“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
There were 33 episodes of Inspector Morse starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately. The writer of the Morse novels, Colin Dexter, appeared in Almost All 33 episodes. Once we knew that he was “doing a Hitchcock” the series had an extra dimension called ….WHERE IS COLIN? :o)
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If you stop the moving picture below at around 34 seconds… The semi-circular building back left is where the cellar caved in and entrance was gained to a set of tunnels. Just behind it you can see St Mary’s Church and Church Lane. The god-awful 1960’s square, flat roofed building just to the right is […]
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It’s not a case of what you know, but who you know! I know several Highways and Byways workmen. I live with one of them! Yesterday he came home and BLEW my mind with Hidden History. In 2007, the local Market Town (where we lived at the time) had severe floods. As the water abated, […]
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OK. I’m a housewifey driver. Nothing special. Sometimes terrified. Prone to bad words & offensive hand gestures!!! But himself is an ADVANCED Driver. Lord help me. Like my Dad and my Brother. RULES : Look ahead. FAR AHEAD. When you reach a junction and ask your passenger if it is clear left…Dear Passenger, DON’T SAY […]
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Strange Things happen when you clean out the floor to ceiling kitchen cupboards. That’ll take an hour, said I. Oh. Kay. I started at 8am. And even with the help (not help) of youngest son, I finished just before 11am. Amazing things found. Like the spare BMW M3 key that we swore blind we didn’t […]
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Another reason to despise what Jo Rowlingpin did to history through her uber-successful books. There are links via MS History that tie Flamel to René d’Anjou (son of Yolande d’Aragon & Louis of Naples) René d’Anjou was (allegedly) a close companion of Jehanne d’Arc. Some say that he was one of the knights that accompanied […]
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Why don’t people write Gothic Novels like this anymore? Oh. I’m being olde-fashionde and longing for an innocence that is long lost. Heyho! This is a LIKE bloody LIKE crap review of the LIKE Victorian Gothic LIKE genre. Great story though.
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‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things:Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings —And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.’ I get given the strangest presents. A couple of days ago it was a gorgeous, brand new Claw Hammer. Today […]
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What is a submission of no case to answer? Where the prosecution case is weak, either because there is no evidence to prove the offence or, although there is some evidence, the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction, the defence may make an application to the judge (in the Crown Court) or to the […]
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ANY OF IT. Barf :o)
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Oooh. I was just totally shouted down about Dinosaurs and how they were REAL. I avoided a huge argument by talking about Dickie Attenborough, John Christie and 10 Rillington Place. Dickie ? Jurassic Park. 10 Rillington Place? John Christie………… A VILE & DISGUSTING man who wilfully let an innocent hang for HIS (Christie’s) own crimes. […]
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