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    Default Roger Bucknall of Fylde is MBE

    Hardly short of knighthood, at last it goes to somebody who deserved it:

    “The cantankerous old git” awarded an MBE

    P.S. just saw that G7MOF beat me to it (in the General section)
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    Default Re: Roger Bucknall of Fylde is MBE

    "Cantankerous old git" - a luthier friend of mine still insists in calling him "Barry".

    ......and I bet nobody on the US side of the Atlantic understands that one!

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    Fortunately Roger is a better builder than Barry was.

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    Default Re: Roger Bucknall of Fylde is MBE

    From Ray(T) - "......and I bet nobody on the US side of the Atlantic understands that one !"- ''Barry Bucknall' was the presenter of a UK TV DIY programme back in the 1950 / 60's. So Barry & Roger Bucknall do have something in common,they sawed up wood for a living !!. The outcome's however,were slightly 'different',
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    Barry and Roger did indeed have something in common, but they did not share a common surname.

    Roger's surname is Bucknall, and Barry's surname was Bucknell ... the conflation of the two is a pleasant joviality nonetheless ...

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    ....well at least I got the term "pleasant joviality" out of all that. What a nice term.

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    Default Re: Roger Bucknall of Fylde is MBE

    Here is one of the pictures of the event: Roger Bucknall (on the right) and Prince Charles.

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    Default Re: Roger Bucknall of Fylde is MBE

    Which one is the "cantankerous old git", now?

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    Default Re: Roger Bucknall of Fylde is MBE

    ...... suitable captions on a postcard please to ........!

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    Default Re: Roger Bucknall of Fylde is MBE

    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Moss View Post
    Which one is the "cantankerous old git", now?
    Blasted yanks -next thing you know they'll be chucking the tea in the river -and where will that end?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ray(T) View Post
    ...... suitable captions on a postcard please to ........!
    Roger provided kind of one himself: The Prince leaned towards me, I leaned towards him, and I just about heard him say “Tell me, how does one tune a 12 string?”. Not really.
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