....Part Two...... We started packing up & the subject of props for the church location came up. No coffin had been made, & no flowers ordered. Well I couldn't do much about a coffin, but I did get the flowers, grabbed a cab & headed up to the church; St. Luke's. Someone had given Swanny & Tad the wrong instructions, so the poor things had to pack up & come over to the church, (traffic was lovely wasn't it guys), the vicar came to the rescue with a huge vase. My mum had been on the flower arranging squad at church, so I put all that I'd seen into practice & it didn't look bad at all. Phil Jupitus got the part of death, we had a long rope but no knowledge on how to make a hangman's noose, guess who got that lovely task! One noose later, Phil now dressed in Death's robes, for a spot of filming outside. Mike & Lee had the idea that they wanted a widow for Fred, but we needed a hat. Tad & I took off to Golders Green, on getting no joy there, we found our way into Brent Cross, got a pillbox hat, got some pins & netting, red lipstick & shot off back to the church. Hat made on route! Things were going a trifle pear shaped, losing light fast, the church was abandoned & back to the Duke Of Hamilton next to the theatre. My car was in Hendon, I lost my place in the van, Lee saved me a seat in a lovely gentleman's car (whose name escapes me) with Teresa & Alison from Virgin, Ali, Daniel, Bedders & Woody . Inside the pub, nice & warm, everyone relaxed, while the crew set up the lights in the cellar bar. This was an old drinking spot of the boys, Chalky arrived & shared a few stories of the 'good old days' including one about this being the place that Cathal first set eyes on Chalky. Suggs & Chalky were 16, & had gone to see a band on at The Music Machine, in Camden Town. The place was split with punks & skins/mods, the skins/mods included some of the hardest families in the area like the Kennedys, there was friction in the air, Chalky started to move out, when the fight was kicked off by a flying brick! Chalky knew that if he wanted to survive at all he needed to fight & if he wanted to live after, then he'd better join the skins/mods. He fought like a wee demon & got out, he turned to see Suggs still struggling to get through & being the good friend he was he helped his mate get out of the fray. Amidst all this confusion, Suggs just hit & kicked anything in sight & had inadvertently kicked one of the skins/mods on the ground. Fight over, punks slaughtered, the skins thanked the two 16 year olds for helping out, until the guy that Suggs had kicked spotted them, said it was them that had kicked him. And without further ado sent a strong flying kick into Chalky's left bollock. Chalky hit the wall & as he slid down, defeated he croaked 'you can hit me if you want, I don't care', the last thing he heard was Suggs agreeing with the bloke doing the kicking that 'yeah you're right mate, he shouldn't have done that'.!! Poor Chalky took the blame & the incredibly painful nad! For the next 2 weeks, he says he had to have 'it' drained, & wear a sport support strap. They went into the Duke Of Hamilton in Hampstead. Chalky had acquired a rather unusual walk, where he tried not to let the swollen item rub on his thighs, or anything else! It came across as a bit of a swagger, with a large packet in front. Cathal saw him walk in with Suggs & as he did his John Wayne walk past, Cathal nudged Suggs & nodding at Chalky enquired' Who's that flash git?' Poor Chalky, & all these years on still holds no grudges :o) **************************************************** Dr. Peter T. Gardner Rowett Research Institute Bucksburn Tel: 01224 - 712 751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB Fax: 01224 - 716 629 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************** - ______________________________________________________________ Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: latest news, madmeet info, list charter, games, and more ... http://members.xoom.com/totalmadmail/ Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness
