Welcome to GanderS Issue 7 In this sizzling summer issue We’re back! How you can join us for our first rehearsals in ages.. The first Frederic Piracy in Paignton… Stuck inside! A poem by Annie… A Plague on all your roses A fitting rhyme for our times…. Cartoon Caper Feeling the anguish…… Driven by dates […]
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Ring a ring of roses
“Ring a Ring o’ Roses” or “Ring a Ring o’ Rosie” is an English nursery rhyme or folksong and playground singing game. It first appeared in print in 1881, but it is reported that a version was already being sung to the current tune in the 1790s and similar rhymes are known from across Europe It is unknown what the earliest […]
Friday nights are back
Want to come and join in the fun? We are meeting twice a week to rehearse our November 11th to 13th show “A Confection of Gilbert and Sullivan”. You are very welcome to join us. See our “Thinking of Joining Us?” page for more details on how to do that. We meet on Wednesdays at […]
The Goose has Doris Day quiz answers
The Goose has the Answers Quiz 7 was all about Doris Day. How did you get on? Last time the goose was testing you on Doris Day. How did you score? Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff was born in 1922. What was her star sign? Aries the Ram. Which shows what use astrology is… Doris started […]
Cartoon – Crocs
Lockdown blues The first Frederic – Llewellyn Cadwaladr Armenian spiced cake The Goose Quiz on quarantine Poem – stuck inside The Goose has Doris Day quiz answers Friday nights are back Ring a ring of roses Welcome to GanderS Summer 2021
Poem – stuck inside
Twas the beginning of the year, the decs had been put away New diets had been started, to get beach ready for the holiday Then Uncle Covid came to visit, and cast our plans awry Schools and pubs were closed down and parents began to cry At G and S we were poised, to […]
The Goose Quiz on quarantine
The Great Goose Quiz Quiz 8 is about quarantine We’ve not performed in a while. Dull indoors isn’t it? So how much do you know about quarantine? In which century was the word quarantine first used? Which colour flags would a ship historically fly to alert that it was in quarantine? When bringing a dog […]
Armenian spiced cake
Well, as a responsible organisation we’re sensibly going with the data to decide when we get together again in real life. If anything is going to make it worth considering dates instead it’s this delicious Armenian Spiced cake made by a lady called Heather. Heather may not have originated the recipe but the results were […]
The first Frederic – Llewellyn Cadwaladr
Allow me to introduce you to Arthur Dendy. No, not the towel-toting galactic traveller. That was Arthur Dent. Arthur Hyde Dendy was the upright, uptight Birmingham barrister who transformed Paignton from a place famous for little more than growing cabbages into a flourishing seaside resort. Arthur owned hotels, ran the local paper, introduced a horse […]