Jane Davey

M4 motorway crossing over Boston Manor Park. Hounslow London

So interesting - I tried to post in the comments but substack was taking me round in circles. I think you may have meant Boston Manor Park not Osterley. The M4 goes straight over it - it’s very surreal. It’s often in films and tv. Once standing in for Berlin.

I was at the Blitz club exhibition at The Design Museum and there was a pay phone with a handy guide explaining the concept of a shared pay phone in a rented house and having to queue up to use it.

I’ve never noticed that! But it’s usually pronounce ladbrooks for some reason!

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I skim read that as sky net and was a bit concerned!

In the 80s I had one book to look through of all the UCCA courses, polys were different. It was great though - I looked up Film Studies which led me to American Studies which I had never heard of. Then I chose something even more niche -American & Commonwealth arts which included a year in the US

It’s been the same for 30 years - I visited it doing my PGCE in the 90s. The head was Ruth Miskin - who started the Read Write Inc phonics scheme.

He’s so on the ball - I visited that school almost 30 yrs ago doing my PGCE. It had the same demographic make up then. Run by Ruth Miskin now of the Read Write Inc fortune.

The Sett

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Sadly not a myth - my kids have left school school but being married to a teacher means we always go away in school holidays. This cottage for example goes up by £400 a week from July 17th next year.

Being long waisted is a pain in the arse unless you are a super model because most tops, shirts , jumpers are too short and some dresses don’t sit/fit in the right places.

It was compared to Piccadilly Circus in my house.

You can do a class and make your own ramen bowl (the items are pre-made) then they cover it in resin.

Current mood

Bring back the four humours!

And the four humours

Love the film - got married in the hotel in it. Also amusingly it’s the same hotel where Josie Jump exercised in Balamory.

@darthbluesky.bsky.social have you heard about chip butties?

They had mascarpone flavoured ice cream at a nearby cafe. My son loved it as a toddler but kept calling it the horse ice cream. We were puzzled but then realised - pony.

It’s just the same taste as cream. Not really sweet. Sometimes it has a sort of crust on top - the best part

But not in a bad way!

No - it’s just very thick cream with lumps.

Cornish clotted cream - Roddas How We Make our Cream Our Clotted Cream is silky, smooth and delicious. The cream is gently baked and this is where the magic happens. Experience the smoothness.

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YouTube video by Janette Oakman Seagull Steals Ice cream in St.Ives, Cornwall

Make sure the seagulls don’t steal them. It happened to my son once.

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Also in Cornwall they have clotted cream on top of ice cream. As a child I thought my Mum just asked for it specially but it is a thing. And is wonderful

No need for butter. Cornish way for me - cream on top.

Thanks - I have been but it was so long ago!

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