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Hello Sean. Thanks for your comment. That's interesting about Pomeroy, I never knew that. Somewhere along the way I've seen a very short movie clip of the actual races, only a few seconds of very grainy cine. I've just been searching for it on CZcams to no avail. I think it must be a very small part of some longer video. If I find it I'll let you know. Best wishes. Roly.

We love the place and often go there. This time we were lucky to have lovely weather.

Thank you. I'm glad you liked my version. It's such a lovely song.

Thanks Trevor. It's a nice instrument and I've been playing it quite a bit at home lately.

Thank you very much. It's such a lovely song. I've read that about Lester Young.

Thanks very much Alan, those Ninepins sessions were very enjoyable. It ran for about two years. There are four more songs uploaded from that same recording if you've not already heard them. Roly.

I've good memories of times spent there too. Best wishes. Roly

Hello. If you've not already done so you may wish to contact Val Scully about your photos. She has just published a lovely book about Blaydon Burn (The Wheel of Time) and is always looking for new material. You can make contact via her website. I'm sure she would be very interested. www.valscully.co.uk/

Hope she enjoyed this version. Best wishes Roly

Thank you. Glad you liked it. Best wishes. Roly.

Thanks Colin. A lovely guy and he played great for us.

Once a Geordie always a Geordie. Best wishes. Roly.

Cheers. I've happy memories of those days.

Yes, Tommy played great on all three visits to our club. Happy memories of those times.

Cheers Trevor. Happy memories.

Me too. Such a shame the old town wasn't kept and just renovated.

Aa quite agree hinny.

Thank you. Yes a nice song typical of Joe Wilson. He wrote a lot of material (and a book with the quaint title 'songs and drolleries') and composed what is still one of the great local favourites 'Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinny'.

Wow, thanks for such a nice comment. Roly.

@@BlaydonAces merely stating a fact. Brilliant! You know it! You’ve reminded me to listen again.

Hi Carla. It's a great song and was very popular in its day.

Me too, Trevor.

Thanks very much. I appreciate your taking an interest in this stuff. I enjoy trying to do something with these old songs.

Thanks Colin.

Thanks, glad you liked it. It's a favourite song of mine.

Thank you. Yes an old one indeed, they say the words were probably written in the 1700s and the pipe tune was already around. What I like about these songs is that they capture old dialect words in a nice way, words that sometimes are disappearing from usage. A good example here is hyem for home.

Thanks Colin. Agreed, he was a true gentleman and he played so beautifully.

Thanks very much. Glad you like it.

Thanks Trevor. He played great on each of the three occasions he came here to play. A true gentleman and easy to work with. Happy memories.

Thank you. We all had a great time on these gigs with Tommy. He was a true gentleman, so easy to work with and played great on all three occasions he came here. Good memories.

Thanks. Tommy was on great form.

Wow thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you. Yes my own song. It was the title track of an album I made in 2012.

Thank you. I was looking through a collection of CDs and found this recording and had completely forgotten about it. When I played the CD I was surprised at the recording quality (I think it was probably with Billy Harper's Sony Walkman with those minidiscs). Happy Days.

Yes some great playing. He came up to Blaydon three times. Such a sweet, lovely person, a gentleman. And he could play so beautifully.

A legend and excellent playing. Swinging clips of him.

All the best Trevor.

Thank you. All the best to you too.

Gan Canny in 2024 Roly.

Thanks Eric. Best Wishes. Roly.

Thank you. Agreed she sang this so beautifully.

Thanks for the nice comment Andy. Best wishes. Roly.

Wow thank you. Around that time I played the song a lot, in different settings. It was always well received. I first heard it on a great album by the late Dave Frishberg 'Getting Some Fun Out of Life'. Our intro/ending owes a lot to that version.

Here's wishing you a massive win. Best wishes. Roly.

Thanks very much. I'm pleased you feel that re the guitar level. I think '4 to the bar' rhythm, specifically on the electric guitar, is one of those things that particularly needs to be handled with discretion.

Thanks. Your dad had good taste.