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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26323

    Having had time to catch up, it seems clear to me that the L ought to fall to the returned prodigal, Tapiola. He appears to be offline. For how long, I wonder..
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • amateur51

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      Having had time to catch up, it seems clear to me that the L ought to fall to the returned prodigal, Tapiola. He appears to be offline. For how long, I wonder..
      Are we talking minutes, hours, days ....?

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      • Nick Armstrong
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        • Nov 2010
        • 26323

        Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
        Are we talking minutes, hours, days ....?
        Hours so far! But hey, it's Friday evening...
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • cloughie
          Full Member
          • Dec 2011
          • 21949

          Come in Op112 your time's up!

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          • Nick Armstrong
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            • Nov 2010
            • 26323

            With apologies to the errant Tapiola, and on an undertaking to hand him a letter at some later stage upon request, I have an L to keep things going.

            An L then, linking a poacher, a cobbler and a pair of riflemen.
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • amateur51

              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
              With apologies to the errant Tapiola, and on an undertaking to hand him a letter at some later stage upon request, I have an L to keep things going.

              An L then, linking a poacher, a cobbler and a pair of riflemen.
              I've found a Lincolnshire poacher and a Lincolnshire cobber - should I chase the Lincolnshire sharpshooters?

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              • Nick Armstrong
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                • Nov 2010
                • 26323

                Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                I've found a Lincolnshire poacher and a Lincolnshire cobber - should I chase the Lincolnshire sharpshooters?
                Good day, ammy.... nah.... wrong country, I'm afraid. The cobbler is a reasonable familiar figure
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • amateur51

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  Good day, ammy.... nah.... wrong country, I'm afraid. The cobbler is a reasonable familiar figure
                  Well I can only think of Hans Sachs and Charles Laughton and John Mills

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                  • Anna

                    Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                    Well I can only think of Hans Sachs and Charles Laughton and John Mills
                    Then you've got further than me with cobblers, I only came up with Wagner and Chu Chin Chow!

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                    • amateur51

                      I think the Vivaldi BaL this morning did for me creative juices

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26323

                        Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                        I think the Vivaldi BaL this morning did for me creative juices
                        How so?

                        You are right with Hans Sachs... but not Wagner... Keep ferreting!!

                        Anna my granny used to talk about Chu Chin Chow... I must have a look why it's relevant to cobblers!
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • Anna

                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          Anna my granny used to talk about Chu Chin Chow... I must have a look why it's relevant to cobblers!
                          It has The Cobbler's Song in it ... I've never heard it but I honestly thought Ammy was getting there with the John Mills, etc., and the answer was a filmic one.

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                          • Nick Armstrong
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26323

                            Originally posted by Anna View Post
                            It has The Cobbler's Song in it ... I've never heard it but I honestly thought Ammy was getting there with the John Mills, etc., and the answer was a filmic one.

                            Oh thanks! I was waylaid by vinteuil's phobia of tee-shirts!!

                            You are looking for the surname of a composer who wrote works about all the characters set out in the question
                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • vinteuil
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 12374

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                              I was waylaid by vinteuil's phobia of tee-shirts!!


                              ... I'm not sure that I really go along with any item of men's attire introduced since the great George Brummell -

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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26323

                                Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                                ... I'm not sure that I really go along with any item of men's attire introduced since the great George Brummell -
                                I wasn't sure either... But now I'm certain!

                                "...the isle is full of noises,
                                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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