Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[Maggi Young]

Cliff, Glassford is T. G. Sprunt, rather than G. T. Sprunt.... He's a Thomas.... let's just hope he's not reading this, he would think it far too frivolous ! Which is ironic, since he is such a cheery person 

[mark smyth]

I do know a male Kerry and a male Claire or maybe Clare

[ranunculus]

Thanks Maggi.....time to put my mind to more serious matters....frivolity has no place in the world of potato peelings and baby minding.....

Presented a digital lecture to the hardy folk of the Failsworth Horticultural Society last evening....now there's a place to be frivolous!

Mark...do you remember Kerry Packer?

[Martin Baxendale]

So, that's that then! The Criminal Prosecution Service have said they are in no doubt that the two hen harriers were shot over Sandringham. But the bodies of the birds could not be found. The ducks shot by the prince and his mate were also "removed" before the police investigation. No evidence. No prosecution.

According to the Guardian newpaper, the clear implication from what the CPS have said is that the CPS believe the dead birds were removed and disposed of sharpish, as usually happens when birds of prey are shot illegally.

I know what a lot of people will be thinking!

[Martin Baxendale]

Sorry about all the underlining in that last post. It went wrong and I can't correct it. Only meant to underline the first word, were.

[mark smyth]

bar stewards!

[SueG]

I know which of the two I'd rather my taxes supported - and they've got feathers!
Sue

[Lesley Cox]

Just wish I'd known that 100 per cent wool carpets would be threadbare in all the high-traffic areas only 27 years later 

But after 27 years a woollen carpet, even though threadbare, still looks like a quality carpet. Nylon and other synthetics look like junk from the day they're laid.

[David Nicholson]

My Dad always talked about a chap who ran a fish and chip shop in Holmfirth on the outskirts of Huddersfield (Summer Wine country for those who might have seen the telly programme) which was situated in, for want of a better description, a run down wooden hut. Garden huts and other storage places were often referred to in that part of the world as t'oyl as in 'where shall I put it Dad' "oh, shove it in t'oyle"

Name of chip shop propriotor: Littlewood Hoyle. Difficult to write you, have to hear it really or be born with The Birthright!

[annew]

When I left a door open, my dad always used to say 'Put t'wood in t'oyle'.

[Lesley Cox]

"Last of the Summer Wine" was the BEST TV programme, EVER!!!

[Anthony Darby]

In Huddersfield we'd say "put wood in th'oyle". My grandmother used bake bread in th'oven.

[ranunculus]

In Whitworth we drink coffee from th'ermos flask.....or a bone china SRGC mug.

[Martin Baxendale]

Interesting re the crew of Fireball (and Yes, methinks the name is a bad omen!!)  .  All I thought upon seeing it was "What's Lady Penelope doing in the craft?"  She usually restricted herself to her car and other associated vehicles.  What was teh time frame difference between this and Thunderbirds?

Paul, Fireball XL5 was - according to Wikipedia, so it must be right    - made by Gerry Anderson (who also made Thunderbirds) in 1962 (so I was wrong about it being 50s). Thunderbirds was made 1964-65. In between was another I watched avidly, called Stingray.

[mark smyth]

Thunderbirds are go! da dah dah, da da da da da dah. Yes m'Lady?