Shirley Pipe Band
Ladispoli Artichoke Festival 2002
52° Sagra del Carciofo Romanesco
Click on a thumbnail photograph to see a larger version. Names are listed left to right unless stated.
| April 2002. Ladispoli Artichoke Festival, Italy Wilting Artichokes with Presentation Bag Note that they were a lot fresher when presented on Saturday, but this was taken on Tuesday! Carciofo is Italian for Artichoke 48Kb | |
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| Friday 12th April 2002. Birmingham Airport Spot the Oversize Baggage: Chris Hughes and Cindy Irons 58Kb | |
| Friday 12th April 2002. Birmingham Airport Relaxing before the flight: Phil Taverner, Carl Gray, Andy King, John McGee, Allan Baxter, Keith Murphy 101Kb | |
| Friday 12th April 2002. Flight AF3007, Birmingham to Paris Birmingham Airport: Carl Gray demonstrating how to smuggle his feather bonnet on board as hand luggage 92Kb | |
| Friday 12th April 2002. Flight AF3007, Birmingham to Paris The View from Keith's Seat Unfortunately Keith wasn't able to enjoy the view as he swapped seats and we all suffered 54Kb | |
| Friday 12th April 2002. Paris Airport Hamish's First Visit to Paris: Allan Baxter showing Hamish how to (almost) miss the connecting flight 39Kb | |
| Friday 12th April 2002. Flight AF4828, Paris to Rome Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris: Boarding 73Kb | |
| Friday 12th April 2002. Flight AF4828, Paris to Rome Peace at Last! Finally, Keith Murphy has a window seat, and a door, so stops whinging 51Kb | |
| Friday 12th April 2002. Flight AF4828, Paris to Rome Relaxing in Business Class: James Cadman and Phil Taverner (the single advantage of checking in very late!) 94Kb | |
| Hotel Mexico, Ladispoli Where we stayed for the weekend 92Kb | |
| Hotel Mexico, Ladispoli Just in case anyone goes back: Birra, Coke, Sprite, Vino were all 6000 lire = 3.10 Euro Remember to ask for a receipt! 45Kb | |
| Friday 12th April 2002. Evening Meal Whatever Allan has in his mouth, it is taking some swallowing! Allan Baxter, Keith Murphy, Chris Hughes, John McGee, John Cadman On right: Phil Taverner, Carl Grey, Andy King, Denis Carter, Marion Doyle, Albert Hope 88Kb | |
| Friday 12th April 2002. Evening Meal The Youngsters Table: James Cadman, Simon Hayward, Pascha Rees, Davey Watts, Jo Mellor, Jen Mellor 85Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Ladispoli Beach before Breakfast Can anyone see Denis? 54Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Damage to the Bass Drum Souvenir of our flight from Birmingham The drum survived the weekend after application of gaffer tape and turning it upside down so that the damage wouldn't show 86Kb | |
| Ladispoli Artichoke Festival Programme 52nd Annual Festival 100Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Ladispoli Retirement Home Starting to march up the drive: Tom Taverner, Jo Mellor, Pascha Rees, Allan Baxter, Keith Murphy, Albert Hope, Phil Taverner, John Cadman, Carl Gray, Denis Carter, Marion Doyle, Davey Watts, Dave Mellor, Andy King 73Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Ladispoli Retirement Home Playing on the lawn: Andy King, Dave Mellor, Davey Watts, Denis Carter, Carl Gray, Marion Doyle, John Cadman 111Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Ladispoli Artichoke Festival Standing on stage at opening ceremony: Allan Baxter, Keith Murphy, Jo Mellor, Simon Hayward, (several indistinct), Phil Taverner, John McGee 110Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Roman Forum 66Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Roman Forum Posed near arch: Andy King, James Cadman, Davey Watts, Lorena Pontecorvi, Jen Mellor, Pascha Rees 65Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Colosseum, Rome Jen Mellor, Pascha Rees and Davey Watts 101Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Constantine's Arch, Rome 112Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. St. Peter's Square, Rome 66Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. St. Peter's Basilica, Rome 40Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. St. Peter's Square, Rome A Swiss Guard at the Vatican Gates Note that they wear their spats buttoned on the inside! 69Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Ladispoli Beach Marion Doyle, Albert Hope, John Cadman, Keith Murphy, Carl Gray, Denis Carter 140Kb | |
| Spitfire American Bar, Ladispoli Where we spent several happy hours 48Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Spitfire Bar, Ladispoli Cheers!: Denis Carter, John Cadman, Allan Baxter, Carl Gray, John McGee, Andy King 112Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Spitfire Bar, Ladispoli Posing in the American Bar: Allan Baxter, Super-Efficient Barmaid, Her friend, John McGee, Denis Carter, John Cadman, Andy King 115Kb | |
| Saturday 13th April 2002. Spitfire Bar, Ladispoli Sitting in the American Bar: Tom Taverner, Dave Mellor, James Cadman, Denis Carter, John Cadman, Allan Baxter, Super-Efficient Barmaid, John McGee, Davey Watts, Pascha Rees, Jen Mellor 139Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Tuning Bagpipes (or Toning Bagpiper?) While most are tuning up, one is sunbathing!Davey Watts catching the morning sun 54Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Marching to Ladispoli Town Centre John Cadman, Albert Hope, Marion Doyle, Carl Gray, Andy King 121Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Marching to Ladispoli Town Centre Carl Gray and Dave Mellor 66Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Marching to Ladispoli Town Centre Simon Hayward and Jen Mellor 91Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Proof: Chris' Luggage Arrived Eventually After luggage delivered at midnight on Saturday Cindy Irons and Chris Hughes 119Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Ladispoli Town Crier Equipped with (small) drum and microphone built into his hat, his job was to announce our presence (you would have thought they would notice anyway!) 123Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. The Great Fry-Up World Record Size of Frying Pan: they were cooking squid, we think! 117Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Al Hope and Artichoke Ladispoli Artichoke Festival Albert Hope posed by Tapir modelled from Artichokes 126Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Albert, Marion and Aunty Choke? Ladispoli Artichoke Festival Albert Hope and Marion Doyle posed by Statue of Liberty modelled from Artichokes 117Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Ladipoli Centre With members of local band: John McGee and Dave Mellor 109Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Ladispoli Centre With Nurses: Davey Watts and Albert Hope (Albert is still waiting to have his knee kissed better) 52Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Ladispoli Centre V.I.P. / Artichoke Preparation Marquee: (with Umberto, our friend from the airport, in the foreground) 76Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Ladispoli Centre With ladies from the Artichoke cookery team: Dave Mellor, shortly before interview for Italian TV 82Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in Circle Simon Hayward, Jo Mellor, Jen Mellor, James Cadman, Tom Taverner, Pascha Rees, Andy King (could Jen please explain the steam rising behind her?) 98Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in Circle Andy King, Davey Watts, Albert Hope, Denis Carter, Carl Gray 125Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in Circle Andy King, Davey Watts, Albert Hope, Denis Carter, Carl Gray, John Cadman, Marion Doyle, Phil Taverner 128Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in Circle John McGee, Cindy Irons, Chris Hughes, Keith Murphy 109Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. New Friends John McGee with his new little friend (watch for how many times he and his father appear in later photographs) 75Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Ladisploi Arichoke Festival, Italy Nearing the Main Square John Cadman (turning), Denis Carter, Marion Doyle, Cindy Irons, Dave Mellor, Andy King 73Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Entering Arena Tom Taverner, Jo Mellor, Allan Baxter, Simon Hayward, Phil Taverner 113Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Entering Arena Tom Taverner, Pascha Rees, Jo Mellor, Simon Hayward 120Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Sbandieratori e Corteo Storico "Città di Acquapendente" We make nervous spectators 145Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Sbandieratori e Corteo Storico "Città di Acquapendente" Italian Flag Waving Group 78Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Sbandieratori e Corteo Storico "Città di Acquapendente" Italian Flag Waving Group 110Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in the Spitfire American Bar Albert Hope 78Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in the Spitfire American Bar Pushing in front of Phil: John (Pipe Major) Cadman 92Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in the Spitfire American Bar Phil Taverner 74Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in the Spitfire American Bar Carl Gray 95Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in the Spitfire American Bar Andy (Pipe Sergeant) King 98Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in the Spitfire American Bar Who needs a Bass Drummer anyway?: Keith Murphy and Allan Baxter 134Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in the Spitfire American Bar Marion Doyle 57Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in the Spitfire American Bar John McGee 73Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in the Spitfire American Bar Simon Hayward 72Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing in the Spitfire American Bar Jo Mellor 55Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Barmaid and Keith Murphy 89Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. New Friends Allan Baxter, father, John's new little friend, John McGee 109Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Pascha's Pear Posed with her nice pear: Pascha Rees 67Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Group on Stage at Night 47Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Statue of Liberty Ladispoli Artichoke Festival minus Artichokes 101Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Playing outside the Spitfire American Bar Some people never stop: Andy King, Albert Hope, Allan Baxter 53Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. World Records Explaining how he achieved the World Record for non-stop Scotland the Brave: Allan Baxter with Janis Davidson who became our unofficial interpreter (thanks Janis) 84Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Closing Firework Display 16+65Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Closing Firework Display 35+65Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Outside the Spitfire American Bar Piggyback Time: Albert Hope carries Pascha Rees Watched by Marion Doyle and Keith Murphy 49Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Outside the Spitfire American Bar Piggyback Time: Pascha Rees carries Albert Hope Watched by Andy King and Marion Doyle 74Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Outside the Spitfire American Bar Piggyback Time: Andy King carries Marion Doyle 56Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Outside the Spitfire American Bar Piggyback Time: Davey Watts carries Jen Mellor 84Kb | |
| Sunday 14th April 2002. Outside the Spitfire American Bar The night before the morning after: Davey Watts and James Cadman 108Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Spitfire American Bar, Ladispoli So that's what it looked like in daylight! 62Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Main square, Ladispoli Cleared of stalls etc the morning after 83Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Carl Decides to Stand for Election Well, maybe it's his long-lost twin brother? 55Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. 101 Uses for an Artichoke Jen Mellor, John Cadman, Pascha Rees, James Cadman, Jo Mellor, Simon Hayward, Andy King, Davey Watts, Marion Doyle, Tom Taverner 82Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. 101 More uses for an Artichoke John Cadman, Jen Mellor, Pascha Rees, James Cadman, Jo Mellor, Simon Hayward, Andy King, Davey Watts, Marion Doyle, Tom Taverner 116Kb | |
| Real uses for an Artichoke Advice from Gabrielle O'Leary: "I have checked with my mamma who says that once prepared (which is the removal of tough outer leaves down to the pale ones inside) and boiled (20 mins or so - until soft), add olive oil to pan with a bit of garlic and flat leaf parsley, sauté, add salt / pepper to taste and serve hot or cold. Delicious either way." Thanks, Gabrielle - and we hope you enjoyed them after they were mistreated as above! | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Coach to the Airport Have Jo and Simon fallen out? Carl Gray, Jo Mellor, Keith Murphy, Simon Hayward, John McGee 59Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Coach to the Airport No they haven't: Jo Mellor and Simon Hayward 54Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Flight AF4827, Rome to Paris View along coast after take-off from Fiumicino Airport 90Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Flight AF4827, Rome to Paris View over Alps 108Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Denis at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris This time he won't escape: Albert Hope, Marion Doyle, Phil Taverner, Denis Carter, Chris Hughes, Tom Taverner, Cindy Irons, James Cadman, Jo Mellor, Davey Watts 95Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Security Scan at Paris Notice skeleton of feather bonnet on screens to the right? See next image for close-up 72Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Security Scan at Paris Close-up of Feather Bonnet Skeleton To right of the monitors - next trip, place a skeleton canary inside the bonnet! 83Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris View of Terminal F 92Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Flight AF3008, Paris to Birmingham Boarding at Charles de Gaulle Airport: Notice the instruments waiting on the tarmac, but no suitcases! 65Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. The Case that Arrived at Birmingham Case with Oversize Baggage: Chris Hughes 40Kb | |
| Monday 15th April 2002. Queue to Report Cases that Didn't Arrive Simon Hayward, Marion Doyle, Denis Carter (eclipsed), Chris Hughes, Albert Hope (looking very pleased to be home), Keith Murphy, Allan Baxter 76Kb | |
| Tuesday 16th April 2002. Case after Careful Handling and Delivery Phil's case, one of several to be damaged 90Kb |
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