Wyatting Revisited, a reader responds

The NSSB has received correspondence re: "Wyatting" (see below), the misuse of jukeboxes for purposes of dissent/amusement. (The author has withheld their identity, but from the information available, I suspect it is either actor Hugh Grant, or former Tory leader William Hague.)

They write:

"In my day the weapon of choice was 'Goldfinger', which for some reason in the late 1970s was still present on 2 jukeboxes in Oxford, viz. the one in the Bulldog and the one in the Lamb and Flag. There were still grants then, so it could be played repeatedly until someone large at the bar noticed who was feeding the machine.

PS What the hell is an 'internet jukebox'?"

(Correspondence ends)


The discovery of vestigal hits on neglected jukeboxes was the topic of a colleague of mine, who informed me earlier today that, as a younger man in the mid 1980s, (well, we were ALL younger then) he discovered Lieutenant Pigeon's "Mouldy Old Dough" on a jukebox in a Bermondsey pub. Naturally, he selected it for play eight times, but left after the first spin, complaining about the quality of the music in that gaff.
For those overseas: causing bother to the pub-goers of Bermondsey in the 1980s was like wearing the Star of David on a Beirut firing range, not to be recommended. Tasty work Dave!

And thankyou, "anonymous", this blog accepts all correspondence, on any topic, but cannot offer payment.