"Lonely" was in "Callan", an Edward Woodward series, which I think was based around an unspecified security agency rather than the police.
Was "Lonely" the character with a strong body odour problem or am I confusing him with another character.
'Lonely' (played by Russel Hunter) was in Callan (played by Edward Woodward). An MI5 type drama.
I said the next that I remember, but as you've reminded me, yes I think JB was before the bill.
Bagpuss is 50 this year I believe. There is a celebratory concert in London on October.
Bagpuss is 50 this year I believe. There is a celebratory concert in London on October.
English Folk Dance and Song Society - Gigs
Events promoted or supported by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS)www.efdss.org
Softly Softly changed location a couple of times; at least one series was in Kent.
I always saw The Sweeny as a comedy drama based on the flying squad.
Yep more truth in comedy; see also SCRUBS which doctors often think is pretty spot on
I remember it as “half day closing” but of course it was the same thing. Usually Wednesdays I agree.
Where I grew up, (SW Essex), Thursday was normally early closing. There was no easy escape because I think that other adjacent areas also had Thursday. I also remember that most fish shops closed on Monday - I assume that little or no fish was landed on Sunday.
The origin of the term "Busman's holiday".
At least one of the "spin-off" films of the television series "On The Buses" took the show beyond the confines of "Luxton and District" to a holiday resort I think. It runs in my mind that Eastern National were the bus company which assisted with the television production.
When working I used to shave every working day. Now I’m retired (12 years) my shaving days gradually got less and less. Now I just shave on Wednesday & Saturday which are my going out pub days.
I go through phases, due to a tendency to get ingrown hairs. I'll shave (mostly) daily for a while and then let it grow out for a bit. My record for "a bit" was about eight months during the pandemic!
I used to shave every other day when I was working in the office full time (my stubble grows quite slowly so I could get away with it, and it's been well over 20 years since I last had a job where employees were expected to be ultra smart at all times). Now I spend more time at home than in the office I usually shave 2-3 times per week, aiming to time it so I'm clean shaven on an office day.I go through phases, due to a tendency to get ingrown hairs. I'll shave (mostly) daily for a while and then let it grow out for a bit. My record for "a bit" was about eight months during the pandemic!
Aberdeen Trades' Fortnight and the Glasgow Fair are two that spring to mind. Our village has a gala week in July and we regularly have an influx of visitors from those areas.
Wednesday half-day closing was very much a thing here, although it finally seems to be dying off. The last shop in the village that observed it was the local chemist but it's open all day now.
Many shops in Lanarkshire used to close for the Fair Fortnight. Like so many traditions/ buildings/ customs it persisted for decades (or a century or two) then suddenly got dealt a knuckle sandwich from the cruel hand of change.
And indeed gas ones!
Weren’t you allowed in the bathroom?…. My record for "a bit" was about eight months during the pandemic!
It did. George Henry Lee in Liverpool (another John Lewis store) was the same. It was rather cruelly renamed John Lewis in the early 2000s which was a bit daft because there was also Lewis's (no relation), although this closed a few years later so lessening the confusion.
