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Senior moment
My friend and I have always wanted to go on a foraging course. Recently I saw a three-hour one advertised near where we live. I showed my friend and she burst out laughing. It was a forging course! Whoops! As she pointed out, you can’t eat metal!
Fabulous fashion
From 1962-65, when I was 16-19, I worked at Lloyds Bank in Brighouse, West Yorkshire. Opposite our bank, buses went to Bradford where dress shops like Chelsea Girl, BHS and C&A beckoned. When it was time for a new dress I would shoot out of work and catch a bus to Bradford. Once there I’d run to C&A where I bought most of my dresses, then back to the bus station to wear it to the youth club that night. My favourite was pale blue gingham, similar to ones worn by Cilla Black. Those were the days!
STAR LETTER
Inspiring moves
✪ I loved reading your article about Angela Rippon. I have been a member of the Silver Swans for about four years and love to dance. In October our group was invited to perform at the Silver Swans day at The Royal Academy of Dance in London. While there we met Angela. What a lovely lady. She is so kind and chatted to us for a while and watched us dance. Something I will remember for a long time.
Yours says: We hope you’re enjoying watching Angela on Strictly as much as we are!
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Don’t act your age
I read, with amusement, your health feature Act like a Child. I’m 77 and have to make use of a mobility scooter when I wish to ‘walk’ any distances. I recently trundled along a local scenic drive, enjoying watching families striding through the woods. I stopped several times underneath sweet chestnut trees to get off my buggy and hunt for this year’s bountiful crop of chestnuts.
Several people stopped to ask me what I was doing. When I explained, most of them thought I was collecting conkers and didn’t seem to realise the nuts were edible. Doing this fun task of searching for the chestnuts brought back so many memories of my childhood when I was shown where to pick the wonderful autumn harvest we have all around us. So yes, act like a child and perhaps a child seeing you doing so may encourage them to do the same. Leave the gadgets at home. Come on you mums and dads, do childish things with your kids. It’s fun!
What did you do in school today I asked my granddaughter as we walked home. “Teacher asked us all what our daddies did,” she replied. “I told her he’s a naturist and teacher looked surprised.”“Next time tell her he is a naturali
