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Good to see folk calling pilchards pilchards. My Cornish soul curdles when Sainsbury's call them Cornish sardines. My parents seemed to eat nothing else but tinned pilchards when I was a child. When we're in France we regularly go to the village Sardinade - sardines grilled over vine clippings...

Grande Randonnée ? (French footpath network)

Following this thread with interest. I've carried a knife all my life since I was a little boy, including to school where a small folder was part of every boy's pocket contents. A sheath knife was part of my Scout uniform which I wore to school as a member of the school troop. I also carried it...

This would be MacCaesar your referring to?

That was the smell of 100 children mixed with carbolic and cabbage. The cabbage being responsible for the smell coming from the children.

The moths have got into my last two wool sweaters knitted lovingly by Madame. This is despite essential oils, lavender and patent protectors. I really don't like acrylics but can put up with fleece.

A jet washer. No excuse now not to clean the camper van. Might be more fun and less of a chore.

Just checked and amazed to find I passed mine last year. Think I've lived up to my soubriquet now

Visit to the moot wearing self made iron age clothes.

I was coming home from a CCF week in Wales when the Suez crisis kicked off. When our train pulled into a siding for a couple of hours. The rumour mill went into operation and some of us believed that we were being rerouted to Southampton to join a troop ship bound for Egypt. Having missed...

A colleague complained to me that her soldier husband stole her tights to wear under his uniform when he had to go on cold weather manoeuvres. Unfortunately, Madame takes a very small size so I've never had the chance to try the idea.

I'm wearing lined Craghoppers at the moment. As my default trousers are normal Craghoppers, the lined version are familiar in terms of pocket layout etc.They are warm enough but not as versatile as regular plus long John's. When they wear out they won't be replaced.

I plan to survive for another year.

Happy birthday

A colleague of mine always used to say to his class, "You don't need magic to be a good speller."

We used to have two ducks. If one found a juicy titbit it would stand on it until the other duck's attention was elsewhere before eating it thus avoiding the obligation to share.

How many escaping from family events?

In Portsmouth, they built the hospital, the workhouse, the prison and the cemetery in view of one another. The lunatic asylum was within easy walking distance.

On a visit to a building site in 1960, I was given tea made to the following recipe. Take one fairly clean galvanised iron bucket. Fill with water and place on brazier after liberally stoking with wood off cuts. Add one whole packet of loose tea, two tins of sweetened condensed milk and bring...

Just read on Wikipedia that teabags were invented in the USA but we're only introduced in England by Tetley in 1953. So my memory is not playing me false. At least on this!