plantfit 7,580 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 Drat,the publishers missed my name off again Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 I have just finished reading all four volumes of Steel Wheels and Rubber Tyres. The autobiography of Geoffrey Hilditch, a former municipal transport general manager. A cracking read for anybody with an interest in public transport. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just finished reading 'Stephen Fry in America'. It's the book of the tv series that was shown on the BBC a few years ago. As the title says, he's in the US, and he describes his visits to every one of the 50 States. As I love travel books, I relished reading it. I doubt I've read a funnier, more fascinating and interesting book in years. Humorous where unexpected, and critical in places, as one would expect. However, it wasn't the normal America bashing volume, as many are. I must add that I bought the book for £1 from a stall in a Mway Service Station, that was raising funds for the Help For Heroes charity. Just remember that these guys and gals put they're lives on the line every single second, so that we can sleep safely at night. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Funny this thread cropt up today,,been having a read myself,,forgot many of the books i have,,but with moving unearthed a few, The one I've been reading today is ""last of the summer wine ""the finest vintage,written in 2000,so the prog was still running,,bought it in a second hand bookshop near Oakham some years ago,,a great read with biographies on all the actors,,and its signed by Peter Sallis,, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Best comedy programme ever ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 I agree Fly,, think it went on being made until 2010,,and i reckon it got better over the years,, My daughter used to play Trumpet in the Bestwood diamonds band,,and when my big hard Dad lived with us,,she reduced him to tears with her rendition of it,, just for him,, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 My favourite characters... Foggy, Sid, Howard, Pearl, Glenda, Marina, Wesley, the coppers, Alvin..... Bugger.....all of them ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 When I'm out and about again,,will meet you for coffee,, and you can have the book mate,, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Cheers Ben. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 You'd know Brian Draper then Ben?/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Probably ayup,,my daughter will,,I'll ask her, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just tx my daughter john,,yes i do know him,, he conducted the band at her wedding,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 He was an apprentice elec same time as me at Clifton Colliery, back then he used to attend band practice with the Bestwood Colliery Band as a euphonium player. I caught up with him on the internet several years back, no idea if he's still around. He ended up as music director for the band, which had changed it's name to the Bestwood Black Diamonds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 For some reason, I rarely tackle a novel or similarly long read these days. I just don't seem to be able to justify the time, or maintain my concentration. I tend to dip into reference books instead. Gardening, Fungi, Insects, Birds, etc. However whilst at 'Barter Books ' in Alnwick last year.. https://www.barterbooks.co.uk/ ..I picked up a copy of H.G. Wells. The Complete Short Stories. This is keepoing me happy and just about matching my concentration span. I'm working my way through it methodically from start to end and am so far resisting the urge to 'fast forward' ( no pun intended) to 'The New Accellerator', which I only read once as a youngster and have never seen since. I found it hilarious as well as a great idea... which partly came true for anybody who dabbled in certain naughtiness involving little blue pills during the 60s.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 One of my neighbours has just finished reading the Bible from cover to cover. Not for religious reasons but as a challenge. I've often thought about it myself but as I live a pretty honest and blameless life I don't think there's much it could teach me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 Pfffftt.. Easeh!, Easeh!, Easeh!.. If they want a real challenge.. get them to read Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick' in it's original, turgid entirety. Failing that.. Marcus Clarke's ' 'The Term of His Natural Life', seems longer and more tedious than the 'Transportation for Life' which it describes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 I have a leaning towards 'War and Peace' and 'On the origin of the Species' sometime. I have read 'Moby Dick' but didn't realise there was an unexpurgated edition. It sounds a bit like a venereal disease doesn't it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 Seem to remember a gruesome little H G Wells short story called “The Cone”. Must be 50 years since I read it, but the fact that it’s stuck in my memory must say something! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 It's in my book. It may be some time before I get to it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,409 Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 A short story I read as a teenager was in an anthology I've long forgotten the title of. The story is simply called 'The Cricket Match' and tells the story of a village team playing their local rivals. It was without any doubt the funniest thing I've ever read, real laugh out loud stuff and I'd love to find it again and see if it's still as funny to me now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 Brew, is it the book 'The Cricket Match' by Hugh De Selincourt? I've just googled it and there are several for sale online. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 One of the funniest books I ever read, was '1066 And All That' Absolutely hilarious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 The funniest series of books that I have ever read are the "war memoires" of Spike Milligan. The series began with "Adolf Hitler My Part in His Downfall" Absolutely hilarious. The "Leader of the Opposition" banned me from reading them in bed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,409 Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 1 hour ago, MargieH said: Brew, is it the book 'The Cricket Match' by Hugh De Selincourt? I've just googled it and there are several for sale online. Unfortunately not Margie, the author was given as anon so apart from the title I've nothing else to go on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Currenlty re-readingn Boy Soldiers of the GReat War by Richard Van Emden. Great read, full of facts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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