Deb’s Digest

It’s the London son’s last couple of days with innocent drinks before he moves to pastures new.  While there he became famous, or perhaps infamous, for his taste in clothes (ie tartan trousers). This came as no surprise to us – he’s always had a penchant for the, how shall I put it, unorthodox………  (Sorry about [...]

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Not the sort of place I would normally propose for a day out but if you have to visit an eye hospital I can recommend this one. After seeing flashing lights for three weeks I decided I’d better do something about it when they changed from innocent white spots to the full-blown Blackpool illuminations – [...]

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I went for lunch with a friend to the brand new Dobbies Garden Centre yesterday. Millions have been spent on it and there’s a fairly impressive deli there – but it’s chaotic. You can’t find the tills and then when you do only one is open, there are no bags for the frozen fruit and [...]

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Just in case anyone visiting this site is also thinking of visiting Royal Birkdale for this year’s Open Golf – BEWARE! If you’re going to buy your tickets online don’t be fooled into paying VAT and £10 postage which is what some sites are asking. Go to the Royal and Ancient website – you’ll only [...]

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Our daughter asked if anyone wanted anything as she was walking down to the village to get her eyebrows done. Yes please, said my husband, Can you get me an evening paper? and he handed over £1. After the evening meal, he realised that he hadn’t seen the paper – where is it, he wanted [...]

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We went to see I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue at the Lowry. Humphrey Lyttelton is a scream. Yesterday I went to a homeopath, having, in the past 12 months, tried every doctor, consultant, prescriptive remedy, over-the-counter and under-the-counter tablet, medicine and spray for asthma and catarrh. She spent two hours asking me about myself [...]

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