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When I was your age we used to fall out about who’s turn it was to do the washing up. How times have changed, we now fall out about who’s turn it is to unload the dishwasher.


Good friends are the rare jewels of life... Difficult to find and impossible to replace!


One of the biggest traffic jams in history was caused in January 1990 when thousands of East Germans packed up their worldly goods and drove to West Germany. Well I Never Knew That.


Blackberry and Coconut Cake 2oz ground almonds 3 oz coconut 5 oz butter/ marg 5ox caster sugar 5 oz self raising flour 2 eggs 6 oz blackberries Heat the oven to 180/ 160 fan. Line a deep 20cm cake tin. Put all ingredients EXCEPT BLACKBERRIES in a food processor and blitz until smooth. Spread half the mixture in the tin. Scatter over the blackberries, then spread remaining mixture over the top. Bake for 40 /50 mins until golden and firm. Delicious on its own or with a dollop of cream.


Here I sit alone and 60, bald and fat and full of sin; cold the seat and loud the cistern, as I read the Harpic tin. Alan Bennet.


Colin Goodwin is a retired engineering lecturer from Padiham and has recently published his first novel, Leg Before Wicket. It took about four years to write and the publishing was subsidised by the Arts Council. It is a tale of greed, scandal, farce and tragedy. Sir Alfred Bullock, industrialist and owner of Throttle Cricket Club land, is laid up. His devious son Roland devises an unpleasant bet-rich- quick scheme. He gives an ultimatum to the cricket club to “win a trophy by the end of the season– or we take back the whole ground you play on.” The club, in a desperate to win games, enlists the help of a professional, who unfortunately has a bigger reputation off the field than on. Roland, plus an unscrupulous estate agent and two dodgy builders, hatch malicious plans to ensure the team loses games. Meanwhile, two neighbours, whose houses are devalued by their proximity to the ground, latch on to Roland’s scheme, and devise their own way to “ fix” the club’s failure. The book is available at all good book stores including Pam’s Bookend, Great Harwood, Badger Books, Kierby Walk, Burnley, Waterstones, Colne Book Shop and Pendle Heritage Centre in Barrowford. Price £6.99.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: 16.


SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING, BUT THEY REALLY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.


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