From December 1982 to December 1983 I was working with Tony Pettitt
again (from Earthforce, 1977), now based near Carmarthen, South
Wales and Bob Phillips from Farnborough, Hampshire. Two poets who
had worked together before, doing performance poetry under the
banner Winter Solstice Trucking Company, gigging at the West End
Centre, Aldershot back in 1976.
This new concept was a much expanded live performance unit with the
intention of staging an assortment of songs, sketches, poems, dance
and musical interludes.
The general theme was of an anti-nuclear nature, forming a statement
of protest aimed at the world governments who indulged in the 'race
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school of thought which prevailed in the early eighties.
Tony, Bob and I began working with percussionist Rob Dingley-Linton
from North Wales and a growing number of contributors based around
the Carmarthen and Kidwelly districts, including from Glyn Abbey,
Jim Greer (set design) with dance choreography and performance by
Janet and Sue Bilsborough and Diane Greer.
I first met Rob back in
late 72, in the days of Planet Oa at Fleet, Hampshire. Bob Phillips
and I made many journeys down to South Wales from Hampshire to work
on this ambitious programme.
Earthworks |
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On the last of these occasions in December 1983, Rob was unable to
make it.
Days later while in Bristol news came to us of Rob's untimely death
following a motorcycle accident, we just had time to make it up to
Llansilin to attend his funeral. Any enthusiasm we had for the
on-going project dwindled away while we came to terms with this sad
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