Chrispy Windy

Not a lot of people know this about Nigel Farage, and he doesn’t like to shout about it, but many years ago he spotted a young boy crying on Clacton Seafront. He asked him why he was so upset, and it was because his mum had given him a pound to go and buy a 99 but just as he approached the ice cream kiosk, a seagull had swooped down and stolen it from him before flying off towards the amusements. Without a single moment’s hesitation, Nigel gave the boy another pound to get a 99, and then he bought ice creams for every single child on the seafront that day. Inspired by his kindness, the child hugged him and promised that he would never forget his act of generosity. That little boy grew up to be Whitney Houston.

There’s nothing Nigel can’t do

He died on my 18th birthday.

I wonder if she was dropped on her head when she was a baby.

AI?

She’s more man than I’ll ever be

Evocative

“Determined to finish”
An agonising phrase if ever there was one

Dad’s Army has always left me bemused. I chuckle sometimes but rarely more than that

Oh yes! That’s a spectacular piece of work

Dilys was also great value. She’s lovely in Carry On Cruising

Not Oliver! My Fair Lady! Silly me. It was the famous Martine McCutcheon version, and I was lucky enough to catch it on a performance when Martine actually turned up

Patsy, at stagedoor, was just as you’d hope.

Utter filth

It was at the stage door of Oliver at Drury Lane. Such a great moment. She’s always a delight to see

I had never heard that before. There were actually two versions of the script? It was more planned than the “just chat on the phone til we tell you to start properly” story that is always told?

I met her once. She sounded exactly like Mildred Bumble from Carry On Girls.

As you say, a goddess.

I met her once. She sounded exactly like Mildred Bumble from Carry On Girls.

As you say, a goddess.

Knock ‘em dead!
(Not literally)

He can’t cope with Crossroads scripts, so we needn’t cause him further bewilderment

Agonising pathos throughout this show.

This really does her a disservice

Hooray for mystery meat!

He’s a particularly extreme example. It must have been terrifying to share a scene with him and not know if he would complete it.

Fab! I gobbled up all the other Westmacotts in no time and reread Absent. I spent years thinking they were some Mils & Boon stuff cos they were always so dismissed.

That’s one way to clean up the neighbourhood!

Grumpy old man in armchair

Scowling old man

Gurning old man

Scowling old man standing with piece of paper

The many faces of Max Wall, distracting me from him clearly not knowing his lines.

#Crossroads
#vintagetv
#classictv
@crossroadsmotel.bsky.social

Absent is the best thing Agatha wrote. I didn’t get round to reading the Westmacotts til a few years back cos they were always dismissed as “romantic novels”. This book really moved me. Agatha doesn’t usually bother with getting under the skin of a character, which makes Mary a much deeper writer.

They’re not proud. They don’t care. With bin bags full of cash, they can stoop as low as they like.

My advice is to get yourself a bedpan. Life changing for a gentleman in his middle years.

I think a lot of x users are absolutely glued to it and believe every word of it, whereas most of the people I see here are just up for a bit of a laugh and there’s some reality on the side.

Maybe that sums up the difference between the X mindset and the Bluesky mindset