A coal miners son, former RAF,married to a lovely wife with great sons,DCFC supporter,classic horror/comedy, a ‘leftie’ “always look on the light side of life”
Nottinghamshire
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I've got an Eton-themed advent calendar, where all the doors are opened for me by my dad's contacts.
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Harry H Corbett & Fenella Fielding shine in this moment from Carry On Screaming (1966)
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Burnham is right to prioritise people over profit in social care bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…
The estimated profits are enormous, with £35.3bn being spent on social care
average profits varying between 7.6% and 17% depending on the service
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@KemiBadenoch what are you?
A mean spirited zealot not fit even for the dustbin
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Very sorry to hear of the death of Dame Esther Rantzen aged 86, thanks for so many laughs with your wonderful programme That’s Life. X
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Life presenter dies aged 86 following battle with lung cancer telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…
Dame Esther, best known for presenting the BBC Show That’s Life! and launching the charity Childline, had been suffering from lung cancer
#Travelsafe
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This is a brilliant sketch from Ronnie Barker: TV Symbols
Hope you’re having a great day.
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@andyburnham is a once in decades change for honesty and truthfulness
Thatcherism OUT
Our means to survive back with us..
House ownership
Hope and sense of responsibility….
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This is where @NHSuk leads the World
One day a vaccine against cancer….
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@andyburnham is the best chance the UK has had in decades
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His rating is comfortably better than that of his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer, and he is more liked than the Greens’ Zack Polanski and Reform UK’s Nigel Farage.
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A lovely piece of slapstick from Stan & Ollie in Come Clean (1931)
*the scene with the lifts was expanded & used as a sketch in their live stage shows.
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Good morning, have a great day & week, from 1973 this is from The Goodies & The Beanstalk with Graeme, Bill & Tim singing Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
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Bob Todd shines here as a short sighted knife thrower in Digby: The Biggest Dog In The World (with Jim Dale) 1973
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I leave you tonight with a little poem by the great Spike Milligan.
Peas
I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny, But it keeps em on my knife!
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Richard O’ Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, @sallythomsett & Brian Murphy with film director John Robins during the making of Man About The House (film) in 1974
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Director John Landis cranks up the fear level for actor Michael Carter in An American Werewolf In London (1981)
(Does the London underground ever get as quiet as this?)
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@BionicBirdAnna @Johnnypapa64 @geoffshumba @Mary_Tom11 @leesah_zimbo @DrJoFranklin
We are..
Living longer
Multiple Co morbidities
Lack of close family support
Increased demands @NHSuk with few intermediate care beds
Something MUST BE DONE
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