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JaneShuff replied to the topic Drink with a dead man in the forum Podium 5 years ago
Fantastic review and blog, Sandra. She really understood your book and your writing! Bravo and well-deserved.
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Sandra replied to the topic Drink with a dead man in the forum Podium 5 years ago
If anyone is wondering about splashing out on a print version of any of the ‘Love triangles with murder’ series, Blurb has a SHIP4FREE offer – at their usual rate of £6.99 for one book this is of considerable value, but offer ends 30th March
h t t p s://w w w.blurb.co.uk/user/SandraDavies…
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly Comp – March 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years ago
UNTITLED (as usual!)
89 words, so a bit on the short side, and I don’t mind if this makes no sense to anyone but me 🙂I saw the prompt and thought I would
Write a poem, if I could,
I took a vintage text (or two)
And tried to fashion something new,
Nothing worked till I caught sight
Of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
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Raine replied to the topic Drink with a dead man in the forum Podium 5 years ago
Fab review! Well done – she clearly really enjoyed it & picked up on all the things that I love about your writing! 🙂
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Sandra replied to the topic Drink with a dead man in the forum Podium 5 years ago
Thanks, Ath. I bought a copy of Carol’s novel, but as it only arrived yesterday I haven’t begun it yet.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Drink with a dead man in the forum Podium 5 years ago
What a brilliant review. I hope this generates some activity/interest/sales!
Incidentally, I see that Carol McKay wrote a pandemic novel that just beat the actual pandemic to publication, as did Kimmery Martin and Lawrence Wright. But they got splashed all over the papers and radio for it. Not a fair world.
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Kate replied to the topic Drink with a dead man in the forum Podium 5 years ago
This is fab, Sandra. Congratulations.
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Sandra started the topic Drink with a dead man in the forum Podium 5 years, 1 month ago
Bit of a big-grin moment : my first-ever independent book-blog review can be read here.
PLUS Because this is fourth in the Love triangles with murder series, there is an offer of a free pdf of the first, ‘Step so grave.’ just pm me your email.
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Janette replied to the topic Monthly Comp – March 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 1 month ago
One week left for the March comp, with one excellent entry as yet.
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 1 month ago
OK, News on the problem regarding posts being set to “pending” rather than simply posted. It looks as though good advice, for the time being, is to avoid including internet links. All of the posts affected to date have had links in them and the (limited) online advice is that this is an issue. No doubt there is a fix -as this is not new – but the…[Read more]
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Daedalus replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
Wow, that’s not far from me at all. Half an hour by car. A pilgrimmage might be in order
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RichardB replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
That’s probably one reason it was chosen as a refuge for the band. And yes, it does sound worth a visit.
If you’re curious, this page has a photo of the house as it was when the band was there, though it appears to have been taken from the back garden. A click will blow it up.
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RichardB replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
Libby said:
Thanks, Richard. Have you been to Farley Chamberlayne? It’s worth a trip for anyone in the area. I can’t remember what the house looks like, and the internet isn’t obliging, but FC is a deserted medieval village with a pretty church. It feels remote and wild despite close proximity to Winchester.
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RichardB replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
The house in Hampshire was Farley House, in Farley Chamberlayne, near Winchester. They didn’t record there, just worked out their new music and rehearsed.
On a slightly tangental note, my career as a bus driver kept bringing me into contact with places in Sandy Denny’s early life. One route I drove went past the hospital where she was born,…[Read more]
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RichardB replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
Libby said:
Thank you for the blog, Richard.
A school friend was a fan of Fairport and Denny. I enjoyed listening but not enough to keep up an interest after school. Was the house in Hampshire Headley ?Grange. Led Zep recorded there. I still listen to them occasionally but after I left school I switched to classical and have stayed there ever…[Read more] -
Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 1 month ago
Apologies to Denizens suffering from a bug in the forum whereby posts are marked as “awaiting moderation” rather than being posted straight away. It looks like a known bug and we are investigating the Wild Wild West of WordPress/BuddyPress/BBPress support suggestions.
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Bella replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
Well – I replied but it has not posted. Hmmph. Will try again.
There’s a little red light vessel LV18 at Harwich. They did broadcast from it a bit, I think.
https://www.radiomuseum.org/museum/gb/trinity-house-lightvessel-no.-18-harwich/.htmlThis wiki has quite a bit of info about ship damage. Mi Amigo seems to be the main one…[Read more]
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Bella replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
@daedalus there is a small, red lightship in Harwich. Lightvessel LV18.
They did a bit of broadcasting from there.
There’s a wiki on Radio Caroline which mentions ship and storm damage. Mi Amigo is the main one
I did link to it and the LV18 info but the site here seems not to like my posts so I am trying again without.
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Thanks for that Bella – I had the faintest twitch of the lightship being involved but if I was right it would’ve been earlier.
My Radio Luxemburg memories are centered around a Bakelite radio the size of a microwave and winding a needle back and forth across a yellow chart, until I found it, but I was only allowed the radio in my bedroom when I was ill.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
@bellam, perhaps you can help me. I remember as a child hearing about a pirate radio ship that had been caught in a storm and had to put into Harwich, when it was impounded. I was there with my Mum and she pointed it out to me. I just remember a small, red ship. This was in the mid 1980s. I can’t find any references to it. I know we still had…[Read more]
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
You brought back so many memories Richard. Begging for my own radio so I could listen to Radio Luxembourg at night. Was the Power Play a RL thing? Anyway thanks for the chance to remember my youth!
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