Perpetrators

The core line up of The Ploughmen includes an unusual mixture of instruments including guitar, banjo, double bass, saxophone, mandolin, ukulele, another guitar, clarinet, yet another guitar, another ukulele, another ukulele, another ukulele, yet another ukulele, drums/percussion and, once in a blue moon, tin whistle, recorder and fiddle.

These are wielded by the following offenders, in alphabetical order:

• Barry (AKA Bo Widdley):
  Guitar, ukulele, transcendental meditation, mercenary tendencies, heartless betrayal...
• Boyd (AKA Boyd Diddley):
  Sleazy lounge vocals, timing errors, fag breaks, extreme leaning, wandering off, cider
• Gordon (AKA Bo Piddley):
  Guitar, ukulele, vocals, forgetting words, sound FX, fag and bathroom breaks, crap jokes
• Keith (AKA Blow Diddley):
  Saxophone, clarinet, tin whistle, recorder, ukulele, occasional hat, Benny Hill tribute
• Phil (AKA Bo Hillbiddley):
  Banjo, vocals, bass, ukulele, Butlins-style compere duties, leaving early to watch Celebrity Love Island
• PJ (AKA P Diddley):
  Double bass, bass guitar, ukulele, vocals, demented laughter, mandolin, fag breaks, Stella
• Rick (AKA Bo Fiddley):
  Mandolin, ukulele, tin whistle, solo-ducking, mistakes, additional mistakes, Guinness
• Robin (AKA Elbow Diddley):
  Guitar, mandolin, string-breakage, late-entry solos, sick notes
• Trevor (AKA Bo Paradiddley):
  Drums, shaky things, half a dozen carbines, fag breaks, wandering off, Mickeys
  

Regular special guest performers:

• Billy (don't be a hero):
  Mandolin and occasional vocals
• Eric (The Dustman):
  Skiffle vocals and extreme rhythmic variations
• Colin (Fred Scuttle):
  Benny Hill impression

and featuring Mary as "Mary" in Green, Green Grass of Home

Other guests and members come and go seemingly at random. Occasional and former contributors include: Kris, Pete, Lyn, Russell, and Martin... all in various capacities.

It should be noted that at least two former members even went so far as to emigrate in order to escape involvement...