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Dr David Lampson noted:
>Everyone knows, or at least I thought everyone knows, that Pete
>was Ben's enforcer. Cross Ben, and a visit from Pete was the dreaded
>consequence.
I can tell you something even more terrifying. Cross Peter, and you could
expect a knock at the door from Imogen Holst!
Ah, dear, dear Imo. I often think she would have made a great 'mafiosa'.
She used to make me laugh so much with her Damon Runyon impressions, I
almost died! This talent for mimicry obviously ran in the family: her
father, the great composer Gustav (of whom some of you may have heard) did
a faultless impression of Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth over the fish course
every Sunday.
He also made astrological charts for close friends - and woe betide you if
Uranus was in conjunction with Mars! This curious interest had a musical
consequence in a reasonably well-known piece called "The Planets" which
some of you may know. (Imo once told me that she had Mercury rising, but
I put it down to the inclement weather Aldeburgh was having at the time.)
Ah, Dr Lampson - how you bring those fragrant memories back in flocks!
C. Shacklock (Mrs)
Nessun Dorma Villas
Bognor Regis, W. Sussex
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