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Peter Trimming

I play concertina, and sing - not at the same time! Do you think I'm that talented?

About Me


Did you see my TV appearances? BBC "Children in Need" (1993), BBC "Bargain Hunt" (2006). The common link - concertina.

For ten years (1996 - 2006) I raced my bike up, and down, dual carriageways against the clock (best time 22min 34sec for 10 miles).

I returned to playing the concertina, in 2006-7, playing at sessions, and occasional bookings with the Morris.

You can view some of my short concertina recordings on YouTube:http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=pgtrimming

You can also find me on: www.concertina.net

2008 New Year's Resolution - having severely pruned my "Friends" list, I will only add new friends who I know, have shared interests, or offer me the opportunity of making money!


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My Interests

Concertina
Traditional song
Music and musical performance
Cycling (now retired from racing)
Walking
Art
Photography
Garden design
Grand houses and spectacular gardens
Comedy and humour
Steam railways
Sport - particularly football and motor racing
Researching my family tree

Music:

My CD collection stretches from ABBA to The Wurzels, and includes many concertina players in between.

Movies:

I'm not exactly a great film watcher, although if I like a film, I'm happy to watch it more than once.

Television:

I don't have a TV, so have missed most of my appearances!

Books:

Generally books related to my interests. In real terms, this usually means a high percentage of photographs.

Heroes:

Sir Charles Wheatstone
Carl Uhlig
William Kimber
Colin & Rosalie Dipper
Sir Winston Churchill
Donald Campbell and all others who have risked/lost their lives in pursuit of "goals"
"Clean" sporting champions

My Blog

Injury Update

A week on from my accident, I can report mixed news. The good news is that my right hip and pelvis, having been very swollen, and gone an "interesting" purple colour, is now turning a dark brown and ...
Posted by Peter Trimming on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:59:00 PST

Still Alive!

4th July will go down as a "memorable" day for me. I have been riding a bike since 1967, and finally got hit by a car.As to the identity of the guilty party, we will probably never know, since the dr...
Posted by Peter Trimming on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:02:00 PST

MySpace Profile - updated.

I've given my profile an update, and added some new images.
Posted by Peter Trimming on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:44:00 PST

Videos.

The bad news - I have deleted most of my videos from MySpace.The good news - videos are available on my YouTube site:http://uk.youtube.com/user/pgtrimming
Posted by Peter Trimming on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:35:00 PST

MySpace Profile

Well, a MySpace profile seemed like a good idea, so I thought I would give it a go. I'm not certain what, if anything, I expected from it, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything for me.I'm still un...
Posted by Peter Trimming on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:41:00 PST

Music Videos on YouTube

Especially for my concertina-playing friends, you will find some short video clips, on my YouTube channel:http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=pgtrimmingThe sound quality is much better when viewed on Y...
Posted by Peter Trimming on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:25:00 PST

Three Musketeers Ride Again.

For the first time in two years, the Three Musketeers, Yoshi Sekido, John Dadson and myself met up for a bike ride.John and I had discussed a long ride for about three months, but, due to ill health e...
Posted by Peter Trimming on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:06:00 PST

When the red, red, Robin.............

En route to Tatsfield, I stopped at Fanny's Farm Shop, for lunch. As it happened, I had my concertina with me, and played for a while, to the delight of the customers.As I started to play, a young ro...
Posted by Peter Trimming on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:33:00 PST

Angry Bee

It was one of those bizarre incidents. I had a short bike ride with my friend, John, this afternoon; something which we do about every two weeks. We cycled to Morden Hall (National Trust) for coffee...
Posted by Peter Trimming on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:29:00 PST

April Drought

It's official; April was a dry month! My local weather station (Chipstead Valley, Surrey - 6 miles from me) recorded 2.8mm of rain for the entire month; just 5% of the seasonal average for April.
Posted by Peter Trimming on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:48:00 PST