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withnallstoke

Anybody back in Blighty care to share some piccies of cathedrals?
I have sung in some of Europes finest, but none beat the acoustics of Lichfield or Salisbury. Lichfield or Salisbury.

Mr Lick

W.- Salisbury is my home town and the Cathedral grounds are pretty nice to stoll around. The cathedral itself is a fine example of Gothic architecture and i am impressed that having the voice of an angel has enabled you to sing there. Constable's famous painting of the cathedral is a particular favourite of locals and i am sorry to say that i do not have any pics with me in Thailand but you should be able to obtain some via the Salisbury.co.uk website.

Jeremia

I have sung in Salisbury Cathedral too....probably around 1971 or 2..I am originally from a small village about 20 miles south of there..

withnallstoke

Does the cathedral close still have the rather quant 10.30pm lock down?

withnallstoke

Same. O taste and see.

Mr Lick

It's a lek world, would that be somewhere in the Verwood area? Nice to know that there are a few more southerners around SEA.

withnallstoke

Bollocks. I am Staffysheer.

Jeremia

....Holt.....

Mr Lick

Not sure about lock down time as around 10.30pm i am nomally pretty busy ordering a real ale at one of the local public houses. However, as the historic gates allowing access to the close remain intact i would assume this to be the case. A good friend is going to become Mayor of Salisbury in May 2010, a top guy who also enjoys a beer or two. I am looking forward to joining him in Salisbury for the official 'Mayor Making Ceremony' and may post some pics if anyone is interested. Guildhall, St Thomas's Church, Market Square, Poultry Cross etc:

withnallstoke

Real ale? What is that dodgy golden brew down there? Watneys red barrell? Jennings' finest eau de toilette?
Loved Salisbury. In retrospect it was the place the hobbits came from, but before the film was made.

Mr Lick

Yes, Salisbury really does has a charm of it's own although several councillors in recent years have attempted to destroy the history of certain parts of the town much to the dismay of the locals. My father (now 85) still lives in the house (within a park) where i was born and i pop back once a year for a couple of months to see him. Hopback brewery ales are a particular favourite in that part of the country but there are also many other ales available. We are doing our best to catch up with the midlands in ale supping whilst still wishing to retain our olde world status.

good2bhappy

Sang a solo once in Winchester when I was a kid

jandajoy

Exeter, as a kid. Only once cos I was crap. Good fun though.

Mr Lick

Nice one G2BH, the Cathedral becoming the subject of a song performed by the 'Bonzo Dog Do-Da Band' i believe. Please feel free to correct me as my memory is not what it was.

withnallstoke

There's enough of us to get a teakdoor choir going. Barbers shop quartet?

jandajoy

"Winchester Cathedral" is a song released in late 1966 by Fontana Records, whereupon it shot to the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was released by The New Vaudeville Band, a novelty group established by the song's composer, Geoff Stephens. Stephens was a big fan of tunes from the British music hall era (or what Americans would call "Vaudeville"), so he wrote "Winchester Cathedral" in that vein, complete with a Rudy Vallée sound-a-like (John Carter) singing through a megaphone. Although recorded entirely by session musicians, when the song became an international hit, an actual band had to be assembled, which toured extensively under the tutelage of Peter Grant, who later went on to manage The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. While very British in sound and style, the tune only went to number four in the UK Singles Chart. It went all the way to the top in the U.S., however, displacing "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by the Supremes on December 3, 1966. After a one-week run at #1, "Winchester Cathedral" was knocked off the summit by the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations", only to rebound to number one the following week. After two additional weeks, it was knocked off the top for good by "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees.
"Winchester Cathedral" topped the Billboard "Easy Listening" chart (later re-named the Adult Contemporary chart) for four weeks. Cover records by Dana Rollin and The New Happiness reached no higher than number 70.
The song won the 1966 Grammy Award for 'Best Contemporary Rock & Roll Recording'.[1]

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Mr Lick

Nice to hear JJ, I can recall being second substitute in the school choir of 1962 (how bad is that!!) Things haven't improved either over the years!! Did have a school choir photo but think the wife threw it out with all my other valuables a few years ago. I was wearing long trousers when i was 12 and oddly i'm now wearing shorts at 59. Second childhood obviously.

jandajoy

Any see / remember Rawlinson End ?

Hysterical.

Written by Viv Stanshall

YouTube - Sir Henry Rawlinson - ''Pass me, mi Pistol''


YouTube - Vivian Stanshall - Sir Henry At Rawlinson's End PART 1

Mr Lick

Thanks JJ, i am grateful for your research on the subject.

Jeremia

..Or a Bar Beer Shop Quartet..