The North Bank used to have a reputation for original chants. I fondly remember: Tiptoe, through the North Bank With your boots on, And we'll kick your 'ead in. Those were the days. (View Post)

Didn't deGaulle take umbrage at being snubbed by Churchill? (View Post)

There is a lovely anecdote about Churchill insisting that on his death, after the funeral ceremony, his coffin should be taken on its journey to Blenheim by train from Waterloo. This was to ensure th… (View Post)

Winnings always feel good however they reach you, but there is nothing to match that sensuous thrill of a bookie handing over large wads of the folding stuff. (View Post)

Heard it. Brilliant. He says the normally unsayable. He is right. As a high cholestorol man, I was incensed by his story of GPs refusing to use the new drug. (View Post)