Welcome to The Plonkers^® official web site.
The New Forests very own Original Plonkers Agricultural Orchestra, The Plonkers^®
The Plonkers Agricultural Orchestra are an ideal band for County Shows, Local Fetes, Carnivals and Pubs.
Combining the local 'yokel' Hampshur' wit of Gordon on banjo, with 'Scrumpy' Country songs and an inventive band of very accomplished mooosicians.

The ORIGINAL Plonkers Agricultural Orchestra started life in 1979 when Gordon entered the Lymington carnival with a cider-making machine 'float'. It was a two-wheeled cart pulled by Plonker the donkey with whistles, bells and various gizmos. The cart was followed by Gordon on banjo, Bob on squeeze box and a trombone and bass drum. They won first prize playing the chorus of Drink up thee zider (which is all they knew, but as they kept moving the crowd never realised this!) for the whole parade. They did this for a few years until the 'band' numbered 15. Then one year the band booked for the Lymington Steam fair couldn't make it and Gordon was asked to stand in - the first booking for The Plonker's Agricultural Orchestra. They have been plaguing the New Forest ever since.

See The Plonkers Agricultural Orchestra live
Click here for the full updated Gig list
For details of many more bookings, regular updates can be found on our Gig List.
You can also see news reports on past events

Jigsaw Page:
New, see how quick you can solve our 67 piece standard cut jigsaw

More new pages have been added:
Video links from You Tube
first 2 supplied by Carole Mathews from New Milton

More new pages have been added:
A New Fan Site run by Anna Parnell-Brookes from Wiltshire
can be found on our Links Page

Also added, pictures from:
Brockenhurst Bournemouth The Plonkers HQ  Sark Coda Concert Harman's Cross

This page was last revised on: July 27, 2008

The Plonker's™ band line up

The main band members of The Plonkers Agricultural Orchestra™ are:
Gordon on Banjo, 'making noises what some people call singing'
Gary, the sludge tanker driver, on bass thingy,
Janet Beale on the squeezebox,
occasionally Anya or Una on the squeezebox,
Rustic Ray on drums
occasionally Gillybaby, on the catgut and scrapey , or violin.!!.
Jolly Roger on his humongous Sexophone
Old Shep, on 11 string guitar.
Jimbo on wind thing, we think it's a tuba.
(He's been known to notch a few points on the Richter scale when on form.)
On some gigs we have in addition:
Andy on washboard, idiot stick, kazookaphone and occasionally backup drummer.
Julian is our additional moosician from Somerset.
Whenever he can, (when he’s not filming or treading cider apples);
he plays keyboard, bass guitar, or mandolin.

Other people come and go depending on chicken-milking, cow-plucking and pumpkin-herding commitments.

More information on the band can be found by clicking the various links below or on the buttons at the side.

Email: Info@theplonkers.com

Last revised: July 27, 2008, 'Ampshire time

What is 'Ampshire time you ask?
according to Golly, 'Ampshire time is:
You eat when your hungry,
you go to bed when your tired,
and you get get the job done when its finished.

The next update will be...................'Ampshire time
The clock on the right is set to 'Ampshire time

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