Tony,
For some reason Carl and Patsy's ISPs bounced that message too!
Can you try again with the pCloud link.
Perhaps it's the word "Pillock" it objects to as spam!
Chris
Chris Shepheard
Chris.shepheard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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<heraldnegindex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Tony Deadman
Sent: 23 March 2021 18:29
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Subject: [heraldnegindex] Link to Pillock premier programme
Hopefully this works fo those who wish to see it:
https://1drv.ms/b/s!AkaWpRlVO2MBgc8T9YijS6dU6JMKfQ
The whole thing was kicked off when some young drinkers at the Dear Hut,*
including young Richard King, were discussing, adventure traveling by
double-decker bus (possibly, although the young men might not have admitted
to Cliff Richard as inspiration, being Folkies, the film Summer Holiday was
in the mix). Anyway, a challenge arose from the landlord: he bet them a pint
they couldn't travel round Europe, in a Red London Double Dekker Bus, which
they accepted with beery fortitude. An old bus was precured and fitted out
for the journey, including the addition of a of beer and sponsorship for a
brewery (what else!) was obtained. The bus was christened The Hairy Pillock.
They toured Europe, drunk the beer and played a bit of Folk music on the way
- eventually naming themselves as The Philanderers.
Returning to the Dears Hut they claimed their pint and were soon being
challenged to circumnavigate the globe - Europe was obviously a doddle. So
preparations got underway to fit out a London bus again, this time nicknamed
The Global Pillock. It took a lot more organising and a lot more time but
they eventually worked their way to Australia, and appearing on local radio
to advertise the band and do some money-raising gigs. It was in the
Antipodes that they realised, despite the Aussie reputation for potty
mouths, that realised the true meaning the band's name, The Philanderers,
offended the Victorian senses of the Australian public.
Once home again, Richard King, now working for Channel 4, and having links
with Le Court, decided to put together the film shot of the trips and,
hopefully get it aired on TV. The project lacked backing but he did piecing
the film together, and with the involvement of Tad Polkowski's (Le Court
Resident and Engineer of the Cheshire Voice, Cheshire Homes Talking
Magazine), dubbed sound on. I was involved, as said in making
eastern-sounding Bazar noises and banging sluice bottles and bedpans to make
drum sounds. The film premiered in July 1982 at Haslemere Cinema, the money
raised gong to Le Court. I have kept my programme ever since. Richard lost
his programme so I sent him a digitised version of mine (copy attached).
Tony
* BBC Radio announcer, Andrew Timothy was also a regular at the Dears
Hut. I attended his Wake there. (He left enough money behind the bar for
everyone to get absolutely soused!). His son Christopher (All Creature Great
and Small) as also nearby and was a patron of Hyson Hill Cheshire Home.
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