Thanks for welcoming me on board, I am not a purist and I can't play like Morley but at the last Festival I went to someone remarked that I looked like him {in his later years) In '52 I bought a Japanese guitar off a shipmate (sea price) then I aquired a ukelele in the philipines for half a carton of 'Lucky Strikes' ( 1/6d) then I heard on ABC 'Something Smith & the Red Heads' playing 'It's a Sin to Tell a Lie' with banjo lead and I was hooked. I bought my first banjo in '55 from a pawn shop in Hull for 30/- a Barnes & Mullins zither ,the same model as the doctor had with Shackleton on Elephant Island I can't believe it's the same one but it's hanging at the top of the stairs . I am glad to find myself part of a dedicated group trying to keep the 'classical' style alive it is a versatile instrument and deserves to be played at that level. now I must get to bed, surrounded by banjos,- ther is a little 25" scale George C Haynes in the corner held together with washers tuned to 'D' when I feel 'out of sorts',Itake it down and play 'Green Mountain Hop' and feel better !

 PS how did you know I had Parrot ?     Goodnight !