Being the Christmas period I feel it would not be out of place to offer a few words of thanks for all the forum members who have made favourable comments regarding my books and website and have done much to encourage me to continue with these for which I give a big thank you.

Being Christmas and as an alternative to a card, and if you can find the time, listen to the short musical offering on my website on the following page.

**LINK** Click on the link bottom left.

Some of you will be aware that for many years live sound recording, as engineer that is, was my main pastime. The recording is the first of a few recordings broadcast on the BBC and being on a Christmas morning I considered it to be a Christmas present that day.

It is very short, so short, that the compere said "encore" and played it again. I cannot remember the compere's name but Thora Hird also had a little to say at the start.

Harold