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Peggy and PJ will be headlining the music stage at English Heritage's Festival of History on Saturday 19th July at Kelmarsh near Market Harborough. A great event but it always used to clash with Cropredy- but not this year  ;D

The EH website doesn't give much detail yet other than prices and directions but should do by next week.  So FYI, An Afternoon Off  with Peggy and PJ is scheduled for 4.30pm (the event finishes at 6pm) on the 19th July.  

You can't buy a ticket just for the concert but the Festival includes other music from medieval to 20th century, artists include medieval rock'n'roller wynndebagge, The Oxford Waits, Hautbois, Eddie Upton & Folk south West, Jackfield Brass Band, the rapper Baba Brinkman doing The Canterbury Tales,  Great Western Morris.  All this plus jousting, falconry and daring  men in old flying machines, blokes knocking seven bells out of one another (that'll be the morris dancers) plus plenty of family friendly activities and workshops.  The event runs over the weekend but Peggy and PJ are headlining the Saturday only.

Should be a great chance to Peggy and PJ up close in an unusual setting (there's normally someone in viking horns and battle torn rags standing at the back - so really not that different from Cropredy).  

ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!  ;D Wow, that looks great. Thanks for the heads up Paul.

Sounds like a great day out! Wish I could go.

Just arrived home from seeing Peggy & PJ in the Norwegian Church in Cardiff. Excellent night, both on great form.The stand up is as good as the music!

Strongly recommend going to see these two. Will post more about it tomorrow when I'm a bit more awake  ^-^

oohhhh ... I thought it was PJ & Duncan ... wondered why they weren't looking as young and fresh-faced as usual ...


Actually it was a bloody good evening, not too many peeps in audience but a delightful little venue and loved their Shadows bit at the end ...  8)

Thanks for posting that Paul, think we'll have to go, it's only down the road!

I wonder if Peggy & PJ can be classed as Early Music?  ;D ;D (I'll get me coat)

We saw Peggy and PJ last Wednesday at Faversham Folk Club.  It was a brilliant night, very laid back and good fun and it was made that bit extra special by Alan Prosser doing a floor spot! ;D

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yes, we may pop along to this, looks like a good day out from the website.

The boys played a great gig and went down really well.
Cool I was too busy to take any photos but if any TAWs did, it would be great to  see them.  An unusual festival with lots of people in strange costumes representing, as PJ described it, "1000 years of institutional violence".
Next year's dates 25/26 July 2009.  I'm looking for inspiration to cover the Saturday finale spot - need to have an English feel about the music, not massive PA requirements and not to be too worried when the Spitfires start flying overhead.

Anyway, big thanks to peggy and PJ for helping to make this year's Fest the best so far.

Grin

Paul, your wish is my command. I was the guy with the Pentax K20D who was cracking up at the (old) jokes.

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Don't know what happened there, IE keeps throwing me off  >:( >:(, let's try a 2nd shot.....

NB Either the water at Kelmarsh is extremely diuretic or they are doing a Shads impersonation.

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And here are the guys who have been booked for Cropredy security   :o   so don't drink too much 6X this year!!  ;D

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Good pix Ed.  Hope you enjoyed the day.  I'll soon be in a field in Oxfordshire near the bar wearing/playing a hurdy gurdy (so you'll know it's me, unless another one turns up).  Come and say hello and I'll stand you a pint. As for the Romans - at least they don't wear socks with their sandals!  

You know I thought it was you with the hurdy gurdy last year Paul - but I couldn't very well ask how the velcroed codpiece was cos we hadn't been introduced!