General Chat

Don't laugh ,I have shorts on lol I hope no-one comes calling !!! Oh and a strappy top with no bra.I look stunning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT.At least I shaved my legs and underarms.

Jane you dare devil you ,shorts & strappy top. so you have all the good weather, might have known England gets the best weather again

Here I am just been out to take OH a cup of tea and came in cos I was cold, chilly wind, no sun. lots of gray clouds.
You know I don't even know where my shorts are. Probably in a suitcase in the loft among other items like bathing costumes and sorongs , sun dresses things I only wear when I'm on holiday.
I prefer to wear a casual skirt when I'm in the garden, or light weight jeans. not really a shorts person and don't like cropped trousers as they make me look shorter than what I am.

Hi Everyone...

Sorry Ive not been popping in but I have been a good researcher for a very lovely lady to try and find a lost sibling.
Not found her yet but Hot on the trail...!!

Its been glorious here in Devon and went for a walk around my Village
(Jane... Down Thomas) and it was great so good to see the daylight as Ive been head in this Lappy for the last few days.
My daughter in law ran the half Marathon today in Plymouth she did very well, but she said.it was too hot.. !

Hope you have all been good while Ive been away LOL
So pleased that Shimms is back where she belongs.

Back now for more research there is a reason why we want this research
done quickly.......So bye for now xx

Lorraine ,I bet you chatted away to your friend like it was yesterdayLol.

When I met people I hadn't seen for 40 plus years it was just as though we were back at school lol.It was at an 80th birthday party for a Lady who was the old school cook at my primary school but also a reunion for all the villagers .I met some horrors who were still horrors lol,but on the whole it was a wonderful evening.
I hope that makes sense ( have had a fair bit of wine).I will log off pooter now before I make a fool of myself lol
Chat again tomorrow xx

Morning girls

Hope the sun's shining wherever you are, it's lovely here again..pity I'm going back to bed in a while!

Fiona i remember it being cold in Scotland, we lived in glasgow for a while as a very young child...i will never forget those chilblains!! Hope it warms up for you up there.

Lorraine when you mentioned about that good looking medical student you dated, it made me think of that lovely actor Barry Evans who played in the series Doctor in the House I think it was and also the brilliant Mind Your Language in the eventies...they wouldn't allow it on telly now it's not PC correct enough!!! I always liked Barry Evans, so handsome and such lovely brown eyes, I believe he died a very sad and lonely chap, also there was a bit of a mystery about his death, open verdict I believe.

Anyway girls, hope you have a lovely day i'm off for a kip! Not working again until the 1st of June.

Back later,

Pam.x

Morning Ladies,
The sun is trying to fight it's way through the clouds here.It feels quite muggy so maybe we will get the rain and thunder later.Poor dog will go bananas if it does thunder!!
Enjoy your day.Speak later.

Hi Everyone,

OH has just said that Barry Evans died at Ullesthorpe which is about 5 miles from me....agreed with you Pam that there was a mystery about his death...he remembers it being in the papers.....such a shame.

Well done to your DIL Marilyn on running her half marathon.....I don't know how people manage to run at all in the heat...... I'd have to have a sprinkler system over my head......what am I saying....I wouldn't manage 100yds these days!!!! lol

Chester sounds like a storm alarm Jane....bet he's up like a shot at the first rumble!!

You are right Ann re Chester lol.If we have the thunder then I will be up with him.
Was Barry Evans called Robin in one of the programmes (Robins Nest) or am I thinking of someone else?

Yes Richard O Sullivan.....I'm thinking of the wrong person lol

LOL AB you were on a roll there!!!!!!!.Think you may be right about Thomas and Sarah(Upstairs Downstairs)

Evening all
been in the garden most of the day re-potting more planters , sweeping up and watering, weather has been cloudy, slightly warmer than yesterday because there was no chilly wind. little glimses of sun were trying to get through.
Just finished having a bath because my back was aching. when I looked out of window and there's the next door neighbours having a BBQ. with the brollys up, and I don't mean sun shades either ,It's gone really cold & it's raining. shows how desperate we are here in Scotland when the neighbours are having a BBQ in the rain.

OH dear next door nieghbours have just done a quick dash inside it's really raining quite hard now.

AB

Joan Sanderson was in Please Sir and Fawlty Tow
Character name in Please Sir was Miss Doris Ewell. Fawlty Towers character was Mrs Richards.

John Alderton

He first became familiar to television viewers when he took the role of Dr Moone in an early ITV soap opera, Emergency Ward 10. He married his co-star, successful actress Jill Browne, but they later divorced. He soon surpassed the fame of his ex-wife, taking the lead in the sitcom Please, Sir!, as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted in him also playing the character in the 1971 feature film of the same name. In 1972 he appeared with Hannah Gordon in the BBC comedy series My Wife Next Door which ran for 12 episodes, and for which he won a Jacob's Award in 1975. He then transferred to another top-rated ITV series when he played Thomas Watkins, the chauffeur, in Upstairs, Downstairs, opposite his wife, Pauline Collins. They had a daughter (the actress Kate Alderton) and two sons (Nic Alderton and Richard Alderton) and also acted together in spin-off series, Thomas & Sarah, and another sitcom, No, Honestly, as well as in a series of short story adaptations called Wodehouse Playhouse (1975-78). In the meantime, he appeared on the big screen against-type as 'Friend' in John Boorman's cult sci-fi movie Zardoz, before returning to more familiar territory, as 1930s Yorkshire vet James Herriot in the film, It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet.

Tina x

Hi Tina
looks like you like John Alderton to remember everything he has been in, I like him to and I love Pauline Collins especially, when she was shirley Valentine.

Hi Fiona

Yes I have enjoyed the things he has played in, but I must admit I googled the info! lol

I like his wife too. My favourite programme was Upstairs Downstairs, I do wish they would repeat that on the tv instead of the tripe they put on these days. I understand its on one of the cable channels but I dont subscribe to the package that shows it :(

Please Sir! was a hoot too.

Tina x

Yes I loved upstairs Downstairs, back in 1951 my mum had an accident with the hoover and fell down stairs and injured her spine, she was in hospital for 2 years . plastered from the chest down to the bottom of her spine.(wasn't my mum then , but did know my dad, dad used to travel up from England to scotland to visit her in hospital every weekend ,they married in 1954)
anyway back to the story, while she was in hospital Gordon Jackson who played Mr Hudson came to visit the paitents, I beleive he was visiting reatives in Glasgow at the time

As you say Tina ....Bring back things like Please Sir ,Upstairs Downstairs,and lots of others .The Oldies were just the best .Or is that me just being old and not moving with the times as they say lol.
Logging off now BB in the morning xx

Good night one and all

logging off now as I am watching Britian's Got Talent.

Have a pleasant evening.

Tina xx

Morning All,

Loved Upstairs Downstairs too. What was the scullery maid called ????

Your poor mum, Fiona in hospital all that time, but lucky to recover so well. I worked with someone who fell downstairs when he was alone in the house........he was never able to do any work after. My sister has a friend who was recently paralysed from the waist down after a fall downstairs and is so depressed since she was told she will never be any better. Stairs....so dangerous aren't they.