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Perhaps he starts wearing thicker socks, made from wool, reminding him of Woolwich? (though I don't think that's a city, so perhaps somewhere else that wool comes from?)

You start wearing a Tweed jacket, which reminds you of Berwick-on-Tweed?

It appears I am in..woohoo...confirming that I will be adopting from Tom as it is late notice...and...if anyone needs a lift from Stansted or The Saffron Hotel then please let me know. Hi Cookie, good to hear you'll be there.. I'm flying to Stansted this afternoon and will be getting a train to Aud...

AW77 wrote:No, is Northampton famous for its slippers?

It's better known thanks to a film for some other footwear... Should we be expecting a surprise tonight Mr. Djewesbury?!

Kodo/taiko drummers You went to see the group "Yamato ”“ The Drummers of Japan", or more specifically their new show "Rojyoh". It was indeed a (superb) performance of Rojyoh - Taiko drumming by the Wadaiko Yamoto, who had not visited the UK for several years. When I saw them ori...

Is it something connected to Japan? Yes. Additional clue: all the performers were Japanese. Further significant clue: The show comprises several pieces played by the performers. All performers play an instrument, almost all of the time. The majority of the time, all of the performers play the same ...

JWEW wrote:Were there any puppets involved?

Not that I remember; it seems unlikely.

PhilW wrote:

DRT wrote:Is it something connected to Japan?

Yes.

Additional clue: all the performers were Japanese.

LGTrotter wrote:Or water?

no.

DRT wrote:Is it something connected to Japan?

Yes.

Favourite new 2011 releases (in no order): Dow, Fonseca, Vesuvio Capela, Quevedo

My favourite wine of 2013 (so far) would be a Niepoort '42 which I was lucky enough to try twice thanks to Dirk's generosity; absolutely stunning wine, closely followed by a Cockburn '45.

The local site search doesn't seem to be working correctly for me. For example, searching either using the box at top right, or the advanced search for the term "BFT" (or +BFT) searching within subjects and message text yields no results.

DRT wrote:I was referring to this.

Oh not what I had thought.

The remaining Nolans did indeed gather together in July this year. :| Your tone suggests direct knowledge? :shock: No, not the Nolans, Riverdance, Rammstein or Riverdance (or "Kingfisher the musical"!). Someone doing birdsong. No, although to be fair I think in one piece, one of the perfo...

Is the train station called Wendens Ambo or Audley End? Audley End - then you'll either have to walk the 5 minutes to the Bell or get a taxi to pick you up and take you to the hotel. or if the are no taxis as happened to me one time, there is a fairly frequent (every 15mins?) bus direct from the st...

A clue: This question and answer are linked very loosely to my last one; re-reading my posts relating to the last question could potentially help.

DRT wrote:Was it a performance by a re-formed group?

I am not aware of any split, disbanding and therefore no reforming.

djewesbury wrote:The Eagles?

DRT wrote:Fleetwood Mac?

no and no; not a pop group.

DRT wrote:The Black and White Minstrel Show?

ha! No.

JWEW wrote:A Passion Play?

DRT wrote:Was it a musical performance?

djewesbury wrote:What was the name of it?

It was not a play; however the performers certainly played their instruments with passion.
Music was played; No, I'm not telling you the name (yet).

djewesbury wrote:Barnum at Chichester.

Neither Barnum, nor at Chichester.

Earlier this year my wife and I went to a non-London theatre to see a performance which it had not been possible to see in the UK for several years; it was just as good (phenomenally good, in fact) as we remembered from several years ago. What did we see?

Bobble hat, mittens and hi-visibility jacket

LGTrotter wrote:A Kingfisher?

It was a kingfisher, which flew along the stream and landed on the branch of a tree at head height about 25ft in front of me, stayed there for almost a minute before flying away with an amazing display of colour. Your question.

No to bustards, nightjar and stork.

While attending the recent Cockburn tasting, I was lucky to see something I had never seen before, but had wanted to see for a long time. What was it? There is a small element of clue here as yet unexplored: I saw the bird at a location extremely close to the venue; the nature of this location woul...

Not a bird of prey, though I love to see them fly.

No to the additional google-friendly non-PC suggestions!