Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes and cards, they are lovely.
Alan, Ryan and I are back here now. Ryan is thrilled to be working on 'Blood Brothers' on the lighting and, of course, I can't tell you how chuffed I am that we will be working together. As you all know I have nothing but respect and praise for everyone on the show so to have my son as part of the team is just fantastic.
My mum is battling on and my dad is incredible the way he looks after her; he is my hero. Myself and my two sisters, Mandi and Nikki, are with them as much as possible, which is great for me after being away for a year and only seeing them every couple of months.
Once again thank you for all you do and the support you give me.
Take care.
Love
Lyn x
16th February 2010
Hi everyone,
Here we are in 2010 and I still don't know where 2009 went!!
It would be very easy to say it wasn't the best of years but when you think of all that's going on in the world, and especially our forces out in places like Afghanistan, it makes me very grateful for what I have and that my family is safe, especially my son. Here's to an end to all this conflict and loss of young lives.
I would very much like to go out there and entertain our troops but I think they would probably prefer a slightly younger lady!!! Also I haven't been asked which is a bit of a drawback!
I will be going back on the tour from the 23rd Feb; I thought I had finished with BB but I had such a great time last year, Bill asked me to do it again and I have missed working. The greatest part of it is that Ryan will be working on the tour too! He usually travels with me but now he is a fully fledged member of the 'Blood Brothers' company!!
I hope to see some of you over the next few months and please don't forget to come back and say hello if you are anywhere near the show.
Love, Luck, Health and Happiness for 2010
Love
Lyn x
20th January 2010
2009
Hi everyone,
Thank you for all the lovely messages you have sent to the website. I really appreciate them. I am enormously lucky to have decent, kind-hearted fans who have no interest in tittle tattling. Thank you for always being so dignified - you make me very proud.
The tour has finished and I am now back in Spain for a couple of weeks before flying to England for Christmas with my wonderful mum and dad, and my two lovely sisters, Mandi and Nikki, who are my best friends. I don't know what I would do without them, especially as times are a little difficult at the moment.
I wish you all a very, very happy Christmas. Treasure your loved ones - you don't know how long you will be lucky enough to have them. Our brave guys fighting abroad are proof of this. God be with them.
Merry Christmas and a happy, successful and, above all, peaceful New Year.
All my love
Lyn x
8th December 2009
Hi everybody.
I have met so many lovely people since I have been touring and I am glad that you took me at my word and came to the stage door to say hello.
I must thank Val and Shannon for the wonderful flowers. There were so many lovely people I met that I can't mention everybody but thank you for all the wine, chocolates and... the elephant (which sits on my dressing table) that you all very kindly gave me at the stage door.
There is so much happening in my life on the personal side that isn't particularly good so I am afraid I haven't had the time to write to you. However that doesn't mean that I don't appreciate all the wonderful e-mails you all send.
Don't forget to keep e-mailing Bill Kenwright!!
Tons of love
Lyn x
27th November 2009
Hi everyone,
I have just had an email from Bill Kenwright saying that he has been inundated with emails from you urging him to get the original line-up back together, or as near as we could get it without the lovely Peter D. Thank you for doing this but more importantly thank you for caring enough to write to him. Please keep up the good work!
I am also doing two weeks in 'Blood Brothers' for Bill.
18th August... Bournemouth
24th August... Bromley
If any of you decide to come and see it PLEASE pop back and say hello.
I hope everything is OK and you are enjoying some sun.
Don't forget if you're coming to Calpe or anywhere near here, go to either the 'Bittburger Bar' or 'Spencers'. Both are on the Moraira to Calpe road and we might see you there, especially 'Bittburger'!!
Lots of love
Lyn x
7th August 2009
Hi everyone,
Just saying hello and hoping you are all staying well away from this swine flu!
I believe that word has got around that Eve and I may be getting together again. What do you think?
It has been such a long time since we worked together and I would welcome your views on it. I have always been proud of what Eve, Peter, Paul, Marty and I achieved and, contrary to some views, I am well aware that I would not have had the career I have had without the success of the original line-up of the New Seekers.
As you probably know I don't believe in going back. The only time I 'go back' is to Blood Brothers because Bill has been such a big influence in my life and has been very good to me, I will always return for him. However, so many people think it would be a good idea for Eve and I to re-connect and I am constantly being asked about it. both from supporters and from people in the business. so please let me know what you think.
I hope you are enjoying some lovely weather and that all is well in your life.
Take care,
Love
Lyn x
13th July 2009
Hello everyone,
It has been such a long time since I last posted a message. Please accept my apologies. Life has been pretty hectic here. No excuse, I know, but true all the same.
First of all I want to say a huge thank you to all the people who came to Spain for my first gig. Never in a million years did I think so many of you would spend your hard-earned money to come over. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I was absolutely racked with nerves, I was a mess, but once I got on and heard the reception I received, the nerves went and I had a ball. It also helped that I was working with some amazing people: Gill, Ian, Steve, Shuggy, Tommy, but best of all my son was helping with the sound and I would have been lost without him.
I must just thank Steve for coming over. Even tho' he looks after my website he never misses my shows. He also does a lot more for me than just the website. He is a really good friend and someone I can totally depend on. He is coming back again in June so the sangria will be flowing!!! Also Diane, whose husband paid for the trip as a birthday present. Nice husband!
Everyone else who came, thank you too. It meant so much I can't even tell you.
We are back at Le Cabaret on the 4th and 8th July so if any of you want to come again PLEASE DO and come over and talk to me.
I also want to say thank you for the huge swell of support I received when the 'Mail' articles were published. All I want is some justice. I think the New Seekers should use their own pictures instead of Peter, Eve and myself on the front of the albums. I don't think it's fair that people are paying for a product that they perceive to be the ORIGINAL line-up and then, when the album is played, is nothing to do with the PROPER ORIGINALS. It would be nice if the current line-up stopped pretending in interviews that they were at the Eurovision, were at the Royal Command, performed for President Nixon and numerous other events that four of them had nothing to do with.
I was also galled when I saw a flyer from the Fairfield Halls which insinuated that I would be appearing with them. I think enough is enough and that now, after 35 years, they should stand up and be counted. As you have probably gathered I feel very strongly about this!!!!
Mind you, it's ironic, isn't it, that the New Seekers' manager is now saying that they are not trying to be the New Seekers, just paying tribute... mmmmm.... where have I heard that before?!!!!!!! They, or he, can't even be original about that.
As for other news, well, we are so enjoying Spain. The people are lovely, the country is lovely, the weather is gorgeous, we have tremendous friends, and we have never been more relaxed. In saying that, Ryan has gone for his Spanish lesson, Alan is tiling the downstairs bathroom and that leaves me with no alternative but to go and sunbathe!!! What more could a girl want!!!
Tons of love to you all and speak to you soon.
Love
Lyn xx
25th May 2009
Hi everyone,
First of all I hope you are all OK and have survived the weather. I also hope you are coping with the "credit crunch". It's a difficult time for everybody at the moment so keep smiling
I know that Steve has let you know about my plans to pay tribute to the New Seekers and I am amazed at how many of you thought it was a great idea. I am in no way trying to be "The New Seekers". That is impossible as there is only me!!! But, I am going to pay tribute to us. Those terrific years have given me a wonderful career and it is my way of thanking everyone.
I am working with some wonderful musicians and singers and I have to tell you we are having enormous fun rehearsing at the moment. The response we have had over here about our show has been phenomenal as well. Never in a million years did I think that so many people would like me to do this so I shall keep my fingers crossed that at some time in the future we will be able to bring the show to the UK.
Steve, as usual, is doing a sterling job with the website and he will keep you informed as to what is going on.
Thank you again for all your e-mails. Steve always passes them on to me and when I can get my hands on either my son's or my husband's computer, not always an easy task, I love reading them.
Take care and hope to see you soon.
Adios!!!!
Love Lyn xxx
24th February 2009
2008
Hi everyone,
Well, we finally made the move and Alan, Ryan and I are now living in Spain! Not too sure how I feel about it at the moment. I am missing my mum and dad and my two sisters Nikki and Mandi like mad and I think what makes it worse is that it is Christmas. However, compared with what other people have to cope with I think I am pretty lucky.
We are on the Costa Blanca in Benissa, which is lovely, and we have met some terrific people who have made us feel very welcome. There is a wonderful bar at the end of our road which has become a second home!!! What can I say, a bacardi is always welcome!
My agent is concentrating on TV work so I won't be performing live for a while but as soon as anything transpires Steve will put it on the website.
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and thank you for all the e-mails you send and all the support you have given me over the years. It never ceases to amaze me that you take the time to write and if you saw me reading them and telling Al and Ry what you have said, you would probably giggle. It is usually during football and I am told in no uncertain terms to "SHUT UP" - not quite as gently as that! By the way, for the record my boys are ardent West Ham supporters!!
Anyway please keep sending me e-mails and if ever you are in Benissa come to the Bittburger Bar. We are always there!!
Merry, merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
Tons of love
Lyn xx
8th December 2008
Hi everyone,
Well my days in 'Blood Brothers' have finally come to an end. I think I have been the luckiest girl. I worked on the most wonderful show for 10 years, have the best and most loyal friend in Bill Kenwright and the people I have worked with on the show are like family to me, especially, Kitty, Danny and Sharon, Stan and Lou, Jax, Mark, Paula and Steve, Rob, Chelle, Jase and Bonnie, and others I haven't kept in touch with but are in my heart. I had a ball on the tour with Keith, Viv, Adam, Graham, Sean and everyone and the memories I have will be with me always.
To top everything off I had all of you behind me. You have supported me come what may and I will be eternally grateful to all of you, for writing, for buying a ticket, for buying an album, for standing in the rain just to say hello and just for being behind me no matter what I do.
I would also like to thank Steve for the wonderful website. None of you know what goes on behind all that (and believe me you don't want to!!) but Steve and I spend a lot of time together and he always makes sure that what you get on the site is ... the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!!!! We had a wonderful evening at Shuttleworths on my last night along with Dave and Terry. Boy did we rake over old times!! Trevor and Janet were there too but didn't come for a drink... very wise!!
I am sure you all know that Alan, Ryan and I are moving to Spain on the 21st October, I will still be working over here but I will be concentrating on TV. Here's hoping they want me. Feel free to write to any director or producer you think can help!!!!!! Steve will let you know first hand if anything fantastic happens. Till then I will go to Benissa and nest!!
Without sounding sickly sweet, I really do thank you for everything you have all done. I wouldn't be where I am now without all of you. Please don't desert me.
Tons of love to you all especially you Steve my friend and .... Hi Father Phil, Hi Dave and Hi Terry!!
Love Lyn xx
13th October 2008
Hi everyone,
Just a quick thank you for all the lovely messages I have received from you about 'Blood Brothers'. It really is a fantastic show and an absolute joy to be involved in. The cast are lovely and we are one large family which makes for an incredible working atmosphere. I must admit I am finding it hard this time round - eight shows a week are taking their toll so to receive all your messages gives me a huge boost. Thank you.
I think from October I shall concentrate on trying to get more television, so if anyone feels like writing to anyone at the soaps - any of them! - then please do. I need all the help I can get!! I hope you are all well and please pop round and say hello if you come and see the show. By the way Ryan has just been working on 'Cabaret' and said it is a great show. Give it a go.
Take lots of care
Love Lyn x
14th May 2008
Hi everyone,
If you have read the correspondence between the website and the New Seekers' manager then I would like to make it clear that I wish the current line up of the New Seekers success in everything they do and I would like to reiterate that I have absolutely nothing to do with the group and haven't for the last 34 years. And to everyone who has enquired, NO, I will not be appearing with them now, or at anytime in the future. I thank you all for your support and interest in all that I do and if you want to know anything about what I am doing then you all know that Steve and the website is the ONLY place to find out.
On a lighter note, thank you for all your e-mails. I am getting better at using the computer now and I love receiving them. Also I thought you might like to know that my son Ryan is now training to be a sound engineer at the Phoenix Theatre and next week he goes on to 'Cabaret'. He is really enjoying it and of course I am a very proud Mum!!!!
Love to you all and don't forget to pop back and see me if you come to see the show.
Stay happy!
Love Lyn x
9th April 2008
Hi everyone,
It has been such a long time since I spoke to you. Please forgive me. I am back in Blood Brothers and I think I will be signing to do another 6 months taking me to September. I hope I see some of you there.
I wanted to thank you all for your support. My album didn't go into the shops but so many of you sent for it, I was thrilled with the response. Thank you as well for supporting me in the shows I have done. It is great when you come and say hello at the stage door, always gives me a thrill!!
Alan and Ryan are both well and the three of us are looking forward to spending some time at our new villa in Spain! Yes, we have bought out there BUT my goodness, does it need some work! Ryan is training to be a sound engineer. Needless to say, I am a very proud mum. He is the light of my life!!
I am about to get ready for work so once again a million thank yous to you all, especially the lovely Steve who keeps you all informed as to what is going on in my life and who has become a good friend.
Tons of love
Lyn x
18th February 2008
2006
Hi everyone,
I can't believe how many lovely messages I have had recently, not only about 'Blood Brothers' but especially about the album - and what thrills me the most is the fact that you seem to like 'Dance With My Father'. I have to tell you that when we were recording it I spent the first two hours crying like a fool and even the final take sounds like (as my son puts it) a cat being strangled! Nice, eh!!!! But anybody that knows me knows how much I love my parents, so it wasn't an easy song to sing.
We move into The Beehive in Englefield Green [map] on November 6th and we open on November 13th! So anybody who is in the area will be more than welcome.
luv Lyn x
1st November 2006
P.S. By the way, for all of you who have asked about recording 'Blood Brothers', it is one of my dreams, so I will just hope that sometime in the future it will happen.
Hi everyone,
Well at last it's out!! I was beginning to think it would never see the light of day but I have to say I am chuffed to bits with the packaging. It was well worth the wait. I can't believe how many of you have sent e-mails saying you like it. I read them with a huge grin on my face - thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm not sure if there will be a single out but Steve (and no one else!) will be the first to know if there is.
Thank you Sue Smith for your comments about management. I can assure you I have the best Agent / Manager you could ask for. Barry Burnett and Lindsay Granger have turned my life around. Without them I wouldn't have done Emmerdale, Doctors, In Deep, Holby City and all the other TV that has come my way, to say nothing of all the other work they have secured for me. They are highly respected and everything they do is handled with dignity and professionalism. All this comes with experience and I am eternally grateful to them.
Once again thank you for keeping in touch with me and Steve and once Alan, Ryan and I have our pub (hopefully before Christmas) I hope you'll all pop in!!
Take care and lots of love Lyn x
By the way Holby will be shown Christmas time! xxx
11th September 2006
Hi everyone,
Thank you for all your e-mails. I love receiving them and thanks to Steve they are all passed on to me. However, the computer is not my favourite form of communication so I don't always reply as quickly as I should. Forgive me.
I just wanted to let you all know that anything you hear via MY website is absolutely one hundred percent true, i.e. any work I am doing be it TV, radio or theatre. Steve will always be the first to know, after me of course!!! Anything you see on anyone else's website is pure speculation and should be ignored. In saying that Gwyneth runs a terrific site and most certainly doesn't intrude on anyone else's territory, very much like Pete!!
I'm hoping that I shall have a few things coming up but I don't believe in tempting providence so would prefer to keep them between Steve and me until everything has been confirmed, I'm sure you will understand that. BUT rest assured you will be the first to know AND on this website.
Can't tell you how much I appreciate all your messages. Keep smiling, be happy and remember ....... STEVE RULES!!
Luv Lyn xx
Thursday, 13th July 2006
Hi everyone,
I wanted to write just to thank you all for the lovely messages you sent to me regarding 'Blood Brothers'. I can't believe how many of you not only went to see the show but also took the time to e-mail and say how much you enjoyed it. It might not seem much to you but every time Steve sends me the e-mails I am in awe that any one has bothered. Thank you very much.
Alan, Ryan and I are now beginning to settle in Cheshire. It hasn't been the easiest of times but people are going thru much worse so we mustn't grumble!
I was really pleased to meet Gwyneth (Peter's web site). Steve and I had a lovely couple of hours with her and I am glad she is keeping Peter's name alive, although I know his music will always do that.
Keep well everyone, and as soon as I have a release date for the album I shall let you know.
Tons of love and a million thanks for your support.
Love Lyn xxxx
Monday, 22nd May 2006
Hi everyone,
First of all, thank you for all your messages. Even tho' I don't reply to all of them I get such a thrill when Steve sends them on to me and I can't thank you enough for taking the time to get in touch.
Steve mentioned to me that some of you had read a newspaper article featuring an original New Seeker who had some unsavoury things to say about Peter Doyle. I would like to tell you all that Peter was the nicest person you could wish to meet. His sense of humour was second to none, as those of you who came to the Albert Hall can verify ... remember "here is just a little song that don't take very long ..." and then he stopped ... silence ... then the hall erupted to thunderous applause!!!! Wonderful, only he could have got away with that, God love him!
As far as all this nasty talk about drugs is concerned, I spent more time with Peter than any of the others and if he had been on cocaine I would have known. Also, how would he have kept that wonderful voice? It is so easy to have a go at somebody when they can't defend themselves but as long as I have a breath in my body I will defend him to the hilt. I hope that Jane knows how loved he was by all of you and when these nasty things are said she is the one who has to live with it, also his mum and his sister. Thank God for Gwyneth and Steve who will make sure that memories of Peter will live and soar to the heights he deserved. I miss him.
Luv Lyn xxxxxx
Friday, 13th January 2006
2005
Hi everyone,
Thank you so much for all your e-mails. Steve forwards them all on to me but I'm afraid my computer skills are no better than they were two years ago. Who's a dummy?!!
At the moment Alan, Ryan and I are busy getting our house ready to sell so that we can eventually move to Spain. So my time is taken up with painting, gardening and anything else the house doctor has suggested!!
As far as my career is concerned I am recording a new album - yes, the first one in about 30 years! I hope if you buy it that you enjoy it. I'm very proud of it and I'm just so thrilled to be recording again. I've also got my fingers crossed that I will have some more TV appearances.
A million thanks for all your support and all the e-mails, I tell you, without Steve I wouldn't have known all the kindness and love that is being sent my way.
Blue Skies
Love Lyn xxx
4th July 2005
2003
In March 2003, just before she returned to Blood Brothers, Lyn Paul sent a message to the website. Following that one week appearance Lyn has returned to the show again. Make sure you don't miss it!
Hello everybody,
I am not terribly good on this thing but I had to write and thank you all for the lovely messages you sent after 'Emmerdale'. A very big thank you to everyone who wrote to the 'Emmerdale' production offices asking them to bring me back. It is one of my favourite soaps, 'Coronation Street' being the other one, for obvious reasons!!
Although I don't send many messages to the website I have to tell you that Steve sends me all your messages and it gives me such a thrill getting them, I appreciate the time you take to send them, thank you.
I am doing another week in 'Blood Brothers' (beginning 31st March) in London so maybe I'll see some of you there, if you do come to see it please pop back and say Hi.
Talk to you soon and again thank you for being there for me,
Luv Lyn x
6th March 2003
2002
A million thanks to everyone who has contacted me over the last few months. Your messages of encouragement and support have been wonderful and very much appreciated. I go back into Taboo on the 2nd September so if you come to see the show do say Hi. We all have to come thru the bar to get out as Steve can tell you!
Talking of Steve, he has been terrific, making sure I get all your e-mails so what started out as a bit of a hobby has turned into a full time job!
Got to go and get ready so I will say goodbye for now. Hope to see you all at some time.
lots of love
Lyn
6th August 2002
2001
Hello everyone!!
At last I have moved into the 21st century and can now answer all your e-mails ... eventually!!
At the moment I am up to my eyes in panto and having a great time. We are doing 13 shows a week. Guess who is shattered! But as soon as I have finished I will reply to all of them.
A million thanks for all the interest you have shown. None of this would have been possible without Steven. Thanks Steve.
I shall "log on" again in a couple of days. Till then, take care and keep in touch.
