The Cost of Living Crisis

[George 1978]

No, we had to get dressed into uniform before leaving, and that was the end of the last lesson of the afternoon.

There was one lad in my class who changed into his PE kit in his form room during break before making it to the PE lesson (something which we did in Primary School), but this...

[George 1978]

My main excuse for not doing homework was probably because I wanted to keep school "in school" and not take it home with me, if you know what I mean. You know what it is like - you're at home, you've had your tea, watched TV, and so why should I need to do more school-related work when I finished...

[George 1978]

You can tell that "Marti Caine" sounds very much like a stage name - she always felt to me as a caricature just like how male comedians would parody female artistes, the Grumbleweeds for example. I suppose that is how she managed sucess as an entertainer - her first husband was her agent,...

[George 1978]

When he played Alec Gilroy in Coronation Street he always seemed to be portrayed as being the Prince Philip to Bet's Queen Elizabeth II, even though he was the landlord of the Rovers' Return.

Gil-roy of the Rovers, methinks.

[George 1978]

Over the past few years, I have been returning to the cinema as part of my birthday celebrations each year, and the screen can be just as entertaining as the stage. Last year, all this small talk about the Barbie film made me book a ticket to see what all the fuss was about, and this year, thanks to...

[George 1978]

So, I went to the Donald Gordon Theatre at the Wales Millennium Centre to see that Dolly Parton musical Here You Come Again. Due to one thing and another, so much happened on my birthday, and as I was a couple of miles away sorting something out which almost took all day, I got into a taxi and arrived...

[George 1978]

There's a Tina Turner musical making its way around the country in 2025 - wherever they are on my birthday, you can bet that I will be in the audience for it! Actually, they (or she, as in the actress/singer portraying her) will be at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend on that date.

[George 1978]

It was on the cards because he was ill for quite a while, and so it wasn't to be too unexpected. The fact that it happened a month after England losing in the finals of Euro 2024 and Gareth Southgate resigning as manager, feels like a huge blow to English football. And of course, his legacy as the first...

[George 1978]

No relation to Claire Palmer out of Corrie, although their hair looks a similar colour.

[George 1978]

I know that Richard Briers did voiveovers for some, as one or two 1976 off-air ad breaks on YouTube tell me.

[George 1978]

It's that time of year again - I booked tickets in February to see Tricia Paoluccio in Here You Come Again at the Donald Gordon Theatre which is part of the Wales Millennium Centre, and it was a bit hit-and-miss as to whether I could do due to personal reasons. They were here in Nottingham in June,...

[George 1978]

Well, I am off to see a musical based on one of the greatest Dolly Parton impersonators who can grace any theatre stage - she might be singing Nine to Five even though it will be between 7.30 and 10.

[George 1978]

I suppose I was a bit emotional when I actually started this thread. You can delete this thread if you like.

[George 1978]

My birthday is on Friday.

[George 1978]

Here it is - https://gofund.me/6bbfdbf7

Anyone can donate, so if you could spread the word to anyone you know who could help, I would be grateful....

[George 1978]

I have been thinking about starting a thread about this important subject for a few months now, and I have finally decided to do so after some thought. I don't know whether anyone on here has been affected by the Cost of Living Crisis, but personally it wasn't until May this year when I realised that...

[George 1978]

I was familiar with his brother Brian Little when he was manager of Leicester City - I have got a Nottingham Forest v Leicester City match on tape from 1994 where Forest beat Leicester 4-0 when Brian managed the latter club, and Forest went: "hello promotion" along with Crystal Palace. Alan...

[George 1978]

Armchair Thriller and Armchair Theatre were two different programmes, I assume? I vaguely remember one or two of them repeated in the afternoon during the early to mid 1980s, with a "night-time" Thames ident at the beginning, as it was shown at 9.00 pm originally? I believe that they were...

[George 1978]

I would have more common sense and stayed away from them.