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Friday 18 September 2015
The Way We Were
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Today in History
Russ Abbot
Sponge Pudding
On 18th September 1947,
comedian Russ Abbot was
born in Ellesmere Port,
Cheshire. He first went on
stage as a musician with a
comedy band called the ‘Black
Abbots’. The band split up in
1980.
I like summer food – salads
and cold puddings, and ice
cream. But I also like this time
of year when the weather is
cold enough some days to
make a nice hot pudding very
welcome.
That was when Russ Abbot
started his career as a
comedian. He went on to
win the ‘Funniest Man on
Television Award’ five times.
Russ Abbot had his own
show. The first series was
‘Russ Abbot’s Madhouse’, and
later ‘The Russ Abbot Show’.
He also had straight acting
parts on stage and TV.
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One of our favourites was a
Lemon Pudding that had a
whole lemon cooked in the
middle of a suet sponge. It was
steamed until the lemon was
cooked soft and all the juice
soaked into the sponge.
I used to make a nice lemon
sauce to go with it and lots
of custard. It was delicious. I
liked treacle sponge, and jam
sponge, but lemon was best.
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Over To You
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Do You Remember
Australian Wedding
Spit and Polish
My best friend at school,
Graham
emigrated
to
Australia in 1948. We didn’t
have a phone back then, and
international calls cost the
earth. So, the only way we
could keep in touch was by
writing airmail letters.
Dear Mary and Jimmy
I liked writing letters to
Graham in Australia. Even
better was getting his letters
back with his latest news.
Then along came computers
and
emails.
Suddenly,
Australia was just a click away.
Spit
polishing
involved
rubbing the polish in with a
drop or two of water, (or spit
which was always readily
available!) and it increased
the shine. I think it was
sometimes called ‘bulling’ or
‘bull-polishing’. Whatever it
was, it worked. My uncle had
the shiniest shoes I ever saw.
His shoe-polishing technique
was a habit he never lost.
The first email Graham sent
had this photo attached. His
youngest daughter had just
got married. It’s a bonny
picture, and Graham looks a
very proud father.
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My uncle used to talk about
kit inspection in the army. He
and his mates got into a lot
of trouble if their belts and
shoes were not shiny enough
to see their faces in. He often
talked about ‘spit and polish’.
Best wishes, from Barbara
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C’est Si Bon
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Feet And Inches
All the answers are in
Imperial units of length.
1. An easy one to start with.
How many inches in a foot?
2. Which one of these
lengths means the same
as a rod and a pole?
Perch or Cable
3. 100 links equal 1 ch _ _ _
4. How many furlongs
are there in a mile?
8, 10 or 12
6. When measuring
horses, how many hands
are there in a foot?
3, 6 or 9
Louis Armstrong
Answers
2. Romance
4. Bon
6. Kiss
8. This
1. 12
4. 8
2. Perch
5. 6
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1. France
3. Good
5. People 7. Thought Answers
3. Chain
6. 3
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Every word, every sigh, every
k_ _ _, dear
Leads to only one thought
And the th_ _ _ _ _ is th_ _,
dear!
C’est si bon
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5. How many feet are
there in one fathom?
3, 6 or 9
C’est si bon
Lovers say that in Fr _ _ _ e
When they thrill to
ro_ _ _ _ _
It means that it’s so go _ _
C’est si b _ _
So I say to you
Like the french pe_ _ _ _ do
Because it’s oh so good
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