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And the cellar walls are infested with stoneworm

After a cancelled appointment for the 23rd of this month, I had a call today that they will do my Cataract surgery on this Sunday the 22nd, I have to travel to Grimsby instead of Brigg, okay another 12 miles away but I just want to get...

Hopefully the changeover shouldn't take too long, as it's costing me 1.36p for every day of my membership !

I think Hill Street was such a great choice for the move, it ticked all the boxes. Off of a main road and on a quiet dead end road so no through traffic or pedestrians. Out of the centre of Holmfirth so not as busy or noisy. Loads of...

If they mixed them, they would have a killer teacher

I remember reading about the BBC infuriating Alan Bell by doing a voice over during the broadcast of compos emotional bugle scene at the end of Last Post and Pigeon. Very disrespectful and in bad taste!!

He'd been driving for 50 years!

Talking toffee the great Scots comedian Chic Murray used to tell a story about passing a man lying on the ground asking him " Have you fallen?? " , " No I'm just trying to break a particular difficult bar of Toffee in my back pocket"

Thanks for the tips Marianna, much obliged :)

What a thought!. Having an Auntie Wainwright in the basement.

I noted whilst staying at Noras how any large vehicles driving along here would cause a considerable albeit brief amount of vibration and noise in the living room as if the house was shaking! Pavement is so narrow that they come quite...

The Huddersfield bus station isn't far from the rail station, but it's up a hill. That has always put me off when I've arrived with luggage. There's a taxi rank outside the rail station, but always inquire of the driver whether or not...

A few years ago I broke a tooth on a toffee bar. It required a couple of expensive dentist visits, first to prepare the site for a crown, then to fit the crown. It hasn't put me off toffee, though, but now I break it up with a hammer...

Has anyone tried to eat a Highland Toffee bar recently? The dentist’s favourite :D

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