Day Trip to Bangor - Fiddler's Dram

[darrencred]

no more the fool, then?

[darrencred]

omg.



[Darian10Again]

Bangor Northern Ireland ftw.

[sergeantfrisky]

This song makes me very happy to be British.

[HazelLuckman]

I heard this on the radio a day or so ago and havent been able to get it out of my head. I remember the butter advert that spoofed it as well, - 'Didn't we have a lovely time, those far off days with Anchor?'

[mccarthyp642]

Eoin Cameron 720 ABC!!!!!

[MrAvalonman]

Poor Elsie,I wonder what made her chunder.

[MrAvalonman]

Very Funky but likeable,poor Elsie,I wonder if she only "cuddled " with Jack.

[MrAvalonman]

A great and funky little tune,not everyone's cup of tea,but it is better than the CRAP they dish up to us these days. Shame about Elsie getting sick.

[alanlovedog]

i recall one guy in the band had an outrageous ginger afro - unforgiveable.

[helen1948]

lovely song.

[peteselwin]

They don't make them like this anymore hey!

[JIMJIM5523]

@su79nioj You know what? I highly doubt we did! XD

[uptonsavoie]

Wales. Hmmmm. There's a Bangor in Northern Ireland and one in the State of Maine, neither of which I have visited. Maybe a few others somewhere. Are all of you certain that the one referenced in the song is the one in Wales?

[jennyschofield]

"Didnt we have a lovely time the day we went to Lanzarote,

Lunch on the way we had sangria all day, and all for under a Euro...."

So says bnb. LOL.

[dumbasspauldentonkin]

There are times when the Recommended videos system tries to interest me in videos I really don't want to see, like year old favourites, poor Counter-Strike frag movies or furry vore slideshows.

Then there are times when it recommends things like this, and they are instantly favourited.

[stgeorgeorsaintdavid]

What fun, just been to Bangor in North Wales (we live near by) and on the way i sang it, badly to the kidswho were in the back of the car cuddling with my mum who is called Jac! My husband named the band and i just checked!

[nickh456]

Thanks to Chezzy, I cant stop singing this totally crap song - sang it on the walk home from the nightclub last night, and was skipping at the same time - good grief!!!

[witchitygrub47]

If you Enjoyed this look at "Jasper Carrots" version..."Day Trip to Blackpool"..Verry Clever and a Great Laugh !!!

[Gartcosh37]

I remember being subjected to this tune by my folks every sunday when growing up but only now have I learnt to appreciate it. A real song about real England with a real woman singing. Cathy le Surf is just fantastic and gives it the feeling that it is a really happy song It is a pity that a) they dont make tunes like this anymore and b) Bangor never lived upto/cashed in on its fame.

[Gartcosh37]

I remember having to endure this as a kid. As I have grown up I have learnt to appreciate it. Cathy le Surf is a real women with a real voice and sings about real England when life was so much easier. It is a very happy song and it is a real shame that 1. they dont make songs like this anymore and 2. Bangor failed to cash in on its fame!

[witchitygrub47]

NO "Rooting" in thoes days....Knees Always "Kept Together" !!! But a Lot of "Pillow Biters" Though...

[markwak71]

What Bangor are they on about? the one in North Wales or in Northern Ireland, bit of a long way for a daytrip that one!! Not a bad folk song though, she sounds a bit like Maddy Prior!!

[MTCatman]

Good ole English folk song! Thanks!

[mufcevo]

I'm going this year.

[sockernasse]

Oh yeah! I just LOVE this song! In fact the whole album is fantastic. Especially "Mama's Ill"! And thier haircuts is amazing as well!

[abatty1234]

How can you be so serious to Fiddler's Dram? Impossible to listen to this song and not smile!!!

[naganokumas]

"..and the wheels went 'round."

Chocky has a few things to say with our obsession with rotary things.

[nickbaldeagle01]

If you don't like this song, then you quite simply have no sense of musical taste.

[HeidiPusskins]

I can't believe this was in the Top 10 in .......1980. Very very daggy.

[WelshyM]

I always preferred a day out to Llandudno!

[naganokumas]

This was one of many unlikely #1s on the Australian Charts.

Give them a moment to appreciate their appreciation of things.

After all, the antipodes is a great place to watch from.

[josecher]

It just goes to show, you can't be too careful

[maolchalium]

The leaders of Plaid Cymru are lizard people with a secret plan to take over North Wales They are going to use Llanfair-PG as a base for world domination.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

[su79nioj]

And declare the isle of Anglesea a people's republic no doubt.

Thanks for the warning!

[MrBooojangles]

Sounds like our polititions in the Channel Islands, they talk as if we are some massive country or something and we are only small islands with fairly small populations.

I've been to Llanfair-PG it's a nice place.

[CJCymru]

It has a very original tune to it

[w1h2i3t4h5a6m7]

bollocks, join the jehovah's witness & all will be well. when god resurrects the world you get a nice pastel colored coat & go around smiling @ everybody all day. i've seen the brochure, it's looks abit like butlins & pontins joined together.

[su79nioj]

But without the chavs and fatties!

[su79nioj]

That's all very well and good, but didn't we have a lovely time?

[svbeattie40]

what make of a vehicle that's shown?

[su79nioj]

A charablanc of some sort - the make I do not know, but it looks a lot more expensive than most such cars of the era.

[beardyfreak]

What goes "clip clop clip clop, bang bang, clippety clop clippety clop"

Answer " An Amish drive by shooting".

[mazzab1970]

Spent my pocket money and bought this record in the bargain bin at Rackhams in 1981. Haven't heard it for years.

I feel old!

[billabongodrum]

how many times did you play the record?

[su79nioj]

What video?!!

[sneakyam]

"The girl" is Cathy Lesurf - there used to be a vid of her here singing this song but it seems to have gone. Search for Albion Band and there's some good shots of her a few years later.

Cathy was (probably still is) a lovely woman and much admired by those who knew her.

[horatio382009]

The girl who sings this song is everything I could want in a woman. Pretty, feminine, a seemingly sweet personality. I would like intimacy with her while she sang "arent we having a wonderful time, while we have a bangor".

[m1ajt]

Some time after this song was in the charts there was a radio 1 (dj it might have been tony blackburn) who was constantly making fun of the train or lack of on one of the south east london lines. Every day this train was cancled. One of the listners made up the words and it was put to the Bangor song, and played on thre radio. Whatever happened to this one, I don`t knowif it was released or not.

[MisterWobbley]

Ah, that was the train from Barnhurst to Blackfriars, no?

[78rstp]

i am so glad that person who order it -for it's store she know it would be a hit and she sure to be right and ha to the boss 1 up for that lovly person

[bernadettemay]

brilliant havent heard this in years brings back loads of memories happy days

[evilwit]

i remember this being in the charts we used to sing " didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Belfast, a lovely day we got shot on the way all because of the IRA " kids eh

[mistofoles]

HAHAHA!!!

[TheHullyGully]

Brilliant.

[butleywoods]

can anyone tell me which year this was in the charts?

[shotfan]

1979

[andrew80s]

Great stuff.  I'm still laughing :)

[qpr60]

This came out of nowhere to reach number 3 in late 1979.

[blade0954]

oh grand!! hope the cider wasnt white lightning,lol,good honest musical fun,thanks for the post su79nioj

[brdpatri]

brilliant

[jackaustin80]

lol

me and mum were singing this in a shopping center:)

this song is awesome/random

[russ7510]

this is a great tune,i dont know why people say this is terrible,i think its well good

[matrags]

I went to Bangor...It was a fucking dump

[tellyontellyon]

I went to Bangor once...

... just once.

[EssexBoy696969]

"And all for under a pound ya know".....What do you want for a fucking quid - Monte Carlo!

[cigmorfil]

This song brings back memories...the year it came out I had visited my cousins in Canada and on the return flight we had to turn back 45 mins out over the Atlantic and make an emergency landing at...Bangor (in US state of Maine) - thank's Freddie.

Always remember the fact that it did cost us under a pound! (Even to watch the inflight movie as our stethoscope headphone rental money had been refunded as projector wasn't working; whilst waiting for plane part they fiddled with it and fixed it.)

[Baskerville22]

The Bangor in the title of this song is a town in Norther Wales, UK.

[tcacVII]

I sing this song when I'm drunk lol. Love it.

[herringthorpe]

Not suprised "Elsie was sick" the greedy cow !!

[EssexBoy696969]

Ohhhhhhhhh.............for the last 30 years, I thought they sang 'Elsie sucked Dick' !

[barumman]

We have had lots of lovely days at Bangor

(North Wales) Enjoyed the song, it brought back fond memories. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[su79nioj]

You're welcome.

[unterwant]

i love this song!

remember a nice girl on the piano

in clifton hotel (conemarra)

playing it:

it was great!

thanks for the song

thanks for posting !!!!!!!!!!!

[Krzyszczynski]

There used to be a clip on this site of Fiddlers Dram performing this song on Top of the Pops. What became of it?

[JackHasNiceHair]

it dissapered

[Bethanx0]

haha my mum used to love this

[su79nioj]

She still does love. lol.

[carolethecatlover]

Thank you for uploading.

[nm1270]

It's because of uploads like this I love this website so much.This song takes me back to a time when the world was such a safer,innocent place.Thank You.

[Szaam]

I think this song is hilarious.

It reminds me of Shooting Stars. Vic sings it in the club style, LOL.

[TheHullyGully]

Well remembered, I thought of that too!

Now let's hear that song sung properly...

[richard444rob]

who originally sang it and when? Thanks

[mistofoles]

Written by Debbie Cooke (whoever she was)

[GoldenLegends]

I love this song - thanks for uploading

[ExigeGT3]

Superb!

[schpazzumz]

My dad made use go to this song to try and see the danceing because he wanted to show me the dance yester day on the trian......... =//

dose any one konw where we can see the dance and the song??

thanks

Ly

XxcxX

[DaveHorse1]

Thnanks for this splendid song that reminds me of my childhood. lovely!

[bungfritz]

I used to sing this with my two older sisters on the record player, I still have the original record - (single) Even though we enjoyed it, and sang it a lot, we knew it was super cheesy!

[richardgwyncarr]

Which Bangor does the song refer to? The one on North Wales or Northern Ireland?

[su79nioj]

North Wales, I believe.

[AKAKArnott]

Yeh, it was originally written as day trip to Rhyll (another seaside town in North Wales) but was changed because Bangor fitted the beat and meter of the song more naturally.

[borishawthorn]

HA HA HA! I remember dancing to this at a show as a kid and i fell off the stage.

[Baskerville22]

Great little song.

[TwentySixCookies]

No.

No we did not.

[scottfyvvver]

No.

No we didn't either.

[Bipqvist77]

and neither did we