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    Posted: March 05 2004 at 14:53
What did Robert Fripp's father do for a living? He mentions it every now and again for some reason.
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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2004 at 00:53
Hmmm, I have no idea, so I'll have to guess: An accountant? A travelling used-comb salesman?
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Points: 6667 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2004 at 14:45
But one from the twentieth century, then
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Of course Joren

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If he were a very strict Victorian era Baptist Minister, it would explain a lot!

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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

If he were a very strict Victorian era Baptist Minister, it would explain a lot!
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 OK Vibe, we give up. What did little bespectacled Bobby Fripp's dad do for a living? I've got to know!
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Whoops!I almost forgot I posted this. I got this little tidbit from Fripp's diary and the liner notes from Absent Lovers (recorded live here in Montreal a show which I attended) Bob's Dad was a coal miner. It's funny though, you WOULD expect him to have been a minister or accountant or some thing to do with academics.

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Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Whoops!I almost forgot I posted this. I got this little tidbit from Fripp's diary and the liner notes from Absent Lovers (recorded live here in Montreal a show which I attended) Bob's Dad was a coal miner. It's funny though, you WOULD expect him to have been a minister or accountant or some thing to do with academics.

 

Hhmm, rather anti-climactic, wot?

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How long was he a coal-miner? Asked because Fripp's home town on the English south coast is at least 60 miles from a coal mine , assumed still opened in the 40's and 50's. During WW2 young strong health men could be conscripted into the mines to "keep the home fires burning" - '39 to '45.
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Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

During WW2 young strong health men could be conscripted into the mines to "keep the home fires burning" - '39 to '45.

Here in Canada, we try to keep the home fries from burning, and serve 'em up with lots of baloney, and two eggs, over easy....Wink
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Don't tell me things llike that, my wife is preparing me for a detox diet!!!
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