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