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« Reply #450 on: 21:52:25, 15-04-2007 » |
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This is Ainola:  ... but that blue house does have a Nordic look about it, I think. |
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roslynmuse
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« Reply #451 on: 22:01:12, 15-04-2007 » |
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Is it Grieg's at Troldhaugen?
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John W
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« Reply #452 on: 22:02:41, 15-04-2007 » |
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Not Nordic, but does get very cold there.
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BobbyZ
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« Reply #453 on: 22:13:25, 15-04-2007 » |
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Tchaikovsky museum at Klin ?
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« Reply #454 on: 22:14:16, 15-04-2007 » |
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20th April - a clue  Not really.  |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #455 on: 22:16:29, 15-04-2007 » |
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So what is there about Pim's April 20th clue / not clue ? Hitler's birthday ? Can't find any notable musician born on that day.
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« Reply #457 on: 08:27:38, 16-04-2007 » |
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Now back to our mystery man:  What do we know already? His name isn't Craft, Wilkinson, Wallace, Ireland, Aplvor, Joseph or Macmillan. He's not a composer or a musician. He had the same name as a British Conservative politician who was Member of Parliament somewhere in the 1970s. He received a very important prize for his work. New clue: He shared this prize with Walton.  |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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John W
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« Reply #458 on: 08:55:47, 16-04-2007 » |
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Pim,
Is it Ron Goodwin? They both wrote a score for Battle of Britain, I guess both won a prize?
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« Reply #459 on: 09:34:25, 16-04-2007 » |
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Is it Ron Goodwin? They both wrote a score for Battle of Britain, I guess both won a prize?
No, it isn't Ron Goodwin. I like his music for Where Eagles Dare. (that isn't a clue) |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #460 on: 09:42:28, 16-04-2007 » |
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Are we talking about Sir William Walton, composer??? The only "prizes" I can find references for are his Knighthood and the OM...
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« Reply #461 on: 09:51:55, 16-04-2007 » |
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Sir John Cockroft ? Doesn't really look like him - tory politician ? Hmm
Excellent!  Now I don't have to give the clue about Cockroft's Folly (Joseph Conrad, Hans Werner Henze's Tristan, etcetera...). |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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George Garnett
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« Reply #462 on: 10:00:03, 16-04-2007 » |
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Oh bugler, bugler, bugler. I looked up Sir John Cockcroft but it didn't look like him at all. Hair quite different and no specs - but maybe he had just come out of a wind-tunnel. John Cockcroft MP? You have an astonishing knowledge of obscure British Conservative MPs of the 1970s Pim  I've never heard of him. And the OM a 'prize'?* But congratulations autoharp! And what a relief that one is solved. [* Oh I seeeeeeee! Not that 'prize'. Not that Walton......Gordon Bennett! ] |
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« Reply #463 on: 10:01:14, 16-04-2007 » |
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(My message regarding Sir John Cockroft apperared twice: on removing one, both disappeared . . .)
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John W
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« Reply #464 on: 10:03:26, 16-04-2007 » |
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I never did see your message but only pim's quote.... we believe you autoharp  Well done! John W |
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