A patient very kindly gave me a copy of his book ‘Laughter in the Roar’. It is about variety and music hall in the first half of the last century. It is also about his family and in particular his Father, who was one of the O’Gorman brothers. I enjoyed it because it took me back to my childhood. I remember going to the Hippodrome in Brighton and also parties at Emile Littler’s house in Poynings. Emile Little was a famous impresario.
On Tuesday night my wife and I went to see St Agnes Fountain. Chris While sings and plays guitar, bodhran & percussion. Julie Matthews sings and plays piano, keyboards & gazouki. Chris Leslie sings and plays mandolin, fiddle, dulcitar & whistles. David Hughes sings and plays guitar. They are a great folk band that only gets together at Christmas. They play Christmas carols adapted to their own style. It is a lovely start to the Christmas season. They sang a very amusing song ‘I Got My Lights Up’ (He’s got his Christmas Lights up). You can down this from their website. I should warn you that it is a rap!