tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post1009813291564012410..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Happy 30th birthday, COEDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-53152816676647692472011-06-07T14:54:19.847+01:002011-06-07T14:54:19.847+01:00I was young once, too, dear Maria, my pride and jo...I was young once, too, dear Maria, my pride and joy being a pair of blackcurrant-coloured cords akin to the raspberry ones so relentlessly disdained by A McCall Smith. And the grandad shirts...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-70452065551371131752011-06-06T20:26:16.947+01:002011-06-06T20:26:16.947+01:00Is that underwear on my head, or a dainty tea cozy...Is that underwear on my head, or a dainty tea cozy? Embarrassing. Thanks for ok-ing this with me first though, David........:)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556177228087145302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-53864250428670601732011-06-05T14:42:31.094+01:002011-06-05T14:42:31.094+01:00There is something wrong, architecturally, with St...There is something wrong, architecturally, with St John's Smith Square. For many years I thought it was because it was built as a protestant church, protestant other than the Church of England, that is. But in that assumption I was of course wrong. So why does it have - in the interior - that feeling of boring formalism? I suppose the obvious answer is that the interior is the result of the restoration from a ruin after the war, when uses other than worship were in the minds of the various parties involved.David Damantnoreply@blogger.com