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It's a terrible shame that the word 'bugger' is now seen as overtly sexual.....everyone, high or low, used it in one form or another. Apparently it was once quite a favourite of the Queen Mother! I can remember it being regarded as a very mild form of swearing, less so even than saying...

dav....yes it's a fascinating book and highly recommended.

Yes, I'm fifty-eight and remember 3d chips too......I used to collect returnable bottles for my chips and for a visit to the cinema. You'd need a hell of a lot of bottles to do it these days!

Yes, it appears to be resting on some form of pad; you certainly wouldn't want to be wearing it when you went swimming! I recall seeing one almost three times that size: it was a larger than usual pocket-watch, attached mid-way to a multi-linked bright metal brace...a bit like what archers wear...

Ann - lovely photo's. I notice in the second pic that the lady is wearing a pocket-watch in a special wrist pouch. I have only rarely seen these 'conversion' devices and I've never seen one in a photo' before! I'm sure that this would be of interest to horologists and collectors. This is the...

I was caned at school, it certainly served to quell my worse instincts . It also gave me pause to consider other possibilities, and other people. Because an element of fear existed, it allowed me the opportunity to become receptive to the ideas of other more sensible people. My twenty-odd...

Until we put back the 'PUNITIVE' into 'punishment' nothing will change; except that it might worsen even more so. I spent twenty-odd years working with young criminals and I'm convinced that 'liberal ideas' are worse than nothing, unless backed-up by the threat of real punishment! You can only...

I've added it to my list of 'favourites' - thank you!

Our local garage attendant still fills the tanks, but it's made a bit pointless by having to get out of the car to use my credit-card....but, if you have cash, and need no change, it's highly civilised!

Bernard...that's so sad; how can you not read/enjoy a rattling good yarn? As someone once said : ''The novel holds many truths, but others (books) have merely opinion'' ...I may not have got it quite right there, but it's basically that. But if you want a beltingly good non-fiction book...

Bernard, you are right! Perhaps this could become a regular thread? Sharing books and opinions of books can be almost as enjoyable as reading them. Like you, I cannot imagine a world without books...I certainly would not wish to live in such a one! I've just rediscovered a Victorian...

I didn't even realise that there were no longer any Belisha beacons until I mentioned this post to a friend last evening...when did they cease to exist?

Thanks Jennyann - it's an excellent site...very useful!

''The Folk Singer'' by Tommy Roe.....I swapped (didn't buy!) a three-coloured 'biro-type' pen for it. Unfortunately, I had to play it on an ancient ''His Master's Voice'' wind-up gramophone which used steel needles (kept in a swing-out corner-box)....the volume was controlled by one of my old...

''Beer at home means Davenports!'' .....if only I'd known; I'd have stayed in more! ;)

Thanks Shera, I really appreciate your help. I'll have to check-out my sources....it looks like I've got the wrong forename. Ta. Regards, JohnO