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« on: February 01, 2007, 04:40:15 PM » |
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Having wasted a lot of time reading crime fiction, so far I have come across 3 references to FC/related:
A Rebus (Iain Rankin) novel where Rebus plays Fairport (can't remember which book)
Stephen Booth - Scared to Live, where one of the suspects is "Simon Nichols" at which point one of the police officers pipes up that he is a member of FC, isn't he?
Peter Robinson - Strange Affair, which alludes to various RT songs
Any more?
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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2007, 05:37:36 PM » |
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The Rebus book is "Resurrection Men".
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« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2007, 06:30:20 PM » |
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Thank you sir - that thread must have passed me by. Peter Robinson has some great musical references in his books, including a fictional reclusive female folk singer from the 60's not a million miles from Anne Briggs, references to Roy Harper, RT etc.
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« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2007, 07:59:13 PM » |
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My mother was reading a book by Joanne Harris - her of Chocolat - fame and asked me if I knew of a poem by Roy Harper called When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease. Poem I said it is a seminal cricketing song of the seventies. Apparently she quotes some of the lyrics in the front of her book about a school master or something.
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« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2007, 08:20:02 PM » |
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My mother was reading a book by Joanne Harris - her of Chocolat - fame and asked me if I knew of a poem by Roy Harper called When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease. Poem I said it is a seminal cricketing song of the seventies. Apparently she quotes some of the lyrics in the front of her book about a school master or something.
Gentlemen and Players is the book... |
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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2007, 08:43:02 PM » |
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My mother was reading a book by Joanne Harris - her of Chocolat - fame and asked me if I knew of a poem by Roy Harper called When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease. Poem I said it is a seminal cricketing song of the seventies. Apparently she quotes some of the lyrics in the front of her book about a school master or something.
Gentlemen and Players is the book... Thanks davidjms Hence the cricketing reference I suppose |
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« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2007, 08:44:02 PM » |
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My mother was reading a book by Joanne Harris - her of Chocolat - fame and asked me if I knew of a poem by Roy Harper called When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease. Poem I said it is a seminal cricketing song of the seventies. Apparently she quotes some of the lyrics in the front of her book about a school master or something.
Gentlemen and Players is the book... Thanks davidjms Hence the cricketing reference I suppose We'll have to agree on the 'supposing' front. I wouldn't want you to think I'd read it or anything...  |
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2007, 10:46:15 AM » |
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Gentlemen and Players is the book...
A rivetting read it is too!!
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2007, 09:06:10 AM » |
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It's not really a cricketing song, ut doesn't mention us losing to the Aussies!
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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2007, 09:23:02 AM » |
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After going to Cropredy in 2005 we went on holiday for a few days and I wanted a 'bath book'. Picked up a book called 'Tickled Pink' in the fiction bargain bucket 'oooh coincidence' thought i so duly splashed out £1.99. Wasn't a bad book at all and there were two references to Cropredy in there, most bizarre
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2007, 12:14:31 PM » |
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Nick Hornby - High Fidelity has a reference to Richard Thompson. Something about him being the best guitarist in the country I think.
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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2007, 12:19:57 PM » |
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Did anyone see Midsomer Murders last night?
Ageing Band, one of whom lives in a quint "middle english" village. They hold a festival and start getting bumped off.... (Beginning with Singer/Lush Suzi Quattro getting electrocuted by her Mic stand).
Oooh - and there's a canal nearby.....
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« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2007, 12:21:02 PM » |
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Did you see Sandy in the audience?
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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2007, 12:23:55 PM » |
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« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2007, 12:44:47 PM » |
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Who? Sandy? I wouldn't normally watch TV on a Friday, but being too ill to really do anything else, I just crawled onto the sofa and vedged!! |
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« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2007, 12:45:48 PM » |
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Did anyone see Midsomer Murders last night?
Ageing Band, one of whom lives in a quint "middle english" village. They hold a festival and start getting bumped off.... (Beginning with Singer/Lush Suzi Quattro getting electrocuted by her Mic stand).
Wasn't it the most spectacularly dreadful thing you've seen on tv in many a long month? I was almost wetting myself at how bad the writing, the acting and direction were. Fantastic. I should get out more....  |
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« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2007, 12:48:04 PM » |
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Ahhh - well, I got till nearly the end before I recognised James Cosmo with all that hair.
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« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2007, 01:09:50 PM » |
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Nick Hornby - High Fidelity has a reference to Richard Thompson. Something about him being the best guitarist in the country I think.
High Fidelity is a very funny book and is full of musical references. The film was OK but the book was better. |
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« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2007, 05:44:01 PM » |
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Did you see Sandy in the audience?
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