The Sinking of Westminster Pier - Revision history

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	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Aquarela do Brasil\|Brazil]]'' {{small\|([[Ary Barroso]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Aquarela do Brasil\|Brazil]]'' {{small\|([[Ary Barroso]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Lean Baby'' {{small\|([[Billy May]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Lean Baby'' {{small\|([[Billy May]])}}

			==Transcription==
			*[[The Sinking of Westminster Pier (Transcript)\|TThe Sinking of Westminster Pier (Transcript)]]

	==Technical==		==Technical==
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	*Ellington: ''Lean Baby''		*Ellington: ''Lean Baby''
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	'''''The Sinking of Westminster Pier''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fifth series. It was originally billed in the [[~~w:Radio Times\|~~Radio Times]] as ''[[The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]]'' but at short notice the show was changed based on a news story about the appearance of a photograph showing [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster's floating pier]] not floating particularly well being under several feet of water. Further ignominy was added to the pier by an "Out of Order" sign being pinned to the entrance. Greenslade attempts to announce the show as ''The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street'' (based on the assumption that the Radio Times is never wrong!). Eventually Peter Sellers announces the title as "''The Port of London Authority's valuable hand-carved, oil-painted, valuable floating pier''".<ref>{{cite book \|last=Wilmut \|first=Roger \|author-link=Roger Wilmut \|date=1976 \|title=[[The Goon Show Companion]] \|publisher=Robson Books \|page=123 \|isbn=0860518361}}</ref>		'''''The Sinking of Westminster Pier''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fifth series. It was originally billed in the [[Radio Times]] as ''[[The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]]'' but at short notice the show was changed based on a news story about the appearance of a photograph showing [[Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster's floating pier]] not floating particularly well being under several feet of water. Further ignominy was added to the pier by an "Out of Order" sign being pinned to the entrance. Greenslade attempts to announce the show as ''The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street'' (based on the assumption that the Radio Times is never wrong!). Eventually Peter Sellers announces the title as "''The Port of London Authority's valuable hand-carved, oil-painted, valuable floating pier''".<ref>{{cite book \|last=Wilmut \|first=Roger \|author-link=Roger Wilmut \|date=1976 \|title=[[The Goon Show Companion]] \|publisher=Robson Books \|page=123 \|isbn=0860518361}}</ref>

	The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|13 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.		The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|13 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|15 February 1955}} at 8.30pm . It reached a peak listenership of 4.5m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|15 February 1955}} at 8.30pm . It reached a peak listenership of 4.5m.
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	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
	[[File:Westminster Pier (14723916414).jpg\|thumb\|right\|A Tuck's postcard of [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] in June 1905]]		[[File:Westminster Pier (14723916414).jpg\|thumb\|right\|A Tuck's postcard of [[Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] in June 1905]]
	On the 7th February 1955, the Port of London's valuable [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] sank. Who was responsible? Chairman Mr [[Neddie Seagoon]] was determined to find out, and engaged the services of [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Mr Henry Crun]], the international oyster sexer; but Mr Crun's novel scheme ended in failure. Then a representative of Messrs, [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Fred Moriarty]] Limited, sunken Westminster Pier floating salvage expert, happened to meet Neddie accidentally and affairs took a brighter turn. With the arrival of the [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Honourable Grytpype-Thynne]], the world's greatest water remover, with a scheme to drain the [[w:River Thames\|Thames]] and leave the pier high and dry, Seagoon foresaw success. But then someone disguised as a [[Bluebottle]] put [[~~w:dynamite\|~~dynamite]] into the water pumps. Who could it have been?		On the 7th February 1955, the Port of London's valuable [[Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] sank. Who was responsible? Chairman Mr [[Neddie Seagoon]] was determined to find out, and engaged the services of [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Mr Henry Crun]], the international oyster sexer; but Mr Crun's novel scheme ended in failure. Then a representative of Messrs, [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Fred Moriarty]] Limited, sunken Westminster Pier floating salvage expert, happened to meet Neddie accidentally and affairs took a brighter turn. With the arrival of the [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Honourable Grytpype-Thynne]], the world's greatest water remover, with a scheme to drain the [[River Thames\|Thames]] and leave the pier high and dry, Seagoon foresaw success. But then someone disguised as a [[Bluebottle]] put [[dynamite]] into the water pumps. Who could it have been?

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Aquarela do Brasil\|Brazil]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Ary Barroso\|~~Ary Barroso]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Aquarela do Brasil\|Brazil]]'' {{small\|([[Ary Barroso]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Lean Baby'' {{small\|([[~~w:Billy May\|~~Billy May]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Lean Baby'' {{small\|([[Billy May]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72450]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[~~w:Broadcasting House\|~~Broadcasting House]]). This tape survived in [[w:BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Services]] until 1970 when it was destroyed. The version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|Compendium Volume 2]] was sourced from the [[BBC Sound Archive]] shelf copy (T 28582) which was dubbed to [[w:Digital Audio Tape\|DAT]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2009 \|page=11\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72450]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]). This tape survived in [[BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Services]] until 1970 when it was destroyed. The version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|Compendium Volume 2]] was sourced from the [[BBC Sound Archive]] shelf copy (T 28582) which was dubbed to [[Digital Audio Tape\|DAT]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2009 \|page=11\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|13 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.		The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|13 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|15 February 1955}} at 8.30pm . It reached a peak listenership of 4.5m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|15 February 1955}} at 8.30pm . It reached a peak listenership of 4.5m.

	The show's first repeat was the following Friday at 12.25pm / 12.30pm (depending on the area), {{date\|18 February 1955}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 2.3 million. The next repeat was 15 years later on Sunday {{Date\|22 August 1970}} at 8pm in the evening, where it attracted 0.6m listeners.		The show's first repeat was the following Friday at 12.25pm / 12.30pm (depending on the area), {{date\|18 February 1955}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 2.3 million. The next repeat was 15 years later on Sunday {{Date\|22 August 1970}} at 8pm in the evening, where it attracted 0.6m listeners.

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	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72450]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). This tape survived in [[w:BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Services]] until 1970 when it was destroyed. The version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|Compendium Volume 2]] was ~~saurced~~ from the BBC Sound Archive shelf copy (T 28582) which was dubbed to [[w:Digital Audio Tape\|DAT]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2009 \|page=11\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72450]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). This tape survived in [[w:BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Services]] until 1970 when it was destroyed. The version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|Compendium Volume 2]] was sourced from the [[BBC Sound Archive]] shelf copy (T 28582) which was dubbed to [[w:Digital Audio Tape\|DAT]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2009 \|page=11\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
	[[File:Westminster Pier (14723916414).jpg\|thumb\|right\|A Tuck's postcard of [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] in June 1905]]		[[File:Westminster Pier (14723916414).jpg\|thumb\|right\|A Tuck's postcard of [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] in June 1905]]
	On the 7th February 1955, the Port of London's valuable [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] sank. Who was responsible? Chairman Mr [[Neddie Seagoon]] was determined to find out, and engaged the services of [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Mr Henry Crun]], the international oyster sexer; but Mr Crun's novel scheme ended in failure. Then a representative of Messrs, [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Fred Moriarty]] Limited, sunken Westminster Pier floating salvage expert, happened to meet Neddie accidentally and affairs took a brighter turn. With the arrival of the		On the 7th February 1955, the Port of London's valuable [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] sank. Who was responsible? Chairman Mr [[Neddie Seagoon]] was determined to find out, and engaged the services of [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Mr Henry Crun]], the international oyster sexer; but Mr Crun's novel scheme ended in failure. Then a representative of Messrs, [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Fred Moriarty]] Limited, sunken Westminster Pier floating salvage expert, happened to meet Neddie accidentally and affairs took a brighter turn. With the arrival of the [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Honourable Grytpype-Thynne]], the world's greatest water remover, with a scheme to drain the [[w:River Thames\|Thames]] and leave the pier high and dry, Seagoon foresaw success. But then someone disguised as a [[Bluebottle]] put [[w:dynamite\|dynamite]] into the water pumps. Who could it have been?
	[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Honourable Grytpype-Thynne]], the world's greatest water remover, with a scheme to drain the [[w:River Thames\|Thames]] and leave the pier high and dry, Seagoon foresaw success. But then someone disguised as a [[Bluebottle]] put [[w:dynamite\|dynamite]] into the water pumps. Who could it have been?

	==Music==		==Music==

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	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
	[[File:Westminster Pier (14723916414).jpg\|thumb\|right\|A Tuck's postcard of [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] in June 1905]]		[[File:Westminster Pier (14723916414).jpg\|thumb\|right\|A Tuck's postcard of [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] in June 1905]]
	On the 7th February 1955, the Port of London's valuable [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] sank . Who was responsible		On the 7th February 1955, the Port of London's valuable [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] sank. Who was responsible? Chairman Mr [[Neddie Seagoon]] was determined to find out, and engaged the services of [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Mr Henry Crun]], the international oyster sexer; but Mr Crun's novel scheme ended in failure. Then a representative of Messrs, [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Fred Moriarty]] Limited, sunken Westminster Pier floating salvage expert, happened to meet Neddie accidentally and affairs took a brighter turn. With the arrival of the
			[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Honourable Grytpype-Thynne]], the world's greatest water remover, with a scheme to drain the [[w:River Thames\|Thames]] and leave the pier high and dry, Seagoon foresaw success. But then someone disguised as a [[Bluebottle]] put [[w:dynamite\|dynamite]] into the water pumps. Who could it have been?

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:~~My Blue Heaven (song)~~\|~~My Blue Heaven~~]]'' {{small\|([[w:~~Walter Donaldson~~\|~~Walter Donaldson~~]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Aquarela do Brasil\|Brazil]]'' {{small\|([[w:Ary Barroso\|Ary Barroso]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''~~[[w:Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)\|Yes Sir, That's My~~ Baby~~]]'' {{small\|([[w:Walter Donaldson\|Walter Donaldson]] (music) / [[w:Gus Khan\|Gus Khan]] (lyrics))}} / ''[[w:Nagasaki (song)\|Nagasaki]]~~'' {{small\|([[w:~~Harry Warren\|Harry Warren]] (music) / [[w:Mort Dixon~~\|~~Mort Dixon~~]] ~~(lyrics)~~)}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Lean Baby'' {{small\|([[w:Billy May\|Billy May]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO ~~42416~~]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#~~Vol13~~\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=~~2018~~ \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-~~7875~~-~~3266~~-3}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72450]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). This tape survived in [[w:BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Services]] until 1970 when it was destroyed. The version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|Compendium Volume 2]] was saurced from the BBC Sound Archive shelf copy (T 28582) which was dubbed to [[w:Digital Audio Tape\|DAT]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2009 \|page=11\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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			'''''The Sinking of Westminster Pier''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fifth series. It was originally billed in the [[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]] as ''[[The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]]'' but at short notice the show was changed based on a news story about the appearance of a photograph showing [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster's floating pier]] not floating particularly well being under several feet of water. Further ignominy was added to the pier by an "Out of Order" sign being pinned to the entrance. Greenslade attempts to announce the show as ''The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street'' (based on the assumption that the Radio Times is never wrong!). Eventually Peter Sellers announces the title as "''The Port of London Authority's valuable hand-carved, oil-painted, valuable floating pier''".<ref>{{cite book \|last=Wilmut \|first=Roger \|author-link=Roger Wilmut \|date=1976 \|title=[[The Goon Show Companion]] \|publisher=Robson Books \|page=123 \|isbn=0860518361}}</ref>

			The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|13 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.

			The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|15 February 1955}} at 8.30pm . It reached a peak listenership of 4.5m.

			The show's first repeat was the following Friday at 12.25pm / 12.30pm (depending on the area), {{date\|18 February 1955}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 2.3 million. The next repeat was 15 years later on Sunday {{Date\|22 August 1970}} at 8pm in the evening, where it attracted 0.6m listeners.

			== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
			[[File:Westminster Pier (14723916414).jpg\|thumb\|right\|A Tuck's postcard of [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] in June 1905]]
			On the 7th February 1955, the Port of London's valuable [[w:Westminster Millennium Pier\|Westminster Pier]] sank . Who was responsible

			==Music==
			*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
			*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:My Blue Heaven (song)\|My Blue Heaven]]'' {{small\|([[w:Walter Donaldson\|Walter Donaldson]])}}
			*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)\|Yes Sir, That's My Baby]]'' {{small\|([[w:Walter Donaldson\|Walter Donaldson]] (music) / [[w:Gus Khan\|Gus Khan]] (lyrics))}} / ''[[w:Nagasaki (song)\|Nagasaki]]'' {{small\|([[w:Harry Warren\|Harry Warren]] (music) / [[w:Mort Dixon\|Mort Dixon]] (lyrics))}}

			==Technical==
			Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 42416]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

			==References==
			{{reflist}}


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	The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|13 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.		The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|13 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|15 February 1955}} at 8.30pm . It reached a peak listenership of 4.5m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|15 February 1955}} at 8.30pm . It reached a peak listenership of 4.5m.

	The show's first repeat was the following Friday at 12.25pm / 12.30pm (depending on the area), {{date\|18 February 1955}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 2.3 million. The next repeat was 15 years later on Sunday {{Date\|22 August 1970}} at 8pm in the evening, where it attracted 0.6m listeners.		The show's first repeat was the following Friday at 12.25pm / 12.30pm (depending on the area), {{date\|18 February 1955}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 2.3 million. The next repeat was 15 years later on Sunday {{Date\|22 August 1970}} at 8pm in the evening, where it attracted 0.6m listeners.