philmayfield

Will it give her a vibro-massage?

A 54th wedding anniversary is traditionally celebrated with a glass gift. Take her to Specsavers!

'Witchcraft is not uncommon in these parts' - it do be said!

Like him or not (and I'm not certain I do), the guy is actually getting on with the job of delivering Brexit which is what a slender majority of the ill informed electorate wanted. Can't really fault him for carrying out the wishes of the people at a democratic referendum. The problems will come later.

Many of them are married to their sisters!

Xenophobes? Out here in the valley we’re even suspicious of the next village! If I go into the pub two miles away they always say ‘you do be a stranger in these parts, we don’t much like strangers round ‘ere’!

Are you growing rhubarb this year?

Are you inferring Ben's past his prime Cliff? He won't like that!

They were Lamson pneumatic tube systems. An American patent. Some systems used wire cateneries. Horne Bros, the mens outfitters, had pneumatic tubes.

Same here for me at Mellish. Seven very happy years there. It was very academic. Most of my year group went to university or the professions. I know lots of people to go to university these days but back then there were fewer places so you had to reach a high standard to get in. I always looked forward to going to school in the mornings!

That’s right Stewart!

I believe they were motor factors. Didn’t they have a place on Lower Parliament St. over the road from the then Post Office building?

Midland Mag. They were an institution. Each man was an expert in his field. The good thing was you could get to speak to the person doing the job and not just pass the faulty part over the counter. Now you just fit an exchange unit if you can physically get at it to remove it. They used to close the shop for their annual day out and take the opportunity to put a photograph in the Post of all of the staff.

I had the impression that a lot of people didn't like the influx of 'foreigners' making extra demands on our schools, health service and housing. I didn't see a lot of people from the UK extolling the virtues of moving over to Poland or Romania. The fact is that we have more to offer them than they've got to offer us. Also we don't have an identity card system so the criminal element can just disappear into the shadows.

The referendum never mentioned a deal. It was either in or out. The whole thing was badly set up by Cameron but that’s another story. A ‘deal’ would surely mean we have to continue with some contributions. We can’t have our cake and eat it. Boris is honouring the result of the referendum for better or for worse. All those that voted leave should have given their vote more thought at the time. All they considered was keeping out the foreigners (especially the Eastern European criminal element) and getting rid of ‘silly rulings’ from Brussels. Our entanglement with Europe was deeper than that an

This is England. We might moan a bit but we don’t do civil unrest. There will be the usual lefty protestors but most of us will carry on in our usual phlegmatic manner. We don’t behave like those bloody foreigners!

Swarfega will have to change its recipe again very soon as it contains the micro plastic beads which are the subject of a forthcoming ban. I'm not going to recommend them, on H and S grounds, but if you browse the web there are diy alternatives - at your own risk!

Lots of the old cleaning solvents were found to have ingredients that were potentially carcinogenic. They did work much better than the ‘safer’ modern versions however. I always keep a box of surgical rubber gloves in the workshop to use when I do a messy job now. I doubt that the used gloves are environmentally friendly when disposed of though. Curing one problem usually creates another. Just wait until your electric car’s battery runs flat up in the Highlands and there’s no ‘phone signal either!

Touché then

No, I was joking wasn’t I?

Yes, but your President appears to be married to his mother!

I've been a Republican for as long as I can remember. I've never seen much point in the Royal family.

I see that the Queen has just approved the prorogation of Parliament in September. I don’t suppose she gives a stuff whilst sitting up there in the grandeur of Balmoral Castle. There’s always Sandringham for Christmas to look forward to. Will Corbyn declare a republic? Even I would support him for that!

Donald Pleasance was born in Worksop which explains why he was a miserable bugger!

I saw ‘Donald Pleasance in ‘The Man in The Glass Booth’ at the Playhouse many years ago. I think it was about a Nazi trial.