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Win a Free Chonkinfeckle Album

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

The day Les and Tim filmed their video for “I’m from Wigan me!” was a great day in Wigan as Wigan Athletic on this very same day had a memorable win over Premier League giants Arsenal.

To celebrate their Anniversary, Chonkinfeckle, the ukulele duo form Wigan, Lancashire, England, are holding a competition and you can win one of three free CDs. All you have to do is name the winning score and the date of the match.

Check out the Chonkinfeckle homepage for more details and to take part in the competition. All correct answers given until April 25th 2011 will take part.

You can choose from the three albums “I’m from Wigan me” with 19 brilliant tracks about Wigan, its people and local history, “The Great Canvey Island Chimney Disaster”, a tribute to the great steeplejack and television personality Fred Dibnah, and “Road Kill”, the brand new album with 7 tracks about food & drink.

You can of course also buy all three albums directly on the homepage.

New Chonkinfeckle Album

Friday, February 18th, 2011

The great new Chonkinfeckle album including the legendary ‘I’m from Wigan me’ is available now.

Songs entitled ‘Stiletto’, ‘The Texan from Goose Green’ and ‘Don Petulengro Boswells magic hedgehog oil’ are for sure something not only the people in Wigan, Lancashire, England can relate to.

Les Hilton, the duo’s song writer, picks up lots of stories from his job as a taxi driver. The Texan from Goose Green for example was really dressed like a cowboy and did a job for him once. Another one is about an 80 year old guy who would like to be 18 again on a Saturday night.

Les Hilton and Tim Cooke probably are Wigan’s funniest ukulele duo and the new album truly is brilliant. Listening to the songs is great fun.

It is available directly from the Chonkinfeckle homepage for only £5.00 + £1.00 P&P. Just check it out.

Chonkinfeckle – Music for Your Classic Car Event

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Have you already thought about next year’s classic car event? How about some darn fine ukulele tunes played by Chonkinfeckle to entertain your visitors?

Les Hilton & Tim Cooke © Chonkinfeckle

Chonkinfeckle are Les Hilton & Tim Cooke from Wigan, Lancashire, England. They met in September 2009 at the Wigan Ukulele Club and found out that they share a few interests.
So the decision was made to form a group based on their passion for local history. Les & Tim keep Wigan’s heritage alive by singing about it.

The songs either have a local lyrical theme or are instrumental. They are light-hearted and easy to listen too. Great fun for all ages, played on the mighty ukulele by two really nice and talented lads from the North of England.

So if you would like Chonkinfeckle to play at your next classic car event, you can contact them through MySpace, Facebook or of course their homepage.

And if you don’t want to wait that long to hear them play their belting tunes, just come to the BIG Christmas lights switch on in Leigh Lancashire on Thursday 18 November 2010 18:00 or to Stables Court Yard, Haigh County Park, Haigh, Wigan, Lancashire on Sunday 12 December 2010 13:00.

Check out Chonkinfeckle on iTunes.