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15.08.11.
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The Fiddle and the Bow Andrew Craig Shepherd performed his highly acclaimed play The Fiddle and the Bow at the Lord Stanley pub in Camden Town, London on 1st and 2nd August as part of the Solo Festival. On the first night, supporting Andrew in the audience were Roger Robinson and Paul Allen from the Saps at Sea Tent, who described it as "Another excellent performance". This is the biggest Festival of One Man Shows in Europe and featured over forty acts - and the fantastic news is that Andrew won the award for Best Male Act. Congratulations Andrew! Brats Tent newsletter
On the Waverley On 31st July, sixteen members of the Bonnie Scotland Tent and friends took a trip on the paddle steamer Waverley. Grand Sheik Janice Hawton marked the occasion by presenting a sizable donation to the steamer's preservation fund, on behalf of the tent. Dockwray I was curious about the rather strange spelling on vans of the large gas contractor CLANCY-DOCRA and wondered if the DOCRA bit was an acronym. I asked an Irish builder friend in the pub what he thought but he was unsure if maybe it was Irish. I Googled it and lo and behold there are about six different spellings of this name including DOCKWRAY. Thomas Dockwray (vicar of Stamfordham) laid out the square to his mother's wishes (she had married a local salt merchant). Anyway, the root of this name is in Cumbria not far from where Stan Laurel was born. Steve Robinson Soak a Sheik
At the Soak a Sheik event at the Brats' meeting in August, Grand Sheik Heppy (above) volunteered to have wet sponges thrown at him to raise funds for charity.
To get proceedings going, Garry Fairchild (above - landlord of our venue, the New Crown Inn) threw the first wet sponge, whilst Vice Vizier Brian Jessop (below) pondered where he had put his £1 coin.
With 25 members in attendance, £40 was raised for charity with the vast majority being raised by Heppy on what was quite a cold summer evening. Heppy did get the opportunity to throw a few sponges too at the previous Grand Sheik, who raised a mere £3 of the total. So Hats Off to Heppy. Wet, he was soaked! John Burton
Eric Schultz
Favourite contributor: Gino Dercola, a real stalwart. I never met him but in Bowler Dessert pages he is here, there and thither. Bob Spiller
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Did you see? In Snog, Marry, Avoid? (BBC3, 08.08.11.) one of the girls who had a "make-under" was dressed up as a cross between a Japanese geisha girl and Charlie Chaplin, complete with bowler hat, false moustache and walking cane. Presenter Jenny Frost called her "a proper Charlie". The Ku-Ku song was playing as she was interviewed. Dean Carroll |
Bowler Dessert 74 is great. You've got a lot of
interesting articles in the new issue. I'm glad to
see Dwain Smith's article on the misheard sayings
of "and dancing", and "you'll suffer for
this."