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steeljack 12-02-2011 03:31
how many remember this from their school days
 
Came across this via an obituary .... How many Accy web users of a certain age remember learning this at infants/junior school , wonder if present day kids learn these songs

YouTube - Do ya Ken John Peel

jaysay 12-02-2011 09:16
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Remember the song SJ actually did a little research into this chap in the whitehaven area of cumbria, there are A lot of pubs (or were) in the area are connected with this chap and the brewery, taken over by Matthew Brown in the 70s was called peel brewery's I think, all the research was done in licenced premises:D:D

jaysay 12-02-2011 09:17
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The reason Matthew Brown took over this brewery was to gain the rights to Slalom Lager which was originally brewed by them

cashman 12-02-2011 10:17
Re: how many remember this from their school days
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 882701)
Came across this via an obituary .... How many Accy web users of a certain age remember learning this at infants/junior school , wonder if present day kids learn these songs

YouTube - Do ya Ken John Peel
can remember vividly learning that at school, but it was a much cruder version.:D

Less 12-02-2011 10:25
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I also remember having to learn, 'To be a farmers boy',

A most relevent and meaningful song to a lad growing up in a Mill Town.
:confused:

jaysay 12-02-2011 10:28
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The good ship Venus wasn't bad either:D

MargaretR 12-02-2011 10:41
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YouTube - Big Ship Sails - Kate Rusby

Gordon Booth 12-02-2011 19:41
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MargaretR,love the paintings of the ships, I remember 'The big Ship Sails' as being a girls song, sung to some sort of game. Am I right?
There's usually a story/legend behind these old songs and rhymes( a battle, the plague, a famous/notorious person etc.) John Peel was supposed to be a real person but where does 'The Big Ship' come from? Any idea?

MargaretR 12-02-2011 20:08
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I think it was a skipping rhyme

Anyone know the origins of the childrens song "The big ship sails on the alley alley oh?"What does it mean? - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers
according to yahoo, it was to commemorate the opening of the Manchester ship canal in 1894

steeljack 12-02-2011 20:27
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think the link to Manchester ship canal is correct , I vaguely remember an early 60s film set in Manchester/Salford , "Taste of Honey" starring Rita Tushingham featuring the song in the soundtrack, part of the story involved her being dumped by a sailor

Gremlin 13-02-2011 09:00
Re: how many remember this from their school days
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 882752)
Remember the song SJ actually did a little research into this chap in the whitehaven area of cumbria, there are A lot of pubs (or were) in the area are connected with this chap and the brewery, taken over by Matthew Brown in the 70s was called peel brewery's I think, all the research was done in licenced premises:D:D
I used to deliver sulphuric acid to a Whitehaven company in the 70,s and the pub I used when I stayed over was just being repainted in Matthew Browns livery. Previous to that it had Cleator Brewery over the door.
Was Peel Brewery at Cleator or were they two different ale makers.

The stuff was still brewed up there and tasted far better then the Mat Browns rubbish I drank in the Castle in Accrington.

I remember singing the John Peel song but it had something to do with steel spherical objects attached to lower part of the torso.

jaysay 13-02-2011 09:18
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 883028)
I used to deliver sulphuric acid to a Whitehaven company in the 70,s and the pub I used when I stayed over was just being repainted in Matthew Browns livery. Previous to that it had Cleator Brewery over the door.
Was Peel Brewery at Cleator or were they two different ale makers.

The stuff was still brewed up there and tasted far better then the Mat Browns rubbish I drank in the Castle in Accrington.

I remember singing the John Peel song but it had something to do with steel spherical objects attached to lower part of the torso.
Not sure if they are the same bribery or not Gremlin, I know they used to brew Slalom up there and transport it down here, I suppose they needed a decent lager as the lion lager they used to sell was total crap:D

DaveinGermany 13-02-2011 15:02
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 882964)
think the link to Manchester ship canal is correct , I vaguely remember an early 60s film set in Manchester/Salford , "Taste of Honey" starring Rita Tushingham featuring the song in the soundtrack, part of the story involved her being dumped by a sailor
We covered that in O Level English, not only was she left abandoned by the sailor he was black & she was pregnant, her mam was a bit loose & took up with a fancy man & then the young Lass then gets taken in & looked after by a gay fella.

This all in the 50's ! So when you look at our modern society, no great change really, just a lot more of the same but without the stigma & tut tutting behind the nets. Actually quite a good book & insight into some of the everyday situations faced by many through the years.


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