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1900sr

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Dear Mr Le Bon - A Pensioner writes (The letters of Derek & Wilf)
« on: March 25, 2015, 08:41:18 PM »
I thought some of you may be interested in this. Derek & Wilf are a couple of pensioners who started writing to "pop stars"taking them to task over their lyrics. Surprisingly, the recipients started to write back. There are loads of letters to and from the likes of Julianne Regan, The Undertones, Frank Turner, Billy Bragg amongst others. If it appeals to your sense of humour you could lose several hours on the website.

http://www.wilfturnbull.co.uk/

Derek is now planning a book of the letters which is being crowd sourced here  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/375608967/dear-mr-le-bon-a-pensioner-writes

If you like what you see please help spread the word, they need all the help they can get.
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Re: Dear Mr Le Bon - A Pensioner writes (The letters of Derek & Wilf)
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2015, 09:10:04 PM »
This is going to consume lots of hours, thanks for sharing.

Cheers

jc
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Re: Dear Mr Le Bon - A Pensioner writes (The letters of Derek & Wilf)
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2015, 09:17:28 PM »
I misread it as 'Derek And Clive'...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTifRi3qDkU

Be warned, sweary beyond belief...

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Re: Dear Mr Le Bon - A Pensioner writes (The letters of Derek & Wilf)
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2015, 10:23:48 PM »
1900sr - this is brilliant stuff thanks  :-*

The word will be spread  :)

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Re: Dear Mr Le Bon - A Pensioner writes (The letters of Derek & Wilf)
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2015, 06:19:24 PM »
Thank you Anna, I'm being kind of selfish here. I really want one of the books, and the only way it's going to happen is if the kickstarter camaign makes it. For some reason mainstreeam media isn't interested in it, so it's all word of mouth.
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Re: Dear Mr Le Bon - A Pensioner writes (The letters of Derek & Wilf)
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2015, 06:10:09 PM »
Well the campaigns not doing too bad now, but not there yet. A few new letters and replies have come in including Saxon and The Human League.
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Re: Dear Mr Le Bon - A Pensioner writes (The letters of Derek & Wilf)
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2015, 10:41:41 AM »
Fantastic stuff and thanks for bringing it to wider attention.  :)
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Re: Dear Mr Le Bon - A Pensioner writes (The letters of Derek & Wilf)
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2015, 12:41:12 PM »
thanks for posting this link - I spent ages laughing at these. I loved Julianne Regan's reply
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Re: Dear Mr Le Bon - A Pensioner writes (The letters of Derek & Wilf)
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2015, 02:23:35 PM »
 ;D This is great!
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