Last Plimsoll was second, before Miss Rachel Hall was introduced, having aged to 14 now and Grooving Along On The Highway, On A Monday Morning, Once ensued.

It is invidious to single out individuals, especially when each and every member is so vital a component of that wondrous thing that is Stackridge but mention must be made of Andy Davis. He seemed to grab this gig by the proverbial horns from the start and his double-handed holding of the mike during the singing of Plimsoll was straight out of the approved ‘rock god’ book.

Kudos too to David ‘Son’ Tommey, sound man extraordinaire, who mixed Andy’s guitar well to the fore. A wonderful decision, as Andy was – to use the vernacular – ‘on fire’ all night and many of us couldn’t recall a previous occasion when his guitar-playing had been quite so inspired.

Anyone For Tennis saw an athletic leap from the riser at the back of the stage that housed Sarah, Rach and Codge to the front from Glenn ‘Dad’ Tommey. He’s an incredibly fit and spry man and his fitness totally belies his 74 years.

Syracuse The Elephant followed. Really warming to the audience, Mutter mentioned the fact that The ‘Ridge were now ‘flesh rippers’ but, back in the day when they weren’t, Dangerous Bacon was written. For those who like to keep notes, Rach, Sarah and James are vegetarians. See all the extra snippets you get in a review like this?

James wasn’t to be denied, suggesting that the next song should be entitled Dangerous Friendliness. It was the harmony-fest (and harmony-feast) that is Friendliness. Happy In The Lord and Wonderful Day, with a much-shortened Crun spoken word intro, before the superb piece that is God Speed The Plough and then Dancing On Air, which had the "sailing on air" and whistled ending. Fish In A Glass closed off the first set.

Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime opened the second half. How heartening it was to see that about 95% of the audience knew all the words to each song, including the Weekend material. Lummy Days and then Steam Radio Song arrived, with Codge enthusiastically conducting the crowd clapping by tapping his sticks together above his head. After travelling to Venezuela, James again claimed the tempo of Teatime was "too fast" so it began again. Then came Fascinating World, in all its retooled splendour, with the faster, syncopated rhythm and Mutter flute solo.

Save A Red Face has been incorporated so well it seems as if it has been part of the set for eons. Glenn’s big fat brassy punctuation works a treat and his ‘dancing’ – along with that of Rachel and Sarah – didn’t go unnoticed. Maybe his GP said such exercise would be beneficial for those joints…

Does anything have to be written about Purple Spaceships Over Yatton? It was the first time reverb on flute had been featured since Pete Donovan’s days. Can Inspiration Save The Nation? was the question posited. The answer was a resounding ‘yes’.

Temporary confusion reigned when James decided to do Something About The Beatles, rather than the next number on the set lists but flexibility is good. Boots ‘N’ Shoes started but they realised they hadn’t begun with the first few bars of Billie Jean, as per quirky tradition, so it began again with its ‘proper’ intro reinstated.

The glorious thing about this concert was how much fun everyone was evidently having on stage. Andy ‘Codge’ Marsden (drums) was an understated powerhouse; James ‘Crun’ Walter (bass) was playing bass in that often underrated way of his; Glenn Tommey (keyboards/trombone/vocals) was harmonising, playing and doing a million other things; James Warren (rhythm and occasional lead guitar/lead vocals) was giving it everything – and doing it supremely well, as always; Mutter Slate (flute/castanets/lead vocals) was covering every inch of the stage front and singing and blowing up a storm; Andy Davis (lead guitar/keyboards/lead vocals) was astonishing, completely astonishing (even to we grizzled and veteran Stacko-watchers).

Rachel Hall (lead violin) was simply awesome. So much talent in a woman of such tender years. It’s frightening to think how good she’ll be when she hits puberty. (Sorry – ‘JW’ style joke there. The humour is infectious). As for Sarah Mitchell (second violin/harmony vocals/whistle), they say the human body is comprised of 98% liquid. Not SM. She’s made up of Voice, Lungs, Smile, Bounce and Talent.

How infectious is the band? Well, there was a bloke on crutches who proceeded to wave them in the air throughout the gig, with joyous disregard for his heath or ability to even stand up. Never mind "walking upon the water" as in Fascinating World – this band can bring injured people back to full health, rather like Lazarus arising from the dead!

The Galloping Gaucho galloped, roared along by the crowd and Slark did his worst but this gig was a huge celebratory event from start to finish. The single encore was Do The Stanley. Many did and the band took their merited curtain calls and it was all over.