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Comment on Life and Death by petal47

petal47 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:28:39 +0000

Yes, the hardback came out in 1974. He wrote in my copy, asking me to keep it always. My husband read it recently, and we watched a documentary made by Dreamscope Television that my dad helped with. The film, with Timothy Spall, is very watchable, and mostly accurate, though Annie was not as they suggested – she was a very quiet woman and would not have known much about his pay.

Comment on Life and Death by Rob Spence

Rob Spence — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:39:13 +0000

Congrats to the daughter – 1st class degree and job both v.hard to come by these days!
Fascinating family link – I remember reading Uncle Albert’s autobiography in, what, 1977? Eerily compelling, I thought.

Comment on Ackered by Rob Spence

Rob Spence — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:11:40 +0000

Ah, I can see it lurking now. Definitely first prize material.
I can hear a drawer being opened, and a picture being searched for…
Watch this space…

Comment on Infinite Fest by petal47

petal47 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:54:57 +0000

O indeed. It seems pons asinorum is the origin of ’stumbling block’, something to do with Euclid’s fifth law of summat. I’ll have to start making notes.

Comment on Ackered by petal47

petal47 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:49:39 +0000

It’s there, just lurking behind the sink plunger/clarinet. Vegetarians will be distressed to know it was made of rabbit fur. A long story.

I await reciprocal Rob Junior, it seems only fair.

Comment on Ackered by 'er indoors

'er indoors — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:19:42 +0000

Brilliant!

Comment on Infinite Fest by Rob Spence

Rob Spence — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:50:57 +0000

Er… I got one: ab initio ad mala.
O tempora, o mores, I say!

Comment on Ackered by Rob Spence

Rob Spence — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:49:54 +0000

Fabulous! Apart from the unaccountable lack of a goatee beard, this is indistinguishable from the real thing.
Thanks so much for finding this.
I may have to reciprocate with some embarrassing picture of me as a child…

Comment on ‘Instant Libraries’? by Rob Spence

Rob Spence — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:49:15 +0000

My mother worked for an estate agent’s / auctioneers in 70s, where books were regularly sold by the yard.

Comment on More reasons not to make dinner by petal47

petal47 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:33:17 +0000

It’s a bit rarefied for my lowly reading habits. P makes up for it by razing the military history section. I feel more at home in Broadhursts, on the whole.