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Valentine’s Day
Up until about twenty years ago, we used to send anonymous cards out to all kinds of people that we knew. It was a good laugh, harmless fun and hopefully made a lot of people smile. I’m not sure why we stopped doing it. We’re both coggin’ on now so it was probably just too much effort. Maybe we'll start it back up again this year?
Pancake Day
We can’t abide pancakes! Some people say they eat ten or twelve on the day. How? They’re awful. We just used to have one each as children and that was more than enough. The only proper way to have them is a bit of sugar and lemon juice. But the American thing of smothering them in maple syrup is probably more popular these days.
Colin Slater
We heard the tribute on the BBC and had a bit of a tear in our eye. Our father worked with him for years at Notts and he always said he was a lovely fella. Our father tended to dislike more people than he liked, so if he said he was a good man then you’d better believe it. They don’t make them like him anymore.
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