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Bob Dobson · 08-06-2008, 19:09

I have just had a note from a Grammar school Old Boy, Kenneth Ball to say that he and his wife Mary, a High School girl, had attended the new opera 'Minotaur' at Covent garden and felt at home in the presence of the composer ( Sir Harrison Birtwistle) and the lead singer (Sir John Tomlinson).
I was contacted a year or so ago by a lady who is writing a biography of the man she called Harry. These two aren't the only Grammar school knights - we have Sir Kenneth Barnes too. I have been told that I have been put forward for an honour from the Queen - ' for services tio the brewing industry'

08-06-2008, 19:09	#38
Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158676	Re: Sir Harrison Birtwistle I have just had a note from a Grammar school Old Boy, Kenneth Ball to say that he and his wife Mary, a High School girl, had attended the new opera 'Minotaur' at Covent garden and felt at home in the presence of the composer ( Sir Harrison Birtwistle) and the lead singer (Sir John Tomlinson). I was contacted a year or so ago by a lady who is writing a biography of the man she called Harry. These two aren't the only Grammar school knights - we have Sir Kenneth Barnes too. I have been told that I have been put forward for an honour from the Queen - ' for services tio the brewing industry'