The connection between Madness, a 16th century composer and our area – Feelgood Saturday 16th July

Alan Johnson Saturday 16 July 2011 0

We heard this morning from prolific local author and historian Frances Clamp talking last week on Bygones about the history of the St Andrews Centre in Billericay:

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This morning’s Stuck in a moment clue was the question, “Were they headed up by Kid Creole?”*:

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My cryptic Where am I? clue to a location somewhere in our area was “the Nutty Boys are snooty about this place,” with the hint that it was home to a 16th century composer.*

*The answer to Stuck in a moment was Give it up by KC & the Sunshine Band, Kid Creole being a clue to the initials KC, the band being named after its founder Harry Wayne Casey. The Nutty Boys in my Where am I? clue were Madness; an anagram of MADNESS and SNOOTY gave the answer - Stondon Massey, home in his latter years to composer William Byrd.

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