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BigDavy wrote:Full set with 4 keyed and keyless chanters - seller does not say key or maker.

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I like the reg key shapes but the wood turning looks crude.

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Looks like a Wilkinson McCarthy set. Made in UK late 70s or early 80s.
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There's a rowsome copy practice set by Steve and Kim. Any information on these?
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john wrote: set by Steve and Kim.
Were they not pop stars from the eighties.

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BigDavy wrote:
Full set with 4 keyed and keyless chanters - seller does not say key or maker.

David

I like the reg key shapes but the wood turning looks crude.

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A set by Doug Wilkinson (rip) and Glen McCarthy and probably originally sold via Lark in the Morning. I gave them details of a Taylor set in their formative years and they translated the square chanter to the round hence the slimline almost highland chanter look.
There's a rowsome copy practice set by Steve and Kim. Any information on these?.
Strong smell of Goat curry on this one and seller is "brians-vintage-collections" of Slough however the origin is considerably further to the east



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I know - I am, to the best of my knowledge, the only Slough piper there is and I've never encountered them.
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john wrote:I know - I am, to the best of my knowledge, the only Slough piper there is and I've never encountered them.
But do you smell of goat curry? :)
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no but there are many curry houses in the area - Southall, just a few miles away is the home of Indian food
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john wrote:no but there are many curry houses in the area - Southall, just a few miles away is the home of Indian food
I was first exposed to Indian food in the U.K. in the 1970's, and i will be forever grateful.
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An Draighean wrote:
john wrote:no but there are many curry houses in the area - Southall, just a few miles away is the home of Indian food
I was first exposed to Indian food in the U.K. in the 1970's, and i will be forever grateful.
The best Indian food I have ever had was in London: A place in Mayfair and another off of Piccadilly Circus. And the hottest! Wooo-wee hot!
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john wrote:There's a rowsome copy practice set by Steve and Kim. Any information on these?
I wondered too, I googled "steve and kim bagpipes" and what came up was numerous Pakistani-made pipes of various sorts, Highland pipes, smallpipes, uilleann pipes. Run away.
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pancelticpiper wrote:
john wrote:There's a rowsome copy practice set by Steve and Kim. Any information on these?
I wondered too, I googled "steve and kim bagpipes" and what came up was numerous Pakistani-made pipes of various sorts, Highland pipes, smallpipes, uilleann pipes. Run away.
I thought the same, but looking at the keywork on the chanter, it is different to the usual Pakistani efforts.

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Aldwyn wrote:
The best Indian food I have ever had was in London
I'll be in London next month (my first time) and I'm very much looking forward to the world-famous food, especially Indian food.

We have it pretty good where I live- a town called Tustin- which has at last count eight Indian restaurants, a like number of Indian grocery shops, and where one sees people in traditional Indian clothes around town, and where we have a youth cricket academy

http://scycricketacademy.com/
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Sessions @ Colin Campbell's kilburn Fri,sat, sun (check to be sure) plus crown Moran hotel cricklewood sun afternoon. Worth a look in if you get the chance.
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john wrote:Sessions @ Colin Campbell's kilburn Fri,sat, sun (check to be sure) plus crown Moran hotel cricklewood sun afternoon. Worth a look in if you get the chance.
Thanks! I will try to visit these. We will be staying in Marylebone.
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