The new pavilion
Yorkshire 339 for 5 (99 overs). Brophy 97, Pyrah 5.
A lively opening brought eight runs and a wicket from the first over of the day.
Carter struck with his second ball as Rashid, feet still to get moving, was trapped lbw for 29.
Carter, 4 for 69, had led the attack splendidly again in this match.
As I walked round the ground, pre-play, to get two coffees I picked up snippets of many conversations from stewards and spectators (of which there are plenty here) and, no exaggeration, virtually every one involved a moan about something pertaining to the new pavilion (open for the first time for this match) that is either unfinished or disorganised.
Warwickshire supporters are indeed very fortunate to be able to bask in total confidence that, when the new Edgbaston pavilion opens next this time next year, the structure and all organisational matters pertaining thereto will be immaculate.
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The Grumbleweeds are an award winning British comedy band, performing music and comedy. They were mostly popular on radio and television in the 1980s.
The group was formed by Robin Colvill and Graham Walker in Leeds in 1962. They performed on the northern club circuit and pubs in Yorkshire, and occasionally abroad in Germany. Turning professional in 1967, and by now a five-piece with the addition of Maurice Lee and brothers Albert and Carl Sutcliffe, the group appeared on Opportunity Knocks, and New Faces, hosted by Max Bygraves. Although they didn't win, their performance brought them to national attention and the exposure was sufficient to warrant a recording contract with Philips. The first release on this label was an album of serious songs, In a Teknikolor Dreem, which was produced by Alan Hawkshaw and remains collectable today.
In 1973, the group secured further television exposure with a series The Coal Hole Club, which was shown on BBC One in the early evenings and aimed squarely at children. The show mixed the group's repertoire of impressions with fast-moving comedy and music. During this period the band sporadically continued to release singles and albums, which contained a mixture of serious songs and comedy sketches.
It was on radio, however, where the Grumbleweeds made their major breakthrough with the successful BBC Radio 2 series, The Grumbleweeds Radio Show, from 1979 to 1988. Fifteen series were recorded, and it received the prestigious "Best Radio Show" award from The Television and Radio Industries Awards in 1983. The Grumbleweeds Radio Show is also the title of a series of television programmes made between 1983 and 1988 for Granada Television, which retained the fast-moving sketch format.
In late 1987, brothers Albert and Carl Sutcliffe decided to leave the group, and were augmented by side-musicians in the 1988 television programmes. By 1989, slimmed down to a three-piece, they secured a new BBC Radio 2 series, Someone And The Grumbleweeds, which ran for three years. Maurice Lee decided to leave the group in 1997, and was briefly replaced by Tony Joe.
The Grumbleweeds are now reduced to their two founder members Colvill and Walker, but remain a popular attraction on the cabaret circuit. They have continued performing in most aspects of entertainment, even appearing in television series such as Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Heartbeat and Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere.
Aye - used to listen to them every Friday night at 10pm just before I put the cat out. Happy days.
Until the cat got run over.
Radio Five legend Kevin Howells used to work with Carl "Gas Mask Grimshaw" Sutcliffe at Radio Leeds.