tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post2412014412778537597..comments2024-03-28T18:27:22.849-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: A memory in a song . . .Bovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-2225450069345954052016-01-06T15:05:50.314-08:002016-01-06T15:05:50.314-08:00I used to love Singing Together at school too. It&...I used to love Singing Together at school too. It's amazing how many songs I learned from those programmes and it's infant equivalent Time and Tune. My village school in the Cotswolds had two teachers for the two age groups - my mother taught the infants (keeping them until they could read and write no matter what their actual age) and the Headmistress the juniors. Thankfully neither teacher got angry and threw things and I don't remember rowdy boys but no child would have dared cross either of them. My mother had the habit of threatening to shoot someone if they continued doing something they shouldn't. I recently met up with the great great grandson of Prime Minister Asquith (who also had Peter Scott as his maternal grandfather) who is now a GP in NZ. He confided that my mother's words terrified him at the age of 6 as he thought she would carry out her threat! Luckily my mother couldn't handle a gun and left the shooting to my father who is still very proficient at 87.Sarah Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-48823459761034648162016-01-05T07:18:58.620-08:002016-01-05T07:18:58.620-08:00I too was singing along with Singing Together, in ...I too was singing along with Singing Together, in my junior school classroom not too far away from your own.<br /><br />I loved the songs and can still remember so many of them. Your post brought back my own childhood classroom and so many memories!Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-44608561537826519652016-01-04T04:10:42.973-08:002016-01-04T04:10:42.973-08:00What a beautiful memory, I could almost have been ...What a beautiful memory, I could almost have been with you and felt the energy in that room. Wonderful writing :D xxxYarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662236319781194283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-36567511529139271022016-01-03T14:22:14.348-08:002016-01-03T14:22:14.348-08:00Goodness me! What a walk down memory lane - all t...Goodness me! What a walk down memory lane - all those folk songs I loved but haven't heard for decades - I loved music at school, and singing (although I'm completely flat as a board) was a real pleasure too.Vintage Maisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-61237783539511663012016-01-03T06:58:37.046-08:002016-01-03T06:58:37.046-08:00I am so glad you have got this memory down, too, b...I am so glad you have got this memory down, too, because it's a lovely read. Thank you! I too remember the first time I heard Kathleen Ferrier singing this song - as a very young contralto I was well aware that sopranos had all the glamour, then I heard Kathleen and realised that being a contralto wasn't such a bad thing. Mrs Tiggywinklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262841220840086776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-80262355068235679522016-01-03T06:28:41.477-08:002016-01-03T06:28:41.477-08:00We used to listen to a programme called 'Singi...We used to listen to a programme called 'Singing Together' through that I know all the old fashioned songs like the one you said and Shenandoah, Raggle Taggle Gipsys etc. We loved that programme - at the end of every term we used to vote for our favourite song and eagerly awaited hearing if we were right..... simple pleasures.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-68163232992460760662016-01-03T05:56:42.167-08:002016-01-03T05:56:42.167-08:00I too remember my reaction the first time I heard ...I too remember my reaction the first time I heard Blow the Wind Southerly. I had never heard anything like that song, that voice. The memory is connected with my school teacher too. Maybe I first heard it on the very same BBC programme you did. <br />Thanks for the memory!mumfypathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00784941271213410334noreply@blogger.com