A
load of old Balaerics!
THE entertainment business is great for old acquaintances
coming out of nowhere, and, via the Western Daily Press
I've just received a card from a lovely couple, now living
in Worcester.
Adge Cutler and the Wurzels did a very successful summer
season with them, Delphine y Domingo, back in the late 60s
at the White Buck in Burley in the New Forest, a beautiful
part of the country to stay for a long summer run.
They had a very good Spanish act, even though Domingo was
really Duggie from Dunfermline-a bit like Tommy from Penicuik
being a Wurzel.
The last time I saw them was in the 70s at the Molehouse
restaurant in Clevedon, then owned by my best mate Bob Green.
Bob was so forward thinking that, even in those days, before
anybody else ever thought about it, he would have themed
evenings-- Italian, Greek, Mexican, Scottish, Spanish, and
he would serve food and book entertainment appropriate to
the occasion.
That's how Delphine y Domingo found their way to the Spanish
quarter of Clevedon.
I bet many readers spent some very enjoyable evenings in
the Molehouse-complete with "lock-ins". It was
later renamed the Fallen Tree, but unfortunately is no longer
with us.
As for Delphine y Domingo, I've heard of their time more
recently has been spent in bringing Spanish dance and culture
to school children over quite a wide area. It all feels
a long way away from our summer season in the New Forest
with good old Adge.
A
friend of ours who has several grandchildren and normally
has an answer for everything was completely dumbstruck last
Saturday when Johnny, nine, said: "Gran, you'll know,
what is the word when one person lies on top of another.
She was quite taken aback, but has always been truthful
with her children and grandchildren, and quietly said: "sex".
He just said: "thanks Gran" and calmly walked
away.
However, she was in for a shock when she saw him on Monday
and he said: "My friend Peter's mum wants to have a
word with you because she thinks the word you meant to say
was bunkbeds".
Grandchildren! Who'd have em?
(Reprinted
with kind permission of The
Western Daily Press.)
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