Hell in Cornwall, and Brisola the organ-grinder from Brisola
Two favourite anecdotes from Maisie & Evelyn Radford’s musical mission to the Cornish and thence to the English.
Month: September 2018
“Organ grinders to sleep in the wash house”
How a mass-produced 1960s joke sign for bars and pubs became evidence of historical authenticity before being censured as a hate crime against tinkers and thinkers (or organ-grinders, as we are often known).
August’s tweets from London’s Singing Organ-Grinder
Bit late. Twitter trouble. Apologies for any distress caused. Money-back guarantee applies.
Burt Reynolds, the source for George Best’s account of what he did with his money?
With a early description by Arturo Barea of the railway Reynolds was filming on when he recited the immortal lines..
