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The Fivepenny Piece
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'Ow do! | Can You Help?
Contact Us! | Ta folks!
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New here? See our FAQ page! www.5pp.co.uk The Fivepenny Piece On This Page: 'Ow do! | Can You Help? Contact Us! | Ta folks! |
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EY UP, FOLKS! BRAND NEW CD - THE FIVEPENNY PIECE COLLECTION from EMI!
You can buy it NOW by clicking through from here!
The first new EMI compilation since 1998 is out on 1st May 2006. The CD includes many tracks
previously unissued on CD - find out more details here.
Please help the www.5pp.co.uk site by clicking through from here to Amazon and
buying the CD from them. The www.5pp.co.uk site gets a small percentage of the price,
so by buying the CD that way you will be not only getting this right gradely CD, but also helping
us to keep this website going. Thanks for your support!
To find out how to buy the CD, click on the CD picture or
here
Please help www.5pp.co.uk by buying this right gradely new CD! |
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EY UP, FOLKS! BRAND NEW CD from JOHN MEEKS of the Original Fivepenny Piece!
You can order it NOW from us!
Great news for 5PP fans! Founder member of the Fivepenny Piece and one of their main songwriters John Meeks has got back in the studio and
recorded a new CD, out now! Featuring some old favourite
songs plus some brand new ones - don't miss your chance to get a copy for only £7.99 + P&P, direct from www.5pp.co.uk!
For more details and to order the CD, click on the CD picture, or here These CDs are available in limited numbers - don't delay, order this champion new CD now! |
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EY UP, FOLKS! We still have some stocks of the Very Best of The Fivepenny Piece CD!
You can order it NOW from us!
We still have some stocks of this classic EMI CD issued in 1998 - it contains many old favourite
tracks, and once they're gone, they're gone!
- don't miss your chance to get a copy while you still can, for only £6.99 + P&P, direct from www.5pp.co.uk!
For more details and to order the CD, click on the CD picture, or here These CDs are available in limited numbers - don't delay, order this champion new CD now! |
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EY UP, FOLKS! 5PP ON NEW 2CD FOLK COMPILATION! Issued April 2004: Great value double-CD folk compilation includes tracks by Fivepenny Piece, The Houghton Weavers and many more great artists. To buy the CD, click on the CD picture, the Amazon logo or here 
Please help www.5pp.co.uk by clicking through to Amazon and buying this champion new double CD! See loads more CDs, videos and books in our
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Buy the legendary 1978 album LANKY SPOKEN HERE
from us!
Learn to speak Lanky with this legendary CD! Please help the www.5pp.co.uk site by
buying it from us. The www.5pp.co.uk site gets a small percentage of the price,
so by buying the CD that way you will be not only getting this right gradely CD, but also helping
us to keep this website going. Thanks for your support! For more details and to order the CD, click on the CD picture, or here See loads more CDs, videos and books in our
Gradely Corner Shop!
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Update November 2004: The NEW
5PP Songs Pages have just been added to the site, listing all the 5PP songs
in alphabetical order, with composers and other details.
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Update November 2004: A NEW temporary web page has been added
for 5PP collaborator, comedian and singer Bob Williamson, while he gets his own
website working proper. Bob's been working on a new CD, so look out for news!
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Update October 2004: The NEW
5PP Chronology page has just been added to the site, telling you
what happened in the 5PP world, and when!
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Update October 2004: The NEW
5PP FAQ page has just been created, and the main page (this one!) has been updated to
remove old stuff, add a contents list, etc. Hope you think it's an improvement!
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The NEW
Gradely Corner Shop is open 24 hours a day, for CDs, videos and books from
Amazon. Buy stuff from t'Gradely Corner Shop and help keep the
Gradely Fivepenny Piece website going!
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'Ow do! Welcome to The Fivepenny Piece page www.5pp.co.uk - dedicated to this gradely and fondly-remembered band whose heyday was in the 1970s, but who I've discovered are still going strong today!
Now then, I started this website in 2001 because I was unable to find a site devoted to The Fivepenny Piece in spite of searching all over the world wide web! I could hardly believe that this wonderful band didn't have a single website dedicated to them, so I thought - if tha want summat done, do it thissen!
If you have any information about The Fivepenny Piece (often abbreviated throughout this site to '5PP'), I'd like to hear from you - please email me: Don't Say Nowt - Tell Us Owt!
In case th'art wonderin' - this website is unofficial. I've got no connection wi' t'band, except for bein' a great fan o' theirs! - Fred Fannakapan, Webmaster.
Just click on any of the links to go straight to the page you want:
| Some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Fivepenny Piece, with our answers. Please look here first before you email us with a question, in case your answer is here! If you're new to the site, or you've never heard of Fivepenny Piece, this is the best place to start! | |
| A complete listing of all recordings by Fivepenny Piece, including LP albums, singles and CDs, from 1969 to the present day, with pictures, track listings, and more. Includes "various artist" compilation albums with one or more 5PP track. | |
| An alphabetical list of all the songs recorded over the years by Fivepenny Piece, with composing credits and brief notes about each. If you can remember the song but can't remember which album it was on, this is the place to look! | |
| A year-by-year list of events and milestones in Fivepenny Piece history, right from the start in 1968 up to the present day. | |
| intended as a list of gigs by the present-day band, but gigs have become few and far between and information is hard to come by - if you can help, please Don't Say Nowt - Tell Us Owt! | |
| details of TV appearances by the band since the 1960s. Some details are missing - if you can help, please Don't Say Nowt - Tell Us Owt! | |
| links to other websites which may be of interest to 5PP fans - if you know of any good ones, please Don't Say Nowt - Tell Us Owt! | |
| Established on 23rd May 2004, our Gradely Corner Shop is open 24 hours a day, every day, for CDs, videos, books and other items which may be of interest to 5PP fans - by artists such as the Houghton Weavers, Oldham Tinkers, Mike Harding, George Formby, Stanley Holloway, Gracie Fields and many more. With links to the Amazon on-line shop so you can order online straight away, and help the 5PP site keep going! |
Finally, not strictly a part of this site but linked with it is the
Yahoo! Fivepenny Piece Discussion Group,
started on 20th December 2003. Your
chance to natter to other Fivepenny Piece fans - it's free to join, so don't just gawp,
sit thi down and join in!
If anyone out there has more info, pictures etc, I'd be glad to hear from you - Don't Say Nowt - Tell Us Owt! I'd also be interested if anyone has any records by the band, to sell or swap.
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If you have any historical information, pictures, etc., or news about The Fivepenny Piece, or have any questions, or want to point out any errors, omissions, etc. you've found in the www.5pp.cp.uk pages - or just want to say "Eigh Up!" - then
email link > < email link
We'll be reet gradely fain to hear from thee!
Before you email us to ask a question, please look at the 5PP FAQ page
- you may well find your answer there!
Please note: While we'll do our gradely best to get back to you, we can't guarantee
a reply, and replying might take some time - so please be patient! I've got a day job
and don't have a lot of spare time. Thanks for your understanding -
Fred Fannakapan, Webmaster
Please also note: please do not send bitmap images (.bmp) by email as
these are huge and take ages to download! Please convert images to .jpg format
before sending. Your co-operation is much appreciated - Ta! - Fred Fannakapan
This bit is just to thank anyone who has helped me with information, etc. - thanks are due to:
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