I forgot to mention that I'd attended the DaDa Awards at the BT Convention Centre last week.
I was on a table with the very funnt Mat Fraser and Liz Carr who were compereing, and we had a good laugh over dinner, particularly over the rather sticky meringues which were almost impossible to eat.
There was also a raffle which went on for a long time but did raise a lot of money for the DaDa (deaf and disability arts) organisation.
Mike McCartney was the auctioneer and wrung as much money as he could out of the room.
Among the prizes were some original 45s of The Scaffold's Thank U Very Much and Lily the Pink which Mike and John Gorman had signed, and Mike promised to get Roger McGough's autograph on them too.
They went for more than £300.
Later on there was a gold disc of the Let It Be album up for sale. Would it fetch more than the Scaffold I wondered? And for a while it was neck and neck.
But Macca junior selflessly urged on the bidding for the record (by, according to him, a band of "local lads") by pointing out the owner could flog it for much more on eBay!
It ended up going for a respectable £500 or so.
