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[dominie]

Won £20 from crossword for second time, is that me in the lead Danny, know you have won once, nice wee Xmas surprise, good luck solvers

[dannyk13]

Hi, Dom, Congratulations , sorry but can't give you the lead ,I'm just one in front of you.

[retrocop]

Mere bagatelles. I won the Lancelot twice a few years ago when the prize was £500. I only ever wanted to win the Parker sonnet pen they first offered as the prize. I could of bought 10 with the prize money but didn't buy one in the end. :-)

[dannyk13]

You should have bought one Retro.I got one for my birthday over 20 years ago and it is still as good as new.

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danny
I don't think my handwriting now would do it justice. :-(

[dannyk13]

Must admit that mine isn't as firm as it once was.

[retrocop]

I was given a gold Waterman presentation set by the late King Hussein (jock) of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan a good few years back. It came with matching gold propelling pencil and biro pen in a velvet clad box with his crown embossed on it. That sits in the back of some cupboard never seeing the light of day. :-(

[almarone]

good stories guys. I still use a fountain pen, do not like biros

[dominie]

thanks for sharing use a fountain pen too!

[retrocop]

I think most of us here only used pen and ink years ago. Biro's were banned in my schools.We got a nib holder and a weekly ration of Quarto paper and one nib if needing replacement.

[dannyk13]

Retro, didn't you use chalk and a slate board?

[Arrods]

How do all you winners break down in terms of submitting by post versus online?

dannyk13, that's nothing. We used hammer and chisels and tablets of stone. Mistakes had to be corrected using Polyfilla.

[dannyk13]

Polyfilla hadn't been invented when I was at school

[retrocop]

//Retro, didn't you use chalk and a slate board?//

Yes but that was in infants school. Got shown how good a dart a pen makes when I went to biggerer school.

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dannyk13
//Polyfilla hadn't been invented when I was at school//


Wattle?

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Arrods
I have never submitted a crossword entry on line.I don't submit any now but used to post the Lancelot and You magazine every Sunday for years.