I started high school at St Paul’s College, Traralgon, in 1979. For music, students had a choice of learning the recorder or guitar. I chose the recorder, with a view to later learning the clarinet, which I began in form two (year 8).
I made good progress with the recorder and can still play tunes today. Our teacher introduced us to a range of music from classical to jazz and popular.
Fiddlers Dram, who made a hit with The Day We Went To Bangor.
The former will be familiar to many readers, albeit nostalgically. The latter was a brief foray into the mainstream charts by an otherwise obscure British folk group.
Funnily enough, the tune has stuck in my head for nearly three decades and I frequently visit YouTube for a fix. Unfortunately the film clip version has been removed from YouTube. The audio is here.
It’s like getting a song stuck in your head that just won’t go away, except this one recurs.
Update: Not the music video, but film of a TV performance is on YouTube here:
