from the 18th to the late 20th centuries. They were run ostensibly to house "fallen women", an estimated 30,000 of whom were confined in these institutions in Ireland. In 1993, unmarked graves of 155 women were uncovered in the convent grounds of one of the laundries.[1][2] This led to media revelations about the operations of the secretive institutions. A formal state apology was issued in 2013, and a £50 million compensation scheme for survivors was set up by the Irish Government. The religious orders which operated the laundries have rejected activist demands that they financially contribute to this programme.[3]

Cheers for that !

McAlpine's Fusiliers is an Irish ballad set to a traditional air, popularised in the early 1960s by Dominic Behan (not written by him as he often claimed). The song relates to the migration of Irish labourers from Ireland to Britain during the 20th century. The ballad's title refers to the eponymous construction company of Sir Robert McAlpine, a major employer of Irish workmen at the time. This I think is one of the better versions as - lyrics included - so you can 'sing a long'.

The Foggy Dew - Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains. "Foggy Dew" is the name of several Irish ballads, and of an Irish lament. The song chronicles the Easter Rising of 1916, and encourages Irishmen to fight for the cause of Ireland, rather than for the British Empire, as so many young men were doing in World War I.

Hmm ! 'Wet Leg' - very interesting. I gather they are from the Isle of Wight - where Grunt once trod the ground. Are they by any chance related. ?

Thankyou our man on the spot !

Yeah - fan of Steve Earle. Saw him a couple of times with the Dukes in the 90's. Excellent. Back to the Irish. !