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I've yet to read a poor book written by Graham Greene.

Sunday tea. Reminds me of being officially 'courting' and going for tea with the other half's family. Ham salad, pineapple chunks and Libby's milk meant the feet were well and truly 'under the table'!

The book I read was, 'Looking For Enid' by Duncan McLaren. It was interesting because in parts he wrote from the point of Blyton type characters and referred to the book by Enid's daughter Imogen quite often. Whatever Enid Blyton was, she was certainly a character and you have to admire her capacity for work.

I enjoy fiction and non-fiction. I've just finished a biography of Enid Blyton and it brought home to me just how prolific a writer she was. I dare say most of us have enjoyed her books at some time or another.

Elephant Hawk Moth, feeds on nectar. Don't know if it's some sort of bee or not. I first saw one in Austria but they're fairly common in Norfolk.

On the television; the number of reports beginning with the word, "Well---" The times we hear politicians explain something they think simple with the word, "Clearly---", and the times they use the word, "Look---".

"There are no such things as problems, only challenges" --- "We worked hard but we played hard" and "He doesn't suffer fools gladly", which, as someone once remarked to me, is another excuse for being bloody rude!

After being in a queue an assistance says, " Thank you for waiting, " and as you're trying to get on with a meal in a restaurant, the constant question, "Is everything alright"? At home I find it annoying when, instead of the wife saying, " Please pass me the (whatever)", she says, "Is the (whatever) over there?" or " Would you like to pass me the (whatever)"?

'A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot' --- (As long as it's somebody else's).

On the subject of the suffering of men according to women, I think it's very telling that the majority of advertising of various pain-killers is directed at women, headaches, backaches and all the rest. I remember having to see my doctor one working morning. The waiting room was full of women. I mentioned this to the doc' and he said, yes, this was normal. Bugger all wrong with them but they came in for a chat!

For myself, I enjoy, 'Outnumbered'; 'Not Going Out'; and 'The IT Crowd' as far as british humour is concerned, and some excellent programmes from the past, but I can see little to enjoy with present comedy which seems to me to consist of smart quiz programmes where ' comedians' patronise each other. Doubtless I am an old git who doesn't understand today's humour!

Approximately one hour before the Juventus-Liverpool final was due to kick off, a large group of Liverpool fans breached a fence separating them from a "neutral area" which contained Juventus fans. The Juventus fans ran back on the terraces and away from the threat into a concrete retaining wall. Fans already seated near the wall were crushed; eventually the wall collapsed. Many people climbed over to safety, but many others died or were badly injured. The game was played despite the disaster in order to prevent further violence.[2] The tragedy resulted in all English football clubs being pla

Earliest holidays for me were at New Brighton. Anyone else holidayed there?

Telegrams, which when received frightened the life out of everyone because it usually meant someone had snuffed it.

Just think. Today all the kids have Coke.

Of all the programmes on TV, I think 'soaps' are the worst. I've heard people say, "But it's like real life"! It isn't - real life should be lived. It seems that people enjoy being involved in emotional situations without getting themselves into trouble - But wait! There is, or was, one which was hilarious. Perhaps some remember the American series 'Soap'. All in all, there's very little worth watching on TV. My opinion of course, but perhaps that of others too.

Maybe not a superstition but I remember the curtains being drawn in a house where someone had died. These days they get drawn to keep the sun off the tele'.

Hell of a lot of pork dripping to go round. Not surpised you asked for the salt!

William Crane infants from around 1948. I remember a Miss Mitchell and the curiously named Miss Killer. Empire Day looms large in my memory for some reason, afternoon naps and Christmas parties, food supplied by mum. We also had an event where we took a card with our christian name on it and everyone with the same name lined up behind the holder; a position to be fought for.

These motorised chairs and their drivers should be licensed. One ran into the missus once in a supermarket, and in Yarmouth, some character broke the ankles of an innocent shopper by running into them at speed. I sympathise fully with the genuinely disabled but it seems to me that we are becoming a lame dog society.

I was once stationed with some navy personnel. They had a new commander and took him out for a meal. When asked how he would like his steak, he said, " Shave it's arse and take the saddle off". A man of great breeding!

I don't know if anyone there will be old enough to remember but Derek Tomlinson sends his regards. I was at Crane through the fifties.

Ken Platt came out with this phrase before reading the letter. It contained things like, 'I've had all me teeth out and a new gas stove put in'.

'Open the cage! Let me out'! - Jimmy Wheeler --- 'I've had a letter from me mother' - Ken Platt --- 'Hello playmates' - Arthur Askey 'Black mark Bentley' - Jimmy Edwards - 'Take It From Here' I don't hold much stock for many of the new wave of comedians and I don't know if any of them have catch phrases, but there are some in situation comedies but that's T.V.