First of all apologies for being absent from the site .
In my defense a couple of months ago I woke up to find an inch of water in my downstairs lounge
and after we mopped this up I went outside and found that half my drive had washed away due to
the lack of attention to ditches and because they were full the the deluge of rain over a few days
came cascading down the steep incline and did a sharp right into and onto my drive .!!!
Anyway we have almost got back to normal and we are just waiting for our contractor to
finish the repair to the drive . Could have been a lot worse .
Being away from the site has allowed me to reflect and when we started the New Year I
personally felt that I was struggling for new material < replies to posts>
But as usual Danny you have kicked me off again with you mentioning the "Barras"
Frank Ifield was singing a song called "I remember you " about a million times on this particular Sunday and there was a mobile van making dozens and dozens of "Dough-nuts"
He was called "Danny's Delicious Dough-nuts" That is true and there was an African
gentleman selling Snake oil and all sorts of weird "Potions" and for effect he would scream and
shout and almost go into a trance. These potions were going to cure everything including colds,
warts depression etc. etc. There was the horse racing tipster wearing a Trilby hat and he would be waving a small brown envelope in the air . In this wee envelop was the name of the Winner of
the forthcoming "Ebor Handicap and you could but this bit of useful information for Five Shillings
<two Half Crowns > in old money . Those that Purchased the said envelop were advised not to
tell any strangers close to them . I am sure when he got a few pounds together he went to the pub
for a few beers as he had a very large "Bulbous" nose or < Boozers Nose"
Danny what characters then and I nearly forgot to mention the wee Four foot nine Irish
Midget who used to crack a whip and invite everyone to come not too close to him and he would proceed to lie down bare chested on top of broken glass and there was never a shortage of this material
and he would invite a member of the public to stand on top of him .
After he got up there was not a mark or blemish on his skin.
They were all characters in the eyes of an 11 year and I was mesmerized by it all at the time .
PS
I am visiting my nephew in Nitshill next week and meeting up with family so I am looking forward to
getting things like Mince Pies ,Bridies ,Tattie Scones , And my favorite of all a good old fashioned
Curry which they have not yet discovered here in France,!!!
Take care and best regards to all and especially to the volunteers for all there efforts.!
Reg
