Alan [Lomax] had discovered that one of the best of the Irish traditional fiddlers, Michael O’Gorman, was at the time working as a porter at Paddington.  Old, grizzled, he charmed viewers by explaining that he might not be able to perform his first few pieces as well as he would have wished because his hands were still a bit stiff from carrying baggage, but he would warm up as he went along – and then played a series of reels and jigs at dazzling speed.