Today’s headlines .........

[Lencoboy]

An Empty House Is Better Than A Bad Neighbour...

Who wants folks nearby who are forever lording it over you, arguing the toss and laying down the law about what you can and can’t do in your own house?

‘The government has vetoed a proposal for the House of Lords to temporarily relocate to a building opposite Parliament - and told peers to move outside London instead.’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61453638

It seems like our lords and ladies aren’t too taken with the idea of a detached residence somewhere miles from the metropolis. Perhaps they worry it’d be the first step on the road to them becoming homeless altogether...? Folks could be asked to adopt a peer of the realm. They'd live with you in your house, but not, er... mine, because I think all that robe and finery stuff is a complete waste of space.

Blimey, politics gets weirder and even more bizarre every day!

But on the other hand, very little really surprises me anymore, especially in the world of politics.

[NoraB]

As older viewers of Coronation Street may remember, a schoolboy Steve Macdonald once referred to his teacher Ken Barlow as ‘Bogface’.

Re 'older' viewers, I'll see your schoolboy Steve McDonald and raise you Ena Sharples. The way she sparred with Elsie Tanner? Skills...

[pulisa]

The powers of a good old fashioned hairnet......

[Darksky]

Minnie Caldwell, Annie and Jack Walker, Hilda and Stan..ahhh nostalgia

[pulisa]

Hilda's "muriel"...

[Darksky]

With the ceramic ducks flying across it.

[Darksky]

Good grief I’d forgotten Leonard Swindley.

Firm favourite….Reg Holdsworth, the gurning boss of Curly Watts. What a double act they were.

[pulisa]

My schoolfriend had a crush on Ray Langton...

There's actually a Corriepedia website for all those wishing to take a trip down memory cobbled lane!

[Lencoboy]

But, through the mists of time and back to when I had to watch with mother Coronation Street on a television screen the size of a paperback

Good god, that sounds like the subject of childhood trauma, especially as I have always found nearly all soaps period nothing but an epic borefest.

I guess it was also a bit like being told to button it while the news was on!

But before I get shot down in flames and called a spoilsport by those on here who still watch the soaps religiously and derive immense pleasure from them, each to one's own!

[NoraB]

The powers of a good old fashioned hairnet......

That, a pair of wrinkled support stockings, and a sturdy pair of shoes.