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

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:

[audio:https://www.phoenixfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/FC8-Bygones-12-07-11-St-Andrews.mp3]

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

[audio:https://www.phoenixfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Stuck-in-a-moment-37a1.mp3]

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

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:

[audio:https://www.phoenixfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/FC8-Bygones-12-07-11-St-Andrews.mp3]

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

[audio:https://www.phoenixfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Stuck-in-a-moment-37a1.mp3]

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

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:

[audio:https://www.phoenixfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/FC8-Bygones-12-07-11-St-Andrews.mp3]

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

[audio:https://www.phoenixfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Stuck-in-a-moment-37a1.mp3]

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

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:

[audio:https://www.phoenixfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/FC8-Bygones-12-07-11-St-Andrews.mp3]

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

[audio:https://www.phoenixfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Stuck-in-a-moment-37a1.mp3]

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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