My current place of employment is without a shadow of a doubt the busiest place I have worked on a Sunday. Sunday is pretty much roast dinner all day from 12 til 8:30 and as such is the day with the biggest turnover. We regularly do in excess of 400 meals a day on Sunday … Continue reading FOWC: Sunday Sessions
It would seem the good people at the Wye Valley Brewery have excellent blog reading taste and to show this they apparently have taken the sensible decision to name a beer after a fellow blogger Fandango's One Word Challenge: Sensible *Just in case Wye Valley are reading, I know you haven't actually named it after … Continue reading FOWC: Beer
Lady Midnight looked around tge decorated hall and smiled, young Krissy had a splendid job of kitting the place out for Halloween. Wisely she had choosen an Adams Family theme for her costume, she looked sadly at Geoffrey's vacant seat- he would have made an excellent Gomez. Krissy arrived, not yet in costume and studying … Continue reading FOWC: Before the Party
"Where did you find it?" asked the officer. "In a tidal pool, I was doing some beach combing and I noticed something sticking out of the seaweed," said the young lady. The officer examined the leather bound envelope and the writing across the front, was it Polish? Czech? No... Russian. "You must admit it is … Continue reading FOWC: Lost Property
Fandango's One Word Challenge: Optional When I was a wee sandman just starting his secondary education there was an incident at school which annoyed me at the time but looking back should have alerted me as the shape of things to come. Every Monday my year (grade for my American friends) would have an assembly … Continue reading FOWC: Book Case
This is a draft of an ultimately rejected article on the Doctor Who story "Paradise Towers" I pitched for Celestial Toyroom, the DWAS official newsletter Paradise Towers is something of a nostalgic guilty pleasure for me, principally because it is the first story I had strong memories of and probably was what started me on my course … Continue reading FOWC: Building High for Happiness, Looking back on Paradise Towers
During what were pretty much the dying days of VHS there was a range of about 10 films released in a series which was deemed the Crime Classics collection and pretty much focused on Gangster movies from the 1930s-1950s and they were released in distinctive cardboard packaging. Films included in the collection were White Heat, … Continue reading FOWC: The Petrified Forest
"Welcome to Birdland, the North West's finest holiday camp. The answer is yes, what is the question?" Ejaculated the chief Purple Coat as he welcomed in the latest coach party. They were a mix of a crowd ranging from a family with young children to an elderly couple. He greeted each person with enthusiasm and … Continue reading FOWC: The Last Resort
https://youtu.be/JV3q3f1v8UI Some of the best comedy acts are double acts: Laurel and Hardy, Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies, Abbott and Costello, Reeves and Mortimer etc... The list goes on So who is your favourite comedy pair and why? Fandango's One Word Challenge: Pair
For the bulk of my working life I have worked in Pubs and part of the parcel of the job is the conversation from your patrons which can be very diverse and you learn things about your clients you wouldn't expect. But... I am sure every bar tender in the world will agree, there is … Continue reading FOWC: Cheers
