Hi Wendy, The older you are, the smaller the world becomes! I'll try to make a long story short.
I/we have been to the UK perhaps 20 times. We have some very dear friends who live in a small countryside town in Wales, not too far outside (West of) Chester. He is and has been a "force" in local jazz bands for years. No doubt he knows of the Whaley Bridge Brass Band. A couple of the numerous times we've visited that (northern) part of England, we visited Whaley Bridge, had the standard touristy shots by the road sign, and so on. We did notice that place is growing! Between visits, perhaps 18 years apart, I hardly recognized the place. Anyhow, back on track... When we visit, home base is sort of in London, as we fly in and out of Heathrow - but we do love to visit London and go over whenever we get the chance, so the reference to "up by Nottingham" is partly because we think from London as a point of reference. I'm told that most of my forebears come from that general area, near as I can tell, so that reference just rolled off my tongue, without thinking. No, I'm a U.S.-ian visitor, neither Northern nor Southern. My Welch friends have very patiently and graciously accomodated my strange desire to see Whalley Abbey and such places, over the years. But fortunately, these gentle folk love to travel too, and after sight-seeing and shopping, point 'em to a pub (same as me) and no matter how far afield we are, it's okay again! <g> keith whaley Southern California wendy beard wrote: > > >> Keith Whaley (like the town up by Nottingham... Whaley Bridge...) > > A little trivia for you. Hubby used to play trombone for Whaley Bridge Brass Band. > Never heard it described as being up by Nottingham though. Not a Southerner are you? > ;-) > > wendy beard > ottawa, canada > http://www.beard-redfern.com
