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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 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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As a side note about aerial photography I was surprised to learn there was such a thing as pigeon mounted cameras and they were invented as early as 1903!! I think that would be a bit too technical for our friend Wally Batty though! :29:

Wheres smiler with his tandem when you need him :29:

A bicycle would limit your exploration to Huddersfield/Woodhead Road and Hollowgate unless you're up for riding on hills. Was https://www.traveline.info/ available the last time you looked at bus transport? It's accurate and quite...

I remember seeing a sink in a bedroom and thinking it odd as well. Believe it might have been the show "Fresh Fields" or "The Squirrels". Then thought well if you just want to brush your teeth and the spouse is already in the bathroom...

Thank you for the warning, Pearl. In all honesty, I was just teasing around about doing that. Was more waxing nostalgic on Compo and Clegg. Personally, wouldn't do something like that which might damage someone else's property or...