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kielerwoche

Who remembers the newspaper headline,
"Musician out of tune on swinging night out"

and who & what story it refers to.

Hint. Chatham, early 70's

admin · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject:

Nope, you've got me there!
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joe90 · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:11 am Post subject:

Buzz Howarth?
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townsergeant · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:30 am Post subject:

Possibly a Horn Player?

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kielerwoche · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:14 pm Post subject:

"Musician out of tune on swinging night out."

A certain welsh cornet player. A true gentleman and scholar, and my best man, who was also an early and leading dog end, was on a run ashore. At end of night, slightly worse for wear, he "borrowed: a child's tricycle to get back to Pembroke.

The police spotted him him going the wrong way around the Brompton roundabout, opposite the Bootneck pub in early hours of morning, and with the well know lack of sense of humour that the constabulary are noted for (

) arrested and duly charged him.

There followed an appearance in court, small fine and slapped wrist, then I think a weeks Nos. 9's summary punishment. The newspaper headline appeared in either the Brompton or Chatham paper.

RAB · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject:

kielerwoche · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject:

You got him Rab

Hornblower · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject:

...and he signed onto this forum too!!!

What a great wee man he is too. Always got a smile on his chops, you couldn't help having a good time with him around...

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kielerwoche · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:55 pm Post subject:

He was also my best man. ( But I wont hold that against him)

RAB · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject:

kielerwoche · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject:

I used to be in two minds, but now I'm not sure. Plus I am writing this from Dublin so maybe Irish mist is fogging the brain

kielerwoche · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject:

Joe90 "Buzz Howarth?"

Thanks Joe, I had forgotten about buzz.

One morning on colours, Buzz jumping around and banging cymbals in air shouting " WASP" WASP" at top of his falsetto voicce.

Jolly Jack most amused.
DM Peever not amused.

bootybandy · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:13 pm Post subject:

Was he also the same man that had his chain stay held on with pink ribbon, and when said helmet was removed there was pick ribbon neatly tied around head?????
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sticky blue · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject:

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! - seen it done with a boot lace but not pink ribbon, but thats Buzz for ya

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kielerwoche · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject:

"Was he also the same man that had his chain stay held on with pink ribbon, and when said helmet was removed there was pick ribbon neatly tied around head?????"

I think that came from a typical Drum Major one-liner being taken literally.

"If it us under your hat it belongs to you, but if it is below the hat it is mine!"

This led to some crazy hair-dos. With huge amounts of hair tucked up under the hat, to be released when going ashore. Taff Cox, Steve Parkin and Hookey Walker were the ones to grow the longest hair in this way if I remember right, and Buzz certainly tied his hair up with a pink ribbon. I also seem to remember him wearing it while doing a ballet dance in a chatham pub with a certain large bulger character Stan Mathews where both collapsed off the table they were dancing on into a pile of glasses.