Fred tries out a suit in Marks and Spencer
The Sunday Seisiún at the London Irish Centre, Camden Town - 22nd June 2025
Isobel sorts out tickets for the Sunday Seisiún at the Irish Centre in Camden Town, which at £6 each for around four hours of music is the bargain of the century - only slightly offset by the £128 it costs us to get there and back by train. The session is in two halves, with the first made up from several bands - Bold Love, Cliffords, Fynch, the awesome Madra Salach (Dirty Dog), Scustin and Wildes - performing two or three numbers each, followed by a slightly-more trad session in the second half, where the bands mix up a bit. Somewhere in-between is "authentic Irish Chinese" food courtesy of Paddy Wok, including a "spice bag", which is essentially a giant portion of very salty chips with some vaguely Chinese food added. In a bag. And given the portion size it was just as well we didn't get one each. Also there is Isobel's friend Caoimhe the Shoe, last seen around nine years ago when we went to Highgate to pick a desk up.
Soundtrack for this album:
next album: A Late June Miscellany, Suffolk - 28th June 2025
previous album: A Swarm of Bees, Eye, Suffolk - 16th June 2025
Fred with his purchases on Gentleman's Walk
A ship, a crest and a funky clock on Exchange Street
A derelict florist in Stowmarket
The URC in Stowmarket has scaffolding on the tower
Ipswich Street in Stowmarket
The church of St. Peter and St. Mary
A derelict building on Station Road West
Impressive Victorian façade on Liverpool Street
An argent dragon marks the City of London
Isobel walks along Moorfields
Moorgate underground station
A classic Mind the Gap platform sign
Art for sale on Camden High Street
Camden Town underground station
It's packed on Camden High Street
An old Boots wall advert in Camden
Urban decay on Kentish Town Road
British Boot Company - the original Doc Martins
The five-way junction in Camden
Graffiti and art off Kentish Town Road
More Camden street art and graffiti
Colourful graffiti on Kentish Town Road
Painted tattoo buildings
Isobel checks directions on Buck Street
The Regent's Canal in Camden Town
Camden Road on a railway bridge
A derelict railway bridge
We've made it to the London Irish Centre
Isobel has a Guiness Zero and a bag of crisps
We check the Paddy Wok menu with Caoimhe the Shoe
The first band - Bold Love - take to the stage
Cliffords are next on stage
Rapper Fynch does a set
Lankum-like band Madra Salach do a great set
Guitar and Mandolin action from 'Dirty Dog'
The lead singer from Scustin works the crowd
Penny whistle action from Scustin
The final act is Wildes
Caoimhe and Isobel chat in the interval
More of a trad session starts up after the break
Trad-ish music in the London Irish Centre
A teeshirt of Fungie the Dingle Dolphin
A moment from the Fungie guy
The singer from Madra Salach does a number
Crowds in the McNamara Hall
More trad music
There's applause from the crowds
There's a quieter trad session in the front bar
More-traditional trad music
Sunshine hugs outside the Irish Centre
Tat shops on Camden Road
Camden Town tiled sign on the underground
A tube train comes into Camden Town underground
The NatWest tower is now dwarfed by a new building
Isobel turns onto Blomfield Street
Funky ball sculpture outside the Elizabeth Line
The bridge from Relik on the way back to Diss
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Fred tries out a suit in Marks and Spencer
Fred tries out a suit in Marks and Spencer
Fred with his purchases on Gentleman's Walk
A ship, a crest and a funky clock on Exchange Street
A derelict florist in Stowmarket
The URC in Stowmarket has scaffolding on the tower
Ipswich Street in Stowmarket
The church of St. Peter and St. Mary
A derelict building on Station Road West
Impressive Victorian façade on Liverpool Street
An argent dragon marks the City of London
Isobel walks along Moorfields
Moorgate underground station
A classic Mind the Gap platform sign
Art for sale on Camden High Street
Camden Town underground station
It's packed on Camden High Street
An old Boots wall advert in Camden
Urban decay on Kentish Town Road
British Boot Company - the original Doc Martins
The five-way junction in Camden
Graffiti and art off Kentish Town Road
More Camden street art and graffiti
Colourful graffiti on Kentish Town Road
Painted tattoo buildings
Isobel checks directions on Buck Street
The Regent's Canal in Camden Town
Camden Road on a railway bridge
A derelict railway bridge
We've made it to the London Irish Centre
Isobel has a Guiness Zero and a bag of crisps
We check the Paddy Wok menu with Caoimhe the Shoe
The first band - Bold Love - take to the stage
Cliffords are next on stage
Rapper Fynch does a set
Lankum-like band Madra Salach do a great set
Guitar and Mandolin action from 'Dirty Dog'
The lead singer from Scustin works the crowd
Penny whistle action from Scustin
The final act is Wildes
Caoimhe and Isobel chat in the interval
More of a trad session starts up after the break
Trad-ish music in the London Irish Centre
A teeshirt of Fungie the Dingle Dolphin
A moment from the Fungie guy
The singer from Madra Salach does a number
Crowds in the McNamara Hall
More trad music
There's applause from the crowds
There's a quieter trad session in the front bar
More-traditional trad music
Sunshine hugs outside the Irish Centre
Tat shops on Camden Road
Camden Town tiled sign on the underground
A tube train comes into Camden Town underground
The NatWest tower is now dwarfed by a new building
Isobel turns onto Blomfield Street
Funky ball sculpture outside the Elizabeth Line
The bridge from Relik on the way back to Diss