"Closure of the Forth Road Bridge" and "Flooding results in no trains from England to Scotland". These two items of news today reminded me of my Scots friend Joanne. She came from Leith where her father was a policeman. She had two brothers who were also policemen but in London. She also had twin sisters. In due course all three girls came to work in Government departments in Whitehall during the 1940s, as I did.
The five siblings shared a flat in Primrose Hill in North London. The three girls being tall and blonde were almost identical and derived great fun from being mistaken for one another. The train fare to Edinburgh they found exorbitant so when it was time to go home for their vacation they would travel overnight on a coastal vessel that went all the way up the east coast from London to Leith on a very choppy North Sea.
Sunday 6 December 2015
Saturday 5 December 2015
Richard Baker
They say "a prophet is often without honour in his own country."
A well-known face on TV was that of the announcer and newsreader Richard Baker. Millions tuned in every evening at 6pm to see and hear him read the News. His small daughter was getting in her mother's way in the kitchen, so she was told to go in the sitting room and see what was on the television. She was soon back saying to her mother "It's only Daddy".
A well-known face on TV was that of the announcer and newsreader Richard Baker. Millions tuned in every evening at 6pm to see and hear him read the News. His small daughter was getting in her mother's way in the kitchen, so she was told to go in the sitting room and see what was on the television. She was soon back saying to her mother "It's only Daddy".
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