THE other day my daughter pointed out to me that the Darwen Music Festival was nearly here.

It brought back last year's Bad Manners, Gone Beggin', Whitehalls, Jamie Mac and many more acts.

Then my daughter said the Buzzcocks were on this year "a bit raunchy daddy." I said we would have to give them a miss.

They are a seventies punk band and after some research on the web I discovered several albums which are quite good. I kept singing them at work and my mates became interested in them too. The festival will soon be upon us.

The song goes: 'Ever fallen in love with someone' and Darwen Pop Festival can't come soon enough for me.

T J BRADSHAW, Redearth Road, Darwen.