Mad Over Fifties Club

[nungate]

Good evening and welcome to Nungate Towers, venue of the latest meeting of the AB Mad Over Fifties club.
What have we for your delight and edification tonight?
Well, our Tailcock of the evening will be the "HowlinGale" inspiration drawn from the hoolie blowing outside! For our hot plate special we have that stomach lining dish, Stovies, hearty and filing, the very thing for a dark and stormy night! On the pudding trolley, our pastry chef has excelled himself and invented an ice cream Battenburg! Strawberry and Vanilla ice cream swathed in a golden almond sponge cake (a bit like a square Arctic Roll!) and of course the usual selection of volley vonts, canopies and horses doovers! mmm yum!
Up in the gallery, in addition to the usual selection of Madrigals and fugues played by the Minstrels, they will be joined later by the Towers' staff in the Great Hall for Carol singing (we haven't told Carol yet, boy will she be
surprised!) In the ballroom, we have our favourite local band The Tone Deafs playing a selection of oldies but goodies and just a soupcon of seasonal numbers tossed in to add a little festive touch.
The indoor pool is open to members, as is the library, where we have a lovely fire blazing in the hearth, and a fabulous selection of books and periodicals for members who would prefer a quieter evening, the snug is also available for members wishing a quiet time, there is a trolley of drinks and snacks laid out and a huge array of DVDs to choose from if members would prefer to watch something. Of course the hot tub is bubbling away on the North Tower for those members wishing to brave the elements (hopefully it has been well anchored) however I must state that owing to high winds the bungee will not be in operation this evening (the piranhas in the moat will be sorry and Igor will have to feed them later ....)
And now a short announcement for our members.
Next week will be MOFC's Annual Christmas Ball, members may wish to come in mufti if they please or dress as characters from Pantomime or any form of fancy dress of their choosing. Santa will of course "drop" in on proceedings with gifts for all!
For the rofl tonight I offer:
3 yards of purple tinsel (surplus to requirements)
1 set of fairy lights (not working)
4 boxes of Christmas tree baubles (smashed, thank you Plant aka "butterfingers" .......)
Igor will be in the vestibule to collect cloaks, brooms and any other accoutrements members wish to be concealed during the course of tonight's meeting (no guarantees of their safe return)
Queenofmean sends her apologies she has a prior engagement this evening
Daisynonna will also be an absentee owing to a better offer sigh Igor of course is devastated .......

A warm welcome awaits all who dare enter these portals


carriages at midnight

[tonyav]

S & N Breweries, nungate, what were there brands ?.

[nungate]

McEwans, "beer" McEwans Indian Pale Ale, possibly Sweetheart Stout (which I remember well from my time when Queenie was in Special care)
McEwans Lager, Tennents, possibly Skol too. This is going way back for me, I was never one to drink beer when I did it would be Becks, Grolsch or
Weissebeir So I'm plucking names from way back, that I can remember
We probably need a beer drinking Scotsman to help with this one ..

[DTCwordfan]

I went out with one of the Younger girls......

[tonyav]

I would have volunteered to help count the votes, nungate !.

[nungate]

Here's the lager ad - when this was launched they sent cans of the stuff to our office to try out - a popular company!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMcQByZcbys

[nungate]

Of course they had the "lovelies" on the cans didn't they?

[DTCwordfan]

Oh well, time to retire, me thinks - so I will bade farewell and thanks....be careful as there's another hoolie brewing out there, ready for tomorrow.

Night.....

[nungate]

Night DT, sleep well - if that's possible! As well as the hoolie there was also horizontal rain! (there are those who might say that was normal for up here)
Goodnight.

[tonyav]

Yes they did, nungate. I remember those cans with gals on them. I may have bought a few !.

[tonyav]

Good night, DT, another hoolie to come then.

[Igor61]

I've been looking at those old ads on youtube Madame, they are good aren't they?

[nungate]

Aye they are that Igor, I plan on having a long look at them later I used to like those one with the Inverbraw grouse beaters!

[tonyav]

Igor, I like looking at those old car ads on YouTube.

[nungate]

Car ads - do they really have those?

[tonyav]

Yes nungate, type in something like Ford Capri ad or any other car that you may fancy looking at.

[nungate]

I will do that - an old beau of mine drove a JPS Capri - I just found an ancient ad for Youngers beer! Youtube is a goldmine of stuff!

[nungate]

Just happened on an ad for a Chrysler Sunbeam with Pet Clark singing "put a Chrysler Sunbeam in your life" !!!!?/!

[tonyav]

Iv'e had three capri's in the past, nungate, I have had a Lotus Europa in JPS colours, a great car ( had to almost lie down in it to drive it ! ).

[nungate]

"lie down to drive it" - a relaxing drive then Tony?

He had a gold coloured one after the JPS - I preferred the JPS! Best beloved prefers BMW's he's had 3 but is now on his 5th Vauxhall - the beamers came between our current car and his last cavalier

[tonyav]

"lie down to drive it" - a relaxing drive then Tony?

LOL, you could say that, nungate, my mom hated that car, she couldn't get in or out in a dignified manner c'us it was so low.

My Capris, a Mk1 3 litre GT XLR ( metallic Jade Green ) Mk2 2 litre Ghia ( also metallic Green but darker than Jade ) MK3 3 litre Ghia ( Black ).