Robert, The mention of "Praities" evokes only one bright memory of when I met Joseph Locke in Leeds. His partner on that night had left her Gold Bracelet in the "Ladies Room" at a recording of "The Good Old Days" in the City Varieties, Leeds, and I handed it to the Commissionaire who later came to me and said a Gentleman wished to buy me a drink in the Bar. I accompanied him and the Gentleman was Joseph Locke! He thanked me kindly and we chatted over the Sherry. He enquired where I was from and I said. "From Enniskillen, where you trained in the R U C Depot and sang The Garden Where The Praities Grow at a Concert in the Townhall". "And how would you know all That?" "Because my Mother was at that Concert and that was her favourite song". Later for an Encore he sang that song " for a special lady in Ireland" I alerted my sister who had my mother seated before the TV to watch that broadcast not knowing she was The Special Lady. Viola > > A wee rhyme from my childhood. > > > "Where do ye come from? > > Donegal. > > How do ye ate your perties there? > > Skins an all!!" > > > best wishes > > Robert >

Lovely story Jim Quinn On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:56 AM +0100, "Viola Wiggins" <vmaw3434@gmail.com> wrote: Robert, The mention of "Praities" evokes only one bright memory of when I met Joseph Locke in Leeds. His partner on that night had left her Gold Bracelet in the "Ladies Room" at a recording of "The Good Old Days" in the City Varieties, Leeds, and I handed it to the Commissionaire who later came to me and said a Gentleman wished to buy me a drink in the Bar. I accompanied him and the Gentleman was Joseph Locke! He thanked me kindly and we chatted over the Sherry. He enquired where I was from and I said. "From Enniskillen, where you trained in the R U C Depot and sang The Garden Where The Praities Grow at a Concert in the Townhall". "And how would you know all That?" "Because my Mother was at that Concert and that was her favourite song". Later for an Encore he sang that song " for a special lady in Ireland" I alerted my sister who had my mother seated before the TV to watch that broadcast not knowing she was The Special Lady. Viola > > A wee rhyme from my childhood. > > > "Where do ye come from? > > Donegal. > > How do ye ate your perties there? > > Skins an all!!" > > > best wishes > > Robert > _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

My God Viola, I haven't that name Joseph Locke for donkey's years, nor 'The Garden where the Praities Grow' either. James -----Original Message----- From: Viola Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 5:56 AM To: This list is for those researching their ancestors in Fermanagh and surrounding counties in Ireland Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD -Praities Robert, The mention of "Praities" evokes only one bright memory of when I met Joseph Locke in Leeds. His partner on that night had left her Gold Bracelet in the "Ladies Room" at a recording of "The Good Old Days" in the City Varieties, Leeds, and I handed it to the Commissionaire who later came to me and said a Gentleman wished to buy me a drink in the Bar. I accompanied him and the Gentleman was Joseph Locke! He thanked me kindly and we chatted over the Sherry. He enquired where I was from and I said. "From Enniskillen, where you trained in the R U C Depot and sang The Garden Where The Praities Grow at a Concert in the Townhall". "And how would you know all That?" "Because my Mother was at that Concert and that was her favourite song". Later for an Encore he sang that song " for a special lady in Ireland" I alerted my sister who had my mother seated before the TV to watch that broadcast not knowing she was The Special Lady. Viola > > A wee rhyme from my childhood. > > > "Where do ye come from? > > Donegal. > > How do ye ate your perties there? > > Skins an all!!" > > > best wishes > > Robert > _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

James, Joseph Locke was one of the nicest Gentlemen one could ever meet. He was a regular guest of Barney Colehan's The Good Old Days which was recorded on a Sunday Evening in the City Varieties, Leeds. That was an old fashioned Music Hall. For the Recording, One half of that Audience dressed up in Costumes from the "Old Days" the other half wore ordinary clothes. Google "Joseph Locke, Good Old Days" for him on You tube. "The Garden where the Praities Grow" is Sound only, no Video. Viola Sent from my iPad

Joe McLaughlin {aka Josef Locke} was one of the World's great tenors. They made a film about him called "Hear my song" From memory it featured the Fermanagh born actor Adrian Dunbar Marvellous voice! Larger than life personality. best wishes Robert www.ulsterancestry.com Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> ________________________________ From: Viola Wiggins <vmaw3434@gmail.com> Sent: 23 May 2018 09:56 To: This list is for those researching their ancestors in Fermanagh and surrounding counties in Ireland Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD -Praities Robert, The mention of "Praities" evokes only one bright memory of when I met Joseph Locke in Leeds. His partner on that night had left her Gold Bracelet in the "Ladies Room" at a recording of "The Good Old Days" in the City Varieties, Leeds, and I handed it to the Commissionaire who later came to me and said a Gentleman wished to buy me a drink in the Bar. I accompanied him and the Gentleman was Joseph Locke! He thanked me kindly and we chatted over the Sherry. He enquired where I was from and I said. "From Enniskillen, where you trained in the R U C Depot and sang The Garden Where The Praities Grow at a Concert in the Townhall". "And how would you know all That?" "Because my Mother was at that Concert and that was her favourite song". Later for an Encore he sang that song " for a special lady in Ireland" I alerted my sister who had my mother seated before the TV to watch that broadcast not knowing she was The Special Lady. Viola > > A wee rhyme from my childhood. > > > "Where do ye come from? > > Donegal. > > How do ye ate your perties there? > > Skins an all!!" > > > best wishes > > Robert > _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community