From inspecting other contemporaneous photos in the Phillpotts collection, this picture of him and John Boden on the bridge at Shipton-on-Cherwell in 1984 was probably taken either by me or Penny Hart (then Griffiths). Doubtless there was a gathering at Lower Farm Cottages in Thrupp, Oxon., where, in those days, lived Iain Ferris, Guy Grainger and John Boden. Whether the photographer was me or Penny matters not: what we did not spot is that this would have been the perfect album cover - just the right atmosphere - for the latest chart-toppers from the Below Average White Band ...
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