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on: Today at 05:33:25 PM
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| Started by Sue & Chris - Last post by Poor Will (Bill) | ||
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Not sure if they've already been posted, but the two FC sets are: Thur https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/fairport-convention/2026/cropredy-festival-field-cropredy-england-2b718896.html Sat https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/fairport-convention/2026/cropredy-festival-field-cropredy-england-1371f9d9.html There were a couple of songs towards the end I would have sacrificed for it😂 |
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on: Today at 05:28:28 PM
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| Started by Sue & Chris - Last post by Dan O. | ||
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Well, that was a hot hot hot one! Managed one wander around the village on Thursday, but apart from that I was under my brolly on the field with several litres of water to keep me company. Highlights for me were: Barbara - young band, very charismatic lead singer, and great songs that were a cross between Sparks and Divine Comedy Rob Jones & The Restless Dream - cinematic America à la Springsteen Richard Thompson - I’ve felt his last few albums were a little flat, but the songs from his forthcoming album sounded excellent There was no one that I didn’t like, although Soft Machine aren’t really my bag. £4 veggie burger at the cricket club with cheese and onions was great value, as was the Smac stall at £5. The rumours around the field that Dave Gilmour was going to appear didn’t materialise, but Vikki Clayton back on stage. There's a couple of photos circulating on FB of Mr Gilmour watching his daughter's set from the side of the stage, so he was there, but the Radio Oxford presenter told us that he was chauffered pretty much straight in and out again... |
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on: Today at 04:20:52 PM
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| Started by Sue & Chris - Last post by Adam | ||
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Well, that was a hot hot hot one! Managed one wander around the village on Thursday, but apart from that I was under my brolly on the field with several litres of water to keep me company. Highlights for me were:
Barbara - young band, very charismatic lead singer, and great songs that were a cross between Sparks and Divine Comedy Rob Jones & The Restless Dream - cinematic America à la Springsteen Richard Thompson - I’ve felt his last few albums were a little flat, but the songs from his forthcoming album sounded excellent There was no one that I didn’t like, although Soft Machine aren’t really my bag. £4 veggie burger at the cricket club with cheese and onions was great value, as was the Smac stall at £5. The rumours around the field that Dave Gilmour was going to appear didn’t materialise, but Vikki Clayton back on stage. |
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on: Today at 03:44:24 PM
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| Started by Sue & Chris - Last post by davidmjs | ||
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Not sure if they've already been posted, but the two FC sets are:
Thur https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/fairport-convention/2026/cropredy-festival-field-cropredy-england-2b718896.html Sat https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/fairport-convention/2026/cropredy-festival-field-cropredy-england-1371f9d9.html |
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on: Today at 03:11:43 PM
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| Started by Sue & Chris - Last post by PhilipK | ||
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Interesting-I've an Irish phone and number so it must have come straight from the transmitters rather than to a list of numbers It's based on the call tower that your handset is connected to. That allows for geographically localised warnings - e.g. floods, toxic fires which require windows to be closed, escaped dangerous criminals nearby, terrorist threat, wildfires, etc, etc. - as the message needs to be received by handsets within physical proximity, rather than base on which network it is registered on (including non-UK roaming ones). Given the number of alerts that most phones give their users every day (even, occasionally, somebody telephoning them!), and the possibility that the information contained within the emergency broadcast might just save your life, I find it very hard to understand the mentality of those that refuse to receive them. |
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on: Today at 03:10:21 PM
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| Started by Sue & Chris - Last post by davidmjs | ||
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I've only experienced this year's event (as every other since 2010) remotely via here and FaceCrack. The moaning this year was absolutely off the scale. I do wonder if this is the curse of Johnny cum Lateley's from the last couple of decades who have very little love for FC and family and for whom Cropredy has just been yet another festy on the calendar? I've only just stopped laughing about the FB post moaning about RT and asking why he was booked again this year.
Anyway, assuming we're all still functional in 12 months time, I'm definitely going to be there next year, which will be one more for old time's sake. I've even just booked the most wonderful looking little Airbnb about 10 minutes drive away. Let it be so... |
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on: Today at 09:49:18 AM
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| Started by Sue & Chris - Last post by Tasha | ||
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So how did the emergency service message sound across the field? I don't have them on my phone. Turned them off about three years ago  |
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on: Today at 07:52:05 AM
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| Started by Lubiloo (Lorna) - Last post by Dan O. | ||
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Another decent Saturday night set from FC. Seemed to cover all bases with the choice of songs, and the presence of DM makes a hell of a difference to the band's dynamics.
BBC Radio Oxford weren't too bad this year, a few online glitches in transmission, but at least we were given two presenters who knew their subject a bit better than some of those in previous years. |
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on: Yesterday at 07:24:54 PM
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| Started by abby (tank girl) - Last post by davidmjs | ||
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A very rare (first in nearly a decade?) SOLO gig from Robin. Can't wait...
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on: Yesterday at 06:21:11 PM
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| Started by Andy - Last post by Tertonmike | ||
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If there’s anybody you want me to pay tribute to in the toast this year, please send me a message either on here or on Facebook, and I’ll make sure they are remembered. Sorry for the very late reply but if possible could you mention our pal Ray Macdonnell from Dublin who was here with us several years recently, whom we lost way too early in his 50s since last year’s Cropredy. From Mike and the Dublin Glampers. Thanks! |
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