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Reflecting on the list of names in a local church...
‘As this was about the men who set out from Wolverton to fight in France, I wanted to shift from the martial music of The British Grenadiers to be more quizzical with a tune to harmonise with it. I worked out the lyrics whilst walking down Church Street in Wolverton, passing places I knew like Nicholson’s fish shop or the GPO, and then asking the question ‘Did they really know what the war was about?’ Paul Clark

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In Memoriam
Paul Clark

If you take a wander down Church Street
On a quiet afternoon,
Past Nicholson’s shop and the GPO
You get to old St George’s soon.
Step inside the church let your eyes adjust,
And stay a little while,
And slowly read the list of names
On the wall of the south aisle.


Albert Abbott, Donald Cawes –
You wonder who were they?
Alfred Flint – how old was he
When the War took him away?
Henry King and Dennis Long –
You’d like to ask them why
They left the town of Wolverton
To go to France to die.

Was it love of country or fear of scorn
That made them all enlist?
Did each one think they’d survive the War,
Did they think what they would miss?
Did they have a clue what war’s about?
What life’s like in a trench?
Let’s look at one whose name’s marked down –
Private Albert French.

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from A Bob A Bloody Day, released August 17, 2019
Words & music: Paul Clark

Brad Bradstock: lead vocal; guitar
Marion Hill: backing vocal
Sue Malleson: backing vocal
Chris Mitchell: guitar
Godfrey Yeomans: bass guitar
Recorded 2019 by Mike Crofts, MCA Studios (mcastudios.co.uk)
Mixed by Brad Bradstock & Kevin Adams

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An acoustic quintet with an emphasis on strong vocals to deliver both songs and the spoken word depicting the experiences of the people of North Buckinghamshire past and present. The inhabitants of the towns of Wolverton, Stony Stratford and Bletchley and of course the new city of Milton Keynes all have had something to say, and the Living Archive Band gives them a voice. ... more

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