Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties. She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all. One afternoon the vicar came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting...
My daughter who is 18 is going travelling for a year. It’s something she has wanted to do now for the last 2 years but now it’s happening I feel quite sad. I don’t want her to see me crying and I feel...
Just renewed mine online, was suspiciously easy and apparently successful. They say I’ll receive my new one in two weeks then to cut my old one up and send it to the DVLC. Has anyone renewed theirs...
Unbelievable load of rubbish!!! What else can I say? Did they just stick a pin in the suspects list to find the murderer? For the people who didn't enjoy Suspect which was on at the same time, I...
A report in the Sunday Tel that the RMT have reverted to 'extreme' capatalism. 1. The RMT, Unison and Unite bribing workers to strike, effectively doubling their pay. 2. RMT has a war chest of £100...
Dear AnswerBank Community, Firstly, I wanted to thank you for the enormous amount of patience and tolerance you have all shown since I introduced myself back in January 2022 as the new owner of The...
Lenny Henry, that stalwart champion of 'diversity', says he is “always surprised” by the lack of black and brown people at Glastonbury, as he called for better representation of ethnic minorities in...
There's a programme starting shortly about the lovely summer of 1976 on Ch 5 if anyone's interested. There have been a few progs about mega cold winters so it's good to see one about a hot summer. I`m...
It’s Friday evening again! For the small number of you who aren’t (a) out in your gardens, enjoying the sun ; (b) sitting in pub gardens, enjoying the sun ; or (c) recovering in a cool room somewhere,...
It is with the utmost sadness & regret that I'm posting that Mamyalynne passed away this evening just before 6:00. She went peacefully, with myself, her daughter, son-in-law & grandson present. She...
A Swiss man, looking for directions, pulls up at a bus stop where two Englishmen are waiting. " Entschuldigung, koennen Sie Deutsch sprechen?" he says The two Englishmen just stare at him. "...