I remember a Mr & Mrs Wood that were the house keeper / groundsman for Norridge House in the late 70s / early 80s. My mum and Stepfather replaced them in December 1982 and were there until December 2001. My grandparents lived and worked on the farm from 1975 until around the late 90s. They eventually moved away in the spring of 2001. I drive past the farm regularly and still miss my childhood stomping ground of the 1980s. It will always be the place I call home.

My grandfather is seen throughout this video.

It is an old English folk song, kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKuno2Sjp9-JoZI you will probably need to transcribe the lyrics yourself.

A catchy tune indeed, though I should point out that it was written by Melanie Safka; the Wurzels put their own words to it.

yes, i know 😀👍@@Krzyszczynski

@@becky1992 Sorry, Becky, I wasn't getting at you - I'm sure you know a lot more than I do! My comment was more for the benefit of the other readers.

its okay, no problem! 😄👍@@Krzyszczynski

It was 1991. I served for 9 years. You should join our Gheluvelt Platoon Facebook group, we have got over half the lads that passed out on there.

@@WurzelsFan can you send me a link Michael as I can’t find it, will be interesting to see who stayed and who left, as I went on to run for England in Athletics and had a very successful Athletic career

Brilliant idea

Funny enough when searching for them, it also linked the Yorkshire folk group, The Weavers. Found one epic concert which was sadly taken of QQ music.

Cheers bud Yooz always welcome

Cheers mate, had to be shared!

Brendan Grace’s “Combine Harvester” was a parody of Melanie’s “Brand New Key. The Wurzels basically covered Brendan Grace’s parody, his 1975 release is on KZbin.

No way. I saw them there as well with my little brother. I was 15. I got his autograph, but don’t have it now.

Yes, I knew about Brian passing away, I would have gone to his funeral but wasn’t able to due to COVID-19. I have his tuba in my collection of all things Wurzels.

Peter Heppa what are you referring to? This is a transfer from VHS tape. Everything on the tape has been transferred to digital and then uploaded to KZbin. It is what it is.

Just have a closer look on you tube and you´ll find out about, what I was talking about: Narration is only in the beginning (before the titles) and in the end (after the last interview). I am the author and director of this film - I know. I don´t mind at all that you uploaded it ....why not - the documentary is 23 years old now, but something must have been turned wrong by converting it or you had a copy of a copy....

Peter Heppa still not sure what you are referring to?? I have the original on VHS tape and have compared different segments and it is the same as this digital conversion.

Hello Michael, If your VHS is identical to the digital version then you might have got a faulty VHS, where the audio tracks are somehow mixed incorrectly or maybe your VHS Player does not scan all tracks - but this would be unusual: can´t tell you why tracks should not have been mixed for a commercial version - maybe you can check about stereo/mono scan or something like that on your VHS Player / Recorder. It´s just quite disappointing as in these parts of the narration, I am referring to, there is the most important information, which is been missing now - it´s about 6 min. of basic information as introduction to the phenomenon after the titles underlaid with music. In this you tube version there is only one sentence after the titles (at around 2:00 min) : "In the mid seventies single circles begin to appear in Southern England." But after that sentence the narration should continue up to the 1st interview with George Wingfield. Then there is always a narration bridge between the interview parts....

Peter Heppa I cant ever remember my VHS being any different to this digital version, so not really sure what you say is missing.