Bellerophon symbol, variation 7 jonath.co.uk
Monday 21st July 2003

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MUM!

So, still no reply . . . here's the original e-mail:

Hi there,

I friend of mine stumbled upon your web-site whilst doing a net-search (I'm guessing here) for all things 'Bellerophon'-related.

You see, I formed a collection in 1995 simply called 'The Bellerophon', and my friend is a 'member' of said collective.

Since The Bellerophon's inception, it's become a bit of running thing to find all things Bellerophon and, to the end, we've found a steam-train (built in 1874 and still running not far from my home, around the Worth Valley railway), a ship (the ship on which the defeated Napoleon Bonaparte was brought back to England by Captain Frederick Maitland) and, of course, the Greek legend (apparently slew the Chimaera). So, it's been quite a revelation finding out there is also a Drum & Bugle band with the same name.

If you have a mailing list, it would be great to be added to this, so that I can keep track of your movements (although I doubt you have plans to tour the UK . . .?).

Kind regards,

Jonathan

How can you NOT reply to that? I'm thinking they (tgraphic@cogeco.ca) need more polite e-mails like that and . . . well, I just want to know what a 'drum and bugle' band sounds like, really. You know, just for the hell of it.

Oh, and regarding the stuff about steam trains and sh*t: