I met him twice many years ago - in the early 70s with friends from the Edgar Broughton Band backstage somewhere in a London theatre, and later at a friend's funeral - it was this time of year in the late 70s. Les Prior had been part of Alberto y los Trios Paranoias, one of the best musical pastiche and parody bands ever. Les died of cancer and is buried in Heptonstall churchyard, as is Sylvia Plath. The Albertos had been on Stiff records and Ian was a friend. It was a memorably good funeral, with the sense that Les would have loved it. The fake green grass that the gravediggers used to cover the soil looked particularly incongruous against the snow. It was the first funeral I had been to where there was a sense of the person in the proceedings. I have been to many 'good' and one or two 'bad' funerals since, and they will come up for discussion here at some point.
Anyway - the new pans were in the sale at one of Bakewell's most popular shops - Sinclairs- which is about to close in just over a week. They have had an amazingly busy closing down sale going on for about 18 months (no kidding!) The pans were less than half price and very pretty - even my 16 year old son used that word to describe them! A photo will follow. This is an attempt to satisfy my desire to completely change my house as I have been in one place too
long - nearly 17 years. But I can't afford to change it in any significant way - so some new pans help. I could remember when and where I was when I last bought a new SET of pans - 1988, living in Todmorden. Charlie was impressed at my recall, but those sort of memories are hooked in to other life events! Maybe it's just me.....
"A porky fine cut"
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