Skiffle While You Work

I'll be at the Strand Cinema on the Holywood Road tomorrow at 2pm. It's a Belfast Film Festival event and there will be an old-fashioned matinee, possibly involving a cowboy movie. My job is to introduce some skiffle music, just like this very cinema featured back in 1956. I believe Van Morrison gigged at the Strand, back in the day. So I will be talking about Lonnie Donegan, Leadbelly, Van and the allure of the cowboy film. This will doubtless lead me into Van Morrison's 'Sense Of Wonder', to the Castle Picture House on the Castlereagh Road and the endless re-runs of Johnny Mack Brown adventures. I'm looking forward to it.