G'day yet again,

I see no response from "north o' Britain ... Industrial belt ..." British singers who might have Colin Dryden's beautiful sketch of factory life in finer 'native' detail than what I remember of Colin's performance out here in the Antipodes. I think I remember at least as accurately as my late good friend Chris Kempster ... but I had only ears (... and a 35 camera loaded with up-rated Ilford FP4 ...) back then!

One point I forgot to emphasise, in my earlier posting, needs to be underlined with the audience in strongly "chorus-oriented" venues, (like Sydney's Loaded Dog ...) - the chorus IS NOT SUNG between stanzas 2 and 3! The image shared by those two stanzas isn't helped by chucking one more chorus for those who listen to themselves ... not the author's song!

This is a beaut song - written from Colin's personal experience ... and still sung here ... despite the automation ... or outsourcing ... of such skilled industrial work.

We should not forget what formed our society and the history that will only be handed on by those of us that believe in a "folk culture" ... and this song deserves a reasonably accurate publication ... not the strange mishearings and wild guesses of the version in the DT!

Regard(les)s,

Bob Bolton