Deb’s Digest

The London son hasn’t been too well, which is a shame because if ever he needed to be on top form it’s now. Tomorrow he’s moving flat which involves renting a van, moving boxes, crates, clothes etc etc down four flights of stairs, driving his possessions across London to the new place, unloading and carrying [...]

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Months ago, when I saw that Rowan Atkinson was playing Fagin in Oliver I bought tickets for a Friday night in July. Then feeling rash I bought tickets to see Gareth Gates as Joseph in the Saturday matinee the following day. This weekend I broke the news to my husband that he would really like to [...]

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We went to see Rob Brydon last night at the Southport Theatre. Very funny – although my husband spent most of the evening sliding down in his seat so that he wouldn’t be the target of  jokes. Funnily enough there were only two empty seats in this sell-out performance, and they were right next to [...]

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Good news. I’ve sold the green Aquascutum mac that I bought on eBay. I only hope the buyer isn’t as disappointed with it as I was. The London son was at his desk by 8.45 yesterday morning after our early morning start to get him on the 5.25 train from Lime Street. He played football [...]

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Inside my anniversary card from my husband was a bookie’s ticket from  Coral’s (coral anniversary). £3.50 (35 years!) on Romantic Verse in the 4.35. We sat down to watch the race on television and saw straight away that the jockey was wearing a coral coloured vest – that was it. It had to win – and [...]

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Today is our Coral Anniversary – 35 years. And I can confirm that global warming is taking place because on March 23rd 35 years ago there was only one daffodil in  flower (in our garden, anyway) whereas this year they have been in flower for weeks already. I don’t like to gush but on this [...]

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Last autumn I wanted a colourful mac like the Scottish weather girl Carol wore on “Breakfast” every morning. Eventually I tracked one down in a trendy boutique in York – it was gorgeous but it was £350 and Aquascutum.  I was on eBay the other day and spotted what looked like a soft turquoise Aquascutum mac at the [...]

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Occasionally while we were laughing uncontrollably at Count Arthur Strong, in Bolton’s Albert Hall, my mind asked my brain what on earth we were doing. Here was a bumbling old man, stumbling to string five coherent words together, wearing odd shoes and with a wire coat hanger trailing from his jacket. The tickets were cheap, and [...]

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The London son was home for a long weekend, to catch up with his fast-growing nephew. He’s moving flat soon so brought a big suitcase of winter clothes here so that he won’t clog up his new wardrobe! The trouble is he’s a bit of a slave to fashion and as soon as he offloads [...]

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