I absolutely love the Getting Sam Home, Christmas Special. The complexity of the situation is pulled off with great mastery.
I love the very deep moments in LOTSW regarding human fragility and mortality. They simply nailed it with...
https://britizen.uk/practice/life-in-the-uk-test
I got a lowly 58% on the first test. It's nice that there are explanations of the ones I got wrong. I think perusing this forum (and Wikipedia ITN nominations) over the years helped with...
A number of years ago, my car had broken down so we called AAA and a tow truck came. It was one of those flat bed trucks and he loaded the car and in the course of the trip to the repair shop, he told me that this was the first time for...
"The rarest model was a Dinky 139 Ford Consul Cortina, South African Issue, ..."
Brings back memories of a fellow I dated briefly in the mid-1960s. He drove a Ford Consul Cortina North American issue. I hope he was able to store it...
"It's my round...what are you avin' ?"....
"Ooooohh...I will 'av a nice large Whiskey !!"...
"No you won't...you are driving....YOU WILL 'AV A SMALL BEER !!!!"...
"I will 'av a small beer"....
And if it was not for them damaging...
As it's his thread so to speak here are my thoughts on our Cyril.
He was never always in charge in fact on occasion Clegg took the lead in this era and so you might think it was a more equal trio. However, this was was not the case as...
For me Seymour was pretty much the definitive third man.
On the authoritive side he had all the bad traits built up of his time as head of the Utterthwaite academy. The glimpses we get here are of an instution as much falling apart...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.