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@IainDale Just loving the claret & blue. Looking forward to reading.

Coming soon...

Who did not send a painting/drawing in to to Tony Hart and then spend the following weeks glued to the gallery to see it if was there.....it never was!

@zatzi Don't forget St Clare's - all about twins at school. I loved this just as much as Mallory Towers.

I wasn’t into Enid Blyton as a child but my daughter has read a couple and has put “more Enid Blyton books” on her Christmas list. I was thinking one of the series (Famous Five, Secret Seven, Mallory Towers etc) would be great but any recommendations as to which series a primary aged girl might enjoy most? 📕 🙏 👧 🌲

@Sacha_Lord @AllisonPearson Completely agree. The customer services skills you learn (actually, how to communicate effectively) are transferable into every job. I always speak about the huge value of such skills when I am speaking with young people. I waitressed from when I was 14 until I qualified at 29.

I honestly believe working in Hospitality, even just for a period, will set you up with skills for life… It will teach you, how to talk to anyone, think on your feet, work hard, deal with people, react to difficult situations and deliver exceptional customer service…skills that are invaluable in any career. Yet, too often, roles in Hospitality are passed off as ‘not a real job’…

@MartinKnight_ I did the same with a £5 note when I was about 11 and was very pleased a week later when I went back, and I was allowed to keep it!!

When I was about 8 or 9 i found a ten bob note on the path. I told my Dad who made me take it to the police station, much to my annoyance. The desk sgt took it & said come back in a week & if it hasn’t been claimed you can keep it. A week later I did come back & the smiling copper gave it to me. Seems so quaint now. The world has changed so much. My home town has a population of 69,000 & doesn’t even have a police station anymore.

@NoContextBrits Fried bread

What’s missing?

@TheRealJamieKay I sent my "artwork" in most weeks, desperate to be in the gallery....it was never to be!

Does anyone remember this children’s TV legend?

@_peter_beard I simply love Moorcroft - I am so pleased to see it may have a lifeline now.

I may have accidently purchased this vase

@LBFlyawayhome I actually had this book ❤️

Not so many people remember this book. The illustrations by Robert Lumley are brimming with character - but they’re more than a bit scary

This is how storm waves look like from small boats

@LBFlyawayhome I simply love your posts because they transport me right back to reading these books. I absolutely remember the Elves!!!

New clothes for the elves (Elves and the Shoemaker, 1965) Artist: Robert Lumley

@LBFlyawayhome This was one of my favourite books as a small child ❤️

Ladybird book in the spotlight. Rumpelstiltskin, 1968 Artist: Eric Winter

@Madz_Grant That scene in 9 - 5 with Jane Fonda and the printer - that's me, every time there is a flashing light....

Why are *all* printers so unspeakably terrible? They have always been terrible. Ever since IT lessons c.1999 I have known this. No matter the technological advances made elsewhere they remain uniformly awful. The devil has many faces: one is a beeping ‘printer malfunction’ button

@sturgios It is very niche, but go a long to a Murder She Wrote Solve Along...a complete celebration of Angela Lansbury.

Angela Lansbury with Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet (1944)

@caroldecker 🤣🤣

Gregg Wallace and his attitudes to women of his own age in the entertainment industry, are exactly why I launched my #ActingYourAgeCampaign six years ago. The BBC promised to me for two years they would work with me under their #5060Gender initiative. Then didn’t bother ….

@BroadcastMoose Nope. It's perfect.

Is there a more iconic song in World Football?

@zleader12 To be honest, I was at the West Han game yesterday, I wouldn't mind an apology too 🤣

@sturgios Flipping hope not....our first visit of the season and thought surely we can beat Everton 😬

Cue West Ham losing 5-0 against Everton

@ridethepastlane @AllisonPearson This is my absolute favourite adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. Mr Darcy is just perfect, exactly as I imagined he would be...❤️ Laurence Olivier

Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier starred as Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice (1940)