icastle Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 [quote name='oggiesnr' timestamp='1336932393' post='1652930'] Steelye Span in "drag"! Honestly! I've heard both Mike Batt and Maddy Prior tell the story of how it came to pass. [/quote] I know! There was a thread here about early musical influences, and I'm not sure whether people were most amused or horrified by my initial revelation that The Wombles were my first influence or whether it was my transition to Steeleye Span that finished my fellow posters off. I did try to explain 'how' the transition was a pretty obvious one but I'm pretty certain that I could hear laughter... Still, I get the last laugh now as you all sort out your glass, tins and paper into seperate bags for recycling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1337014041' post='1654022'] You have to sit very quietly on Wimbledon Common if you want one of those... [/quote] Dammit, I wanted to make that joke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337014779' post='1654044'] Dammit, I wanted to make that joke! [/quote] No problem. Get a large canvas bag with a [color=#ff0000][b][size=6]W[/size][/b][/color][size=6][size=4] on it and make good use of the jokes that you find, things that the everyday folk leave behind... [/size][/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) Due to a laundry crisis, I am actually Wombling Free at this very moment... if that helps. Edit: And had to go to east London by tube and train today, so went underground/overground. Edited May 14, 2012 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1336934161' post='1652960'] You were saved by the spirit of Uncle Bulgaria. :-) [/quote] I met him. Well, at least I think I did... ...hairy old man creeping around the bushes with some magazines in a brown bag... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337015200' post='1654057'] Edit: And had to go to east London by tube and train today, so went underground/overground. [/quote] For all the p*ss taking, it's gratifying to see so many people knowing so many of the words... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1337016148' post='1654081'] I met him. Well, at least I think I did... ...hairy old man creeping around the bushes with some magazines in a brown bag... [/quote] Nah, that was just discreet Wombling free. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1337018479' post='1654147'] Nah, that was just discreet Wombling free. :-) [/quote] That was Clapham Common, not Wimbledon Common... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 LOL please don't stop this, it's too entertaining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1337018479' post='1654147'] Nah, that was just discreet Wombling free. :-) [/quote] So if he had Womble free, where was the other one? (You might have to read that a couple of times... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337019248' post='1654164'] That was Clapham Common, not Wimbledon Common... [/quote] All far too common I reckon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1337104478' post='1655577'] So if he had Womble free, where was the other one? [/quote] In the Albert Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1337014778' post='1654043'] There was a thread here about early musical influences, and I'm not sure whether people were most amused or horrified by my initial revelation that The Wombles were my first influence or whether it was my transition to Steeleye Span that finished my fellow posters off. [/quote] One of the first singles I ever bought was "Super Womble". I also went on to discover the delights of Steeleye Span, The Albion Band & Fairport Convention and many others, music I still love to this day. Weird. Time for a serious Wombles retrospective at Cecil Sharp House methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337105105' post='1655592'] In the Albert Hall. [/quote] Brilliant, discreet. ROFL :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337105105' post='1655592'] In the Albert Hall. [/quote] Immaculate timing as always... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1337105238' post='1655597'] One of the first singles I ever bought was "Super Womble". I also went on to discover the delights of Steeleye Span, The Albion Band & Fairport Convention and many others, music I still love to this day. Weird. Time for a serious Wombles retrospective at Cecil Sharp House methinks. [/quote] I'm starting to suspect that we were either seperated at birth or one of our parent's had a bike... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1337107448' post='1655661'] I'm starting to suspect that we were either seperated at birth or one of our parent's had a bike... [/quote] That in itself would make a great folk song - the only problem is one of us would have to die by the others hand before we found out we were brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1337108023' post='1655684'] That in itself would make a great folk song - the only problem is [b]one of us would have to die by the others hand[/b] before we found out we were brothers. [/quote] Preferably at sea. Try to get some unrequited love in there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1337108023' post='1655684'] That in itself would make a great folk song - the only problem is one of us would have to die by the others hand before we found out we were brothers. [/quote] Actually, one bit of my occasionally dingy family history almost fits the bill there anyway. My great grandparents were from a Welsh mining village and decided to seperate. Divorce was unheard of in those days and it was all 'played down' - Mum and two daughters moved to one end of the village, Dad and one daughter went to the other end. It was never spoken of again. It was some 60 years later that my Gran bumped into a woman at a funeral and was chatting about people they both knew. Turned out it was her sister - the parents had never told the kids they had siblings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggiesnr Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1337108023' post='1655684'] That in itself would make a great folk song - the only problem is one of us would have to die by the others hand before we found out we were brothers. [/quote] Usually it's the sister that get killed although I can think of one exception (Lord Randall) Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337105105' post='1655592'] In the Albert Hall. [/quote]No doubt removed by his mother when quite young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1337172391' post='1656558'] No doubt removed by his mother when quite young. [/quote] That's right - the silly bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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