Songs banned by the BBC

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8th quote down - isn't the internet a wonderful thing?

My English professor was one of the defence witnesses at the Lady Chatterly trial. I have to say that I still think it is a really third-rate novel.

My wonderful daily many years ago (may she rest in peace) was the mum of one of the Sex Pistols about whom I knew absolutely nothing at the time. She brought me a great pile of their records which I put in a cupboard and eventually gave to a "smiling scout" for a jumble sale. The Sex Pistol member helped rewire my house (a skill he had learned as an apprentice before fame but a problem with the manage and money hit the band). Weird.

I flirted with capitalism with Lady C - my best friend and me (the one I went to the library with - see above) bought a copy when it was eventually published after the trial, and loaned it out at 6d a time to the boys at the grammar school. We turned a healthy profit - I think it cost us 3/6 to buy Agree it's not a good novel.

For the avoidance of doubt the Lady C venture is not the well-paid private sector experience I referred to on another thread!!

You were destined to go far, bluebell. A touch of the Richard Bransons about you.
I also thought LCL was a poor novel - but then I didn't rate DHL much anyway. I thought he had no idea of how women really experience orgasm. He thought they had to rely on a man for it!

There is an article in the current Oldie magazine about the youngest witness at the Lady Chatterley trial, Bernardine Wall. She was aged 22 and had just come down from Cambridge.
Her father worked at the publishers and was asked to supply a witness to prove that the book wasn't going to corrupt young women.
Bernardine assured the judge that she had read and understood the work, and the judge decided that she had definitely not been corrupted.
There is a lovely photo of her looking fresh-faced and innocent outside the court, wearing her duffle coat.
I remember at school everyone being desperate to get their hands on a copy, to prove that you were one of the in-crowd.
I never managed it, but some years later when doing Biology A Level, discovered that my father had a copy all the time at home, covered with brown paper and 'Animals without Backbones' written on the spine

I shall never forget Mother Mary Paulina explaining 'country matters' to us. Amazingly, there were girls in our sixth form who had never heard the word.

In 1964 when we were doing the Scottish Play for O levels The porters speech was missed out of our school editions. We only discovered it when listening to a gramaphone recording. Stuff about the effect of drink on sexual performance. This was mixed a comprehensive. Our lovely English teacher Mr Blacknell explained what should be there.

The BBC banned the Beatles Please Please Me when it first came out. They thought it was shocking!

MiceElf - Aye - there's a thought to lie twixt maid's legs...
Surprising how few realise the country matters pun is there.

Speak ye of country matters?

When I was in the last year at primary school our teacher started to read us a story about the Romans in Britain. I told my mother and mentioned it was called The Mistletoe and The Sword. She said "He's reading WHAT to you???" Some years later I read it myself and realised quite how much he had had to leave out, Anya Seton being quite keen on sex scenes.

After reading us the (somewhat abridged) book he turned it into a play which we put on at the end of the year. It actually turned out very well and we learnt a lot about the Romans - but not about sex sadly.

Je t'aime my sister walked down the isle to that on her wedding day. I don't think my parents had a clue but did think it was a bit un-churchy

I attended a wedding at Loseley House (near Guildford) and the bride and groom entered and walked down the aisle to 'Always Look On The Bright Side of Life', with everybody joining in with the whistled phrases...excellent!