Poor old Stan More, did he ever find Apple?

I don't think he was ever the same since he was sold a rust heap from the dodgy car dealer . . .

'Swiss' Cottage

For sale... One genuine original 18th century Chesterfield sofa from the collection of the 4th Earl Philip Stanhope himself. Floral pattern with roses and hummingbirds. Good condition with tufting and piping all as new. No stains, or at least none that couldn't be removed with Swarfega. Value approx £18,000. Free to anyone who can unwedge it from the stairway at Cressington Apartments, Long Acre. Transportation within Zone 1 will also be provided free of charge courtesy of Van Mann Removals. Sorry to break forum rules, there is no photo yet because Mrs Nesbit ran out of flash cubes for her Brownie Instamatic.

The mad old bat, claims that the whole wedging thing is the fault of an electronic monk who apparently visited the apartments looking for something to believe in and left convinced that N Gauge is better than OO Gauge.

All enquiries by telephone to South Kensington 8314. Or in person at Cressington Apartments.

I shall now take us, in memory of Douglas Adams, to Highbury and Islington where he used to live.

Quote from: Pendy on July 04, 2012, 06:54:39 AM
I can cast my mind back to happier days at the Oval, watching the notorious West Indian fast bowler, Devons Road, bowling many a maiden over. He was devastating in the covers and lightning in the slips.

Yes, wonderful smooth action.  As she was such a keen amateur ladies cricketer, i wonder did Mrs Trellis ever have the pleasure of playing with him?

Funnily enough, I've just had this letter from a Mrs Trellis of North Wales

Dear Appendage

I think my husband might be going through a bit of a crisis. He keeps asking me to buy some black eyed peas and Mrs Weatherall at the greengrocers has never heard of anything so stupid.

Do you think it is anything to worry about

Mrs Tr.Ell.Is

Whose move is it?

The last move was Highbury and Islington

Dagenham Heathway

I was there lunchtime went onto Oxford Circus to take a look at the new Broadcasting House.

I stopped off between trains at Blackfriars expecting to see a shiny new station and (at platform level at least) it's very far from it.  So I should have changed trains at:

Farringdon. 

I am put in mind of my Flower Arranging days at Farringdon, which is where i first met the redoubtable Mrs Nesbit. She was something to behold in her earlier years. Like a gladioli ninja. But my days of flower arranging are long over and i have in later years settled for the more sedate pasttime of transcendental origami.

The best non-contact competitive origami club I know of is through the little door on Camden High St, next to the HSBC bank, and up the stairs at...

Camden Town.

Living dangerously with Camden Town, MM, as it is only one stop away from you-know-where!

I'm going to leave your origami behind and head off to "Wheels of Steel" and the nearest station being

Bond Street

I know we're past move no 007 but I still try the obvious...

Please form an orderly 'Q' at St James's Park...

Balham gateway to the south is calling.

Somebody please shut and padlock that gate quickly!

Then we can make a run for the border with civilisation at Watford (mind the gap!)

i always thought that was the Watford Gap, some 50 miles north of Watford, and was the border with the Midlands. Although I'm sure my rellies in Lancashire call Midlanders "Southerners" anyway.

Wickedpedia says:

"The Watford Gap is located at a minor gap between two slight hills in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Engineers from Roman times onwards have found it to be an appropriate route connecting the Midlands with the South East.

In a width of 400 metres (0.25 mi) the A5 road, the West Coast Main Line railway, the M1 motorway and a branch of the Grand Union Canal all traverse the gap in parallel."

Lets try a little further north, but definitely full of Southerners...

Chesham

Farbstein Gleissbaum III visited Raleigh this week to open his new building. This world renown architect has buildings all over the world. As he put it in his address before cutting the 'caution do not cross' tape, "there is always a conflict in architecture between form and function. But now, at the age of 115, i feel i can give full reign to the notion of art over structural integrity", his reasoning being that any litigation would last longer than he will.

His  magnum opus in Raleigh was preceded by a fabulous building in London, nicknamed Escher's Folly, and resembles Norman Fosters Gherkin, but smaller and upside down, folded in half and at 45 dgrees to the Earth's angle of obliquity. The only people currently allowed behind the Caution tape are theoretical physicists trying to calculate new theories to explain how the building stays up.  Worth a visit, nearest tube stop...

Aldgate East