The day - today

[Pigmy Pony]

I used to watch Brookie since it helped with homesickness. Which she found quite amusing. She was posh and didn't really approve of watching telly. Although she did get into Brookie even though it was past its best by then.

I think that the whole Jordache thing was about 1991/1992. But might be wrong.

I got her into 'Prisoner: Cell Block H' too

Trevor was stabbed to death by wife Mandy in May 1993, then buried by her and daughter Beth. He was found two years later by Jimmy Corkhill and Eddie Banks.

As for Prisoner: Cell Block 'H':

Ropey storylines, wonky cardboard sets, all it had going for it was the women who were gorgeous

[Macca]

Trevor was stabbed to death by wife Mandy in May 1993, then buried by her and daughter Beth. He was found two years later by Jimmy Corkhill and Eddie Banks.

As for Prisoner: Cell Block 'H':

Ropey storylines, wonky cardboard sets, all it had going for it was the women who were gorgeous

I used to fancy 'Kelly'. I find criminality in women attractive, pick the bones out of that Dr Freud.

[Pigmy Pony]

30 April 2009 - The Met Office forecast odds-on for a "barbecue summer", with no repeat of the previous two years' washouts. But average rainfall for that summer was up 40%.

30 April 1945 - Adolf Hitler and his new bride Eva Braun end what must be one of the shortest honeymoons ever. With the Russian army now just a stone's throw away, they said goodbye to their bunker staff and retired to another room, where he shot himself, while Eva went for the poison option.

[Alex_UK]

OK, so it wasn't actually 40 years ago today, but too funny not to post!

[Pigmy Pony]

OK, so it wasn't actually 40 years ago today, but too funny not to post!

"Get your own Charles, this is all mine"

Both southerners, so probably no mushy peas and no gravy

[Pigmy Pony]

I used to fancy 'Kelly'. I find criminality in women attractive, pick the bones out of that Dr Freud.

So you come home to your new bird waiting there with a pair of these: "Thought I'd treat you to these Macca, and I didn't even have to shoot anyone... they're just a bit hot right now, so don't play them too loudly"



I'll leave you to build on the fantasy

[Macca]

'How big can you make your hair?'

[Macca]

So you come home to your new bird waiting there with a pair of these: "Thought I'd treat you to these Macca, and I didn't even have to shoot anyone... they're just a bit hot right now, so don't play them too loudly"



I'll leave you to build on the fantasy

Yeah I wish. She'd have to go to Paris to nick them as that's the nearest dealer.

[Barry]

2 May 1519
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist and man of science, died at the age of 67.

2 May 1933
The Loch Ness Monster legend was born as the Inverness Courier reported 'an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface'.

2 May 1997
Tony Blair, at age 43, became the youngest PM in 185 years as Labour routed the Tories in the general election.


Birthdays:
David Beckham, footballer, 49
Lily Allen, singer, 39.

[Barry]

Apologies for the delay - I was otherwise preoccupied.

1 May 1707
The Union of Scotland and England was proclaimed.

1 May 1840
The first Penny Black stamps went on sale five days before the official issue date.

1 May 1931
US president Herbert Hoover opened the Empire State Building in New York. At 1,250 ft high it was the world's tallest building.

1 May 1994
F1 ace Ayrton Senna was killed in a crash, age 34, at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola.

1 May 2009
Carol Ann Duffy became the first female Poet Laureate.

Birthdays:

Rita Coolidge, singer, 79
Joanna Lumley, actress, 78
Ray Parker Jr, singer, 70
Wes Anderson, director, 55