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  1. Marianna

    What do you call a round bread roll?

    https://www.lovefood.com/galleries/67776/batch-barm-cob-or-bap-what-do-you-call-a-bread-roll?page=1 I've read that in Nuneaton and environs it's called a "batch". Now I know what current and former residents mean when they write on the Nuneaton Local and Family History Facebook page about a few...
  2. Marianna

    AWOL but on the mend

    Apologies for my absence. On November 24th I was taken to hospital with severe loss of strength in the legs, brain fog, and what was diagnosed as failure of the right kidney. As soon as the diagnosis was made, I was rushed into surgery for a stent to “open up” the kidney. In a nursing home...
  3. Marianna

    Sad News

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/oct/31/alan-jw-bell-obituary?fbclid=IwAR3LAYFDVhyXu4U24duTDz8BCmNSqtpKSbNQck_KK9rkZiXO1lnWTEnj5dM
  4. Marianna

    First of the Summer Wine cinema

    The restoration work is nearly complete, according to the BBC news feed on Facebook...
  5. Marianna

    Mouse (the character in "A Quiet Drink", not the rodent)

    I've been watching I Didn't Know You Cared. Larry Noble, the actor who played Mouse, turned up. His first appearance was in Series 1, Episode 3, "The Old Tin Trunk", then in Series 2, Episode 2, "Chez Us". He's also listed in Episode 4, "A Signal Disaster", but I have yet to view that one...
  6. Marianna

    Stanhope Arms - setting for How Not to Cry At Weddings

    Remember the Stanhope, where the wedding guests met the bus? It had been a hotel and pub, then it fell on hard times, probably because of the tiny population of the hamlet of Dunford Bridge, where it's located. It's at the end of the Trans-Pennine trail, where the multi-use path transitions to...
  7. Marianna

    Happy New Year!

  8. Marianna

    World War II Pigeon Service

    In First of the Summer Wine, during the lead-up to the war, Mr. Clegg (Peter Sallis) read in the newspaper that the British military was going to use homing pigeons. He didn't think much of the idea, and in that show it was just a passing bit of dialog. I just finished reading a novel based on...
  9. Marianna

    Snow Dogs

    I had wondered what I was seeing in the Holmfirth webcam image. Thanks to Facebook, now I know. See What's on in Holmfirth, posted by Kate Fielding at about 8:28, BST.
  10. Marianna

    Michael Aldrich's former house

    https://www.bnps.co.uk/gallery/Former-home-of-beloved-comedy-actor-Michael-Aldridge-goes-on-sale/G0000BUeaJaJHnJg/ This is from 2019, and who knows how many times it had been redecorated since he and his wife lived there, but it's still possible to see that the house has good bones. Edit to...
  11. Marianna

    Has anyone noticed how tardy the Holmfirth webcam is?

    It hasn't changed since around lunchtime yesterday.
  12. Marianna

    Sid's Cafe reopens in the 17th

    Announced on Facebook
  13. Marianna

    For train buffs

    This is near my home, a bit east of here. My area got only about 2 feet of snow in that storm.
  14. Marianna

    Wallace and Gromit

    Only one of the clever scarecrows displayed throughout Holmbridge and photographed by a visitor for others to enjoy.
  15. Marianna

    South Central Upstate New York

    Just in case my location, as described in my profile, isn't perfectly clear to everyone:
  16. Marianna

    Wildlife

    Further to the Shoutbox comments on rattlesnakes coming down from the tops of the surrounding hills. This isn't a local bear, but this scene isn't unusual here in the village and in the neighboring city in the spring, when the bears in the surrounding woods wake from hibernation.
  17. Marianna

    Bill Owen BBC Death Announcement 12 July 1999

    This was posted to the Last or the Summer Wine Forever Facebook group several hours ago. I hadn't seen it before.
  18. Marianna

    Station Road Cam

    Is anyone in contact with Martin Fulton, the owner of Your-PC, where the camera is located? When he announced the shop reopening date on Facebook, I commented asking if the web cam would be reinstated. He replied that it would be as soon as the power was on. The shop reopened on July 3rd, but...
  19. Marianna

    For Train Enthusiasts (tongue firmly in cheek)

    https://www.classicfm.com/composers/pachelbel/canon-on-trains/
  20. Marianna

    Happy New Year!

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