Wally Whyton RIP
David Roberts
The Nit Nurse wrote:
>
> In article <E4IMn...@fsa.bris.ac.uk>, gl...@mail.bris.ac.uk (B A Cragg) wrote:
>
> |> The great man is dead
> |>
> |> One of this centuries greatest Home Secretaries!
> |> The way he stood up to Thatcher despite being a 'wet'
>
> Wasn't he also a Country and Western singer of some note in his early days?
I'd better set the record straight here as I used to know the
bloke. Before moving into politics, Wally Whyton was a singer
in the leading British skiffle group "The Vipers".
Sadly, another founder member of the group died earlier this
year. Lonny Donovan had also been a successful solo performer
with hits such as the cutting "Watford Gap" - a political
statement on the North-South economic division of sixties
Britain.
These two talented individuals have influenced generations of
musicians and will be sorely missed. Skiffle music will never
be the same again.
David
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On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 David Roberts <oss...@sos.bangor.ac.yuk> wrote:
>The Nit Nurse wrote:
>>
>> In article <E4IMn...@fsa.bris.ac.uk>, gl...@mail.bris.ac.uk (B A Cragg)
>wrote:
>>
>> |> The great man is dead
>> |>
>> |> One of this centuries greatest Home Secretaries!
>> |> The way he stood up to Thatcher despite being a 'wet'
>>
>> Wasn't he also a Country and Western singer of some note in his early days?
>
>I'd better set the record straight here as I used to know the
>bloke. Before moving into politics, Wally Whyton was a singer
>in the leading British skiffle group "The Vipers".
>Sadly, another founder member of the group died earlier this
>year. Lonny Donovan had also been a successful solo performer
>with hits such as the cutting "Watford Gap" - a political
>statement on the North-South economic division of sixties
>Britain.
Unfortunely (and quite probably something to do with Demon's news
problems) I can't get the two postings previous to this one so I am
therefore slightly confused about what Home Secretaries have to do with
the late Wally Whyton! Maybe someone could forward the postings to me
by Email?
Are you also saying that Lonnie Donegan (or Lonny Donovan?) also died
this year?
Perhaps someone could enlighten me?
Thanks John
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Dave Cossar
Lonny Donovan! Do you mean Lonny (ie?) Donegan who also sang Rock
Island Line, My Old Man's a Dustman amongst others?
I didn't notice his death being recorded anywhere.
Re Wally Whyton. I use to listen to his Country Music Programme on BBC
World Service Radio and had noted that someone else has been doing
this show more recently.
We have a great record by Wally of children's songs which was played
regularly in our house when our lads were young (20+ years ago).
David Roberts <oss...@sos.bangor.ac.yuk> wrote:
>The Nit Nurse wrote:
>>
>> In article <E4IMn...@fsa.bris.ac.uk>, gl...@mail.bris.ac.uk (B A Cragg) wrote:
>>
>> |> The great man is dead
>> |>
>> |> One of this centuries greatest Home Secretaries!
>> |> The way he stood up to Thatcher despite being a 'wet'
>>
>> Wasn't he also a Country and Western singer of some note in his early days?
>I'd better set the record straight here as I used to know the
>bloke. Before moving into politics, Wally Whyton was a singer
>in the leading British skiffle group "The Vipers".
>Sadly, another founder member of the group died earlier this
>year. Lonny Donovan had also been a successful solo performer
>with hits such as the cutting "Watford Gap" - a political
>statement on the North-South economic division of sixties
>Britain.
>These two talented individuals have influenced generations of
David Roberts
Dave Cossar wrote:
> Re Wally Whyton. I use to listen to his Country Music Programme on BBC
> World Service Radio and had noted that someone else has been doing
> this show more recently.
Oh yes, that would be Dave Allen, the man with three fingers.
Peter Foster
In article <32F261...@sos.bangor.ac.yuck>,
David Roberts <oss...@sos.bangor.ac.yuck> writes:
> Oh yes, that would be Dave Allen, the man with three fingers.
No. He had eight fingers, but one of them was abbreviated.
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Simon Gray
In article <32f05...@dot.wgtn.ihug.co.nz>
dave...@ihug.co.nz "Dave Cossar" writes:
~ Lonny Donovan! Do you mean Lonny (ie?) Donegan who also sang Rock
~ Island Line, My Old Man's a Dustman amongst others?
~
~ I didn't notice his death being recorded anywhere.
That's where you are wrong - I managed to borrow a portable DAT machine
off the nice man who owes me 350lbs (& funnily enough, I had to go into
the bank this afternoon & beg to be allowed an 350lb overdraft extention
in order to pay my rent, but that's another whinge...) & hitch-hike out
to Lonny's death bed to record his final screams for posterity. The
CD will be available next month, catalogue # STAR007; though I'm not
sure if I got the balance optimal.
Hope This Helps.
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John Bennett
On Fri, 31 Jan 1997 Simon Gray <si...@star-one.org.uk> wrote:
>In article <32f05...@dot.wgtn.ihug.co.nz>
> dave...@ihug.co.nz "Dave Cossar" writes:
>
>~ Lonny Donovan! Do you mean Lonny (ie?) Donegan who also sang Rock
>~ Island Line, My Old Man's a Dustman amongst others?
>~
>~ I didn't notice his death being recorded anywhere.
>
>That's where you are wrong - I managed to borrow a portable DAT machine
>off the nice man who owes me 350lbs (& funnily enough, I had to go into
>the bank this afternoon & beg to be allowed an 350lb overdraft extention
>in order to pay my rent, but that's another whinge...) & hitch-hike out
>to Lonny's death bed to record his final screams for posterity. The
>CD will be available next month, catalogue # STAR007; though I'm not
>sure if I got the balance optimal.
>
>Hope This Helps.
>
I'm afraid I don't share your sense of humour.
Peter Foster
In article <32f05...@dot.wgtn.ihug.co.nz>, dave...@ihug.co.nz (Dave
Cossar) writes: [...] My Old Man's a Dustman amongst others[...]
Glad he's in good company, and does not work alone. Dustpersons are important
members of the community. My regards to your father.
Jürgen Sahlberg
Dave Cossar wrote:
> Re Wally Whyton. I use to listen to his Country Music Programme on BBC
> World Service Radio and had noted that someone else has been doing
> this show more recently.
>
> regularly in our house when our lads were young (20+ years ago).
>
80's together with Colin Irwin on Bristish Forces Broadcasting Service
(BFBS) which was very popular over here in Germany (as was the whole of
BFBS), because it was the best source of information on English, Scots
and Irish folk music available.
I was in the lucky position of living near a powerful BFBS FM-station,
so the sound quality was good enough for taping. This show really made
me a folk music addict :-)
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Simon Gray
In article <HRItQLA+...@johnpb.demon.co.uk>
jo...@johnpb.demon.co.uk "John Bennett" writes:
~ >Hope This Helps.
~ >
~ No it doesn't! Was this message supposed to be funny?
Humour, like art, is in the hands of the receiver of the communication,
not the transmitter.
~ I'm afraid I don't share your sense of humour.
Boo hoo.
Ken Corish
>Dave Cossar wrote:
>> We have a great record by Wally of children's songs which was played
>> regularly in our house when our lads were young (20+ years ago).
Oh God has this brought back memories. I seem to remember him
introducing a children's show on Granada TV back in the 60s called
"Time for a Laugh" ..(Well if you're six or you're sixty it's time for
a laugh) which was a collection of cartoons that he used to introduce
with little guitar songs.
He was also in another children's show where he starred with two
puppets called Ollie Beak and Fred Barker (A dog and an owl!)
Mind you it could all have been drug induced!!
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Plymouth, Devon.
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Peter Wilton
In article <32ff975b...@news.zynet.co.uk>, Ken Corish
<kco...@mail.zynet.co.uk> writes
>(Well if you're six or you're sixty it's time for
>a laugh) which was a collection of cartoons that he used to introduce
>with little guitar songs.
Yes, I used to think he sang nursery rhymes to all the "wrong" tunes!
>He was also in another children's show where he starred with two
>puppets called Ollie Beak and Fred Barker (A dog and an owl!)
They were somtimes accompanied by Muriel Young instead. She and
the puppets also featured on "5 o'clock club".
>Mind you it could all have been drug induced!!
Unfortunately(?) not.
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