Daytrip To Bangor (Didn't We Have A Lovely Time) - Fiddler's Dram (Top of the Pops 1979)

[@richallenxbox1976]

You can't get much more 70s than this.

[@footscorn]

Cant get this out of my head. Middle of the Aussie bush singing this at the top of my lungs.

[@stephenfoskett4633]

Great song from a bygone time ! Brings back nice memories from better times .

[@johncoles-pw4qx]

So English, nothing offensive about its wonderful lyrics and melody are so nostalgic.

[@TheBootywest]

Welsh to be precise. Bangor is in Wales

[@TheBootywest]

Bangor is not the same as it was in 1979. It's fallen apart now.

[@margaretdrew2844]

Love this song makes me smile .I can see in my mind everything she is singing about . ❤️

[@Treviscoe]

Happy memories of that song.

[@MrDaiseymay]

IN THE 60'S AND 70'S, IT WAS COMMON FOR NOVELTY SONGS LIKE BENNY HILL'S THE FASTEST MILK FLOAT IN THE WEST, ETC. TO BE IN THE CHARTS ,ALONG WITH---WELL, YOU NAME IT.

[@mikthe2004]

I was 18 in 1979 when this song first came out, and yesterday the tune popped in my head. Don't know how or why, as I doubt it's ever been played on the radio in Perth (Western Australia) since then. I love these "novelty tunes." This tune has a nice lilting sound to it, and the female lead singers voice is perfect. The lyrics are funny too!!

[@russellgerrard3944]

Remember the song well. We are the same age. 😁.

[@unterwant]

I was 29 in 1974 ..... some years later having holidays in Ireland - Clifden 'Nula' was sitting at the piano in Clifden Hotel and ..... never forget!!!! her playing this song!! made me and my soal smile happily ...

[@shanehart1668]

A funny thing is it just popped into my head for some reason. Your right, as I'm from Perth too we have not heard it on the radio for years. As I get older I truely appreciate a beautiful voice and this lead singer ticks the box. Wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing

[@alanthistlethwaite8436]

😅

[@harrodsfan]

Same age as you. Is she an Aussie singer ?

[@stevenstarr9067]

The year I got married. :) the 70's had so many "feelgood" tunes.

[@KingsleyThomson-j1w]

I loved this song back then,, and now I didn't realise the lady singing was so pretty,,,,😊

[@anthonypaton9844]

I remember playing this over and over on my dad's record player. It must st have done my parents head in! I was only 3 or 4 years old so they never let on if it was driving them mad!! Great Memories!

[@miladydewinter8551]

English folk and great voices

[@Jack-fs2im]

great song ha thanx for the upload

[@imoverthetop44]

Wow memories. An Adelaide radio station at the time came out with a song called Day Trip to victor it was as funny as this.

[@billfairbank5258]

Bazz and Pilko lol also love Bite your Bum

[@JohnHawkins-nw4wi]

Oh the memories... Made a few trips to Bangor City, around that time, watching Bangor City v Worcester City!

[@shughy1]

The time signature for this is so different to other tracks, her voice is amazing

[@williamsheingorn4431]

I’m thinking it’s a 6/8 time signature Stress is on 1st and a bit less on 4th beat of the eighth notes Gives feeling of continuous motion,like merry-go-round Also,Wreck of Edmond Fitzgerald is written in this time signature....again,the waves of the Great Lakes giving the feel of continuous motion Also,Billy Joel “Piano Man”…..easy to hear the 6/8 identical time signature as “Bangor”

[@DMC.101]

It's like a folk type ska beat slowed down

[@johnfielding29]

A march

[@tungstenkid2271]

Cathy Lesurf's got the voice of an angel, she's 69 now and released a solo album 'Surface' in 1985 according to Wiki..:)

[@melgrant7404]

Sounds alot like maddy prior. Steeleye span.

[@Treviscoe]

@@melgrant7404 Yes she does.

[@34hedgehog]

Also sang on Fairport's comeback album in 1987.

[@nezmustafa4271]

We used to sing this in our school assembly in primary school.

[@user-jc4ms9rl4q]

Great, hilarious, so wonderfully English

[@GingerBlue84]

@@compsci8258no English

[@mathewgreen4099]

You’ve made a lot of people very happy posting this. Thanks very much.👍😀

[@neilmansfield8329]

This is a great song

[@EASYTIGER10]

I wasn't much more than a toddler when this came out, but I've never forgotten it

[@andygozzo72]

was one of the first records i bought, still got it

[@maryvonnedurand5135]

Comment co tinued.... a grandma and listen with my grandchildren...who find it really nice too

[@edwardwilliammorris1340]

Happy memory. 😁😁😁

[@MichaelHoare-bh5pg]

Lovely Folk Pop tune,also a novelty record but very catchy.

[@bobharrison4711]

Our kid's off there so it must be a lovely place

[@TheShanampan]

Fiddlers Dram along with the likes of Steeleye span, they were the days...

[@Goannago]

Had this ear worm song in my head for a few days recently which then morphed into Nellie the Elephant at which time I realised the tune is largely based on Nellie the Elephant. Now I have two ear worms 😞

[@montyf2165]

A shout out for the rather impressive afro!

[@DELTIC55007]

Absolutely amazing 🥰🥰🥰

[@professornuke7562]

My Nan loved this song. Mum bought her the 45 single. A bit silly as Nan didn't have a record player. The single had a picture of a motor charabanc on the front.

[@des_smith7658]

Always reminds me of Margate and dreamland in the 60s Beats the costa brava and all that old palava

[@zeddeka]

Christ. Margate was a hole back then, full of nonces.

[@ilovemydog6847]

The Jasper Carrot version is my favourite. It’s hilarious 😂😂

[@jennismithv]

& I bet jasper carrots version is rude

[@andygozzo72]

@@jennismithv "the day we went to blackpool" its on YT somewhere 😉

[@suzukinez]

Always thought this song was a lot older than 1979

[@Boilingfrogg]

I remember going on a coach trip to Bangor. Back in 81 all the coach was singing this.

[@bg4928]

Such a tune

[@kevinshanahan6064]

I heard on a football terrace “Didn’t we have a lovely time, the day we drew at Barnsley.” A piss take as the height of achievement.

[@andygozzo72]

think this was the first record i bought, was 7 at the time, still got it 😁

[@maryvonnedurand5135]

When I first married my English husband, at the time, I thought this song was really cheerful and wo derfull, I am now

[@johnfox2443]

"Day Trip To Blaina" 31/12/79. RIP Roger Clark

[@wayne90079]

wonderful , not far from Canarvan where movie the keep

[@MrDaiseymay]

COR BLIMEY, I COMPLETELY FOR GOT THIS, AND IT MUST HAVE GOT IN THE CHARTS, IF IT WAS ON TOTP'S. COULDN'T STAND A CHANCE TODAY. COME TO THINK ABOUT IT, NEITHER COULD GOOD MUSIC.

[@wayne90079]

The song was actually about Ruele, the situation inland from there was a very occult membership used by the military in the Second World War

[@broomybank]

The question that has echoed through the years, Bangor, Cymru or Bangor, Ireland?

[@ianworthington2324]

Cymru.

[@philtorpey]

The release was shrouded in controversy after reports that the song was actually inspired by a trip to Rhyl, another town in North Wales. It was rumoured that Bangor was chosen as the lyric due to it having an extra syllable that flowed better with the song. There were rumours of an outcry among local councillors and businesses in Rhyl about the missed opportunity for tourism which would have been generated. Cook stated that the song was specifically written about Bangor.

[@johnwalker2826]

@@philtorpey There's only one Bangor. Cymru am byth.

[@Jackmack365]

@@johnwalker2826 - nah! There’s two, the beautiful Bangor in Northern Ireland!

[@H-Zazoo]

It's Bangor, Maine. USA. Okay I'm kidding ! I'm so sorry. Maine is still nice though.

[@DavidJHarrisonEssex]

"I laid on my back & opened my crack & drank a bottle of cider". 😃🇬🇧

[@mikedickens7957]

I can't listen to this without thinking of Jasper Carrott's version

[@RedPhone-mz5lv]

Loved his version

[@eamonnevans8005]

I want that guys hair at 2:41

[@atomictraveller]

only if you want someone to balance a lump of custard on the top you won't notice all day

[@asthouart]

I'm sure Alan would be delighted to know - though it's a lot shorter and a lot greyer now! :)

[@patricksmith4424]

I agree, it is truly magnificent.

[@bustedfender]

Now that’s what I call Partridge!

[@Gunnercv]

Nice memories

[@asharmstrong6730]

What was the line about gobbling off Jack?

[@peterprotheroe2972]

Loved it and the album had a huge crush on Cathy at the time

[@mathewgrover6455]

Great stuff😅

[@bodsnvimto]

A lovely upbeat tale of a day off? No, the last verse tells us of their brief respite from the torture back in those days.

[@yippeekiyay9219]

Yes, it's an upbeat song of a day off, misery guts.

[@bodsnvimto]

​@@yippeekiyay9219 Thank you for that last bit, very nice of you. Understand from my perspective what my nan's feelings were and how going back to work at the mill was always in the back of her mind however a good day she was having. Given that, are you prepared to see where I was coming from or are you just a silly little online warrior who would never have retorted to my words the same way face-to-face? Pray tell, because it's either one or the other. Be brave and admit or be cowardly and attack via this anonymous medium.

[@PertinaciousGeek]

The screaming never ends.

[@jamesscott5509]

Good 👍

[@patrickdoyle9369]

, If this was released today for Eurovision Song Contest it would win... Shame no ones done another version of this in the same style.

[@brentsantus4077]

Remember the Barron Knights doing a parody of this

[@Battismore-Blue]

You have to be British and a certain age to appreciate this UTFT

[@kenroseman3936]

I am in the US and have loved English folk/folk-rock for over 50 years. Love this!

[@alpha-omega2362]

I had a friend who told me he was taking his Girlfriend to Maine. I asked, "To Bangor?" " No, just for some sight seeing"

[@Ezra.emerson]

Belated Music Hall banger

[@johnmacleod4481]

I wonder if this song refers to the part of the country where there are also horse races at Bangor on deeside

[@hughwilloughby8590]

It’s the bigger Bangor in Gwynedd, although actually inspired by a trip to Rhyl, but that didn’t work in the song.

[@topwelda147]

Bangor aye

[@stevesullivan4704]

Good days !

[@jamesscott5509]

Good 👍☺️🤠😊😘😽

[@PiaggioCenter]

She’s hot 🤔

[@davidhorsley2717]

I have always wondered which Bangor this song is about. Is it the one in Wales or in Northern Ireland?

[@bimbobaggypants4820]

It's actually Bangor Wales, the story is that they had been to Rhyl but they needed a name with two syllables for it to work hence Ban-gor

[@SteveH-t8g]

In reality the idea of a day trip to Bangor from NW mill towns was not possible, it was way too far in the days when a day trip cost a pound . Even Blackpool was a long haul with a stop on the way usually Squirrel Inn.

[@alanprior7650]

I think they meant Bangor Co.Down but I might be wrong (the band name Fiddler's Dram lends itself to Ireland more than Wales).

[@SteveH-t8g]

@@alanprior7650 I’m fairly sure it’s the one in Wales. The writers have said the place in the song is Rhyl but didn’t suit the lyric so changed it to Bangor.

[@bobhellier]

who was the lead singer of fiddlers dram love this song

[@royheslop2297]

Great stuf

[@michaelhunt4445]

So why the 4 standing alongside the singer, the drummer and the idiot (0.32) on the keyboard? None of them were in the original.

[@garyaizen8699]

The keyboard player was.

[@stevestubberfield]

Alan Prosser guitar and Ian Telfer fiddle Oysterband............

[@soldierloz]

What’s going on with the bush hair? 😂😂😂😂

[@rodstrong8539]

This ia a fantastic vocal performance. This song would be very difficult to sing...very wordy and not a lot of time to draw breath. It would need a good technique!

[@hairywelder5188]

Theres a small gap on stage, they could get another 10 people up there

[@RaeKearns]

It’s UB40….

[@DylanWhite-k5j]

Tom Fenner of Micro Disney on drums.

[@eleanorhogan8643]

Actually Bangor is a terrible place to live.

[@Carter_C737]

No

[@notaYEC1955]

Which one ? 0:24

[@eleanorhogan8643]

@@notaYEC1955 All of it.

[@notaYEC1955]

@@eleanorhogan8643 Bangor North Down or Bangor North Wales ?

[@eleanorhogan8643]

@@notaYEC1955 North down

[@missasinenomine]

Wouldn't it be luverly. Oh no, that's My Fair Lady isn't it? Oh.........

[@wondersdontcare]

Sounds rather like Steeleye Span

[@60Lambertus]

This is soooo English!

[@andiemorgan961]

But the song is about a day trip to Bangor, North Wales!😂

[@robertstocks3507]

Great cockney accents

[@DavidPritchard-i7x]

Is it actually live or the usual TOTP fakery?

[@schusterlehrling]

Isn't that Luke Kelly of the Dubliners playing in the background?

[@ajay999999]

The shame I bought this

[@bodsnvimto]

Oh, and btw, in these Orwellian days, I reckon the bloke in the middle at 0:22 would now be arrested for 'cultural appropriation', heinous crime that it is.

[@zeddeka]

Russian troll

[@minimaxi802]

Bangor, North Wales no Ferris Wheel and funfair unlike Rhyl.

[@jimyoung6271]

It's different for girls.

[@MrStr6789]

Something disturbing about this song re the lyrics and the singing…could/should be included in a horror movie…

[@Peter-cz8hx]

went there a few days ago. What a dump. Full of turkish barbers laundering money, nail bars, vape shops, mobile phone shops. on and on it goes. totally soul destroying. It was nice back in the day 70s and 80s but not worth a visit now.😢

[@patricksmith4424]

The big question is whether jack is the hairy guy in the middle!

[@jford1]

Nah, I think that's Alan Prosser - but don't tell anyone!

[@patricksmith4424]

@jford1 well he was jack for the day!

[@rryanreid]

I preferred the original, Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Broadmoor

[@robmckinley5475]

This is so bad its good

[@seanmcsweeney2981]

Absolute toss