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i saw CD in Coriolanus 4 times! I even took my sons to see it.

WDYTYA is about famiy history- they trace one person's tree along one or two lines to (usually) an interesting person or moment in history. It makes the whole process look easy but it is usually also fascinating. Some people cry (Ian Hislop for example), some end up related to royalty or whose ancestors fought in a famous battle, or were in the workhouse. Is there an actress called Anne Reid? She's the only one I turned off

Hi, Rusty!
I expect your son will still be with you......are you watching the golf together?
Or just relaxing and chatting?
I have finally switched off the television for the day......
I watched Roger win his match in three straight sets, despite a rather poor beginning on his part.
Then I watched part of Angelique Kerber's match, which she also won.
I haven't looked in on the DL in Lausanne.......I've missed a very big big chunk of it already because of the tennis schedule.......
I shall wait to watch the Highlights on BBC on Sunday.
Enough is enough for today!
Time to sit quietly and read one of the (second-hand) books I bought at BB's Summer Fair...........
The chick is back in the nest!

Thanks for the tip on the YouTube link for the chick taking off, rusty. I feel like a proud parent!

Rosalind,
Many years ago when Coronation Street first appeared, I think there was an actress called Anne Reid taking part, if my memory serves me rightly.

Anne Reid has recently been brilliant in the first two series of "Last Tango in Halifax", playing opposite Derek Jacobi.

(The least said about the third series, the better.)

Hello, Elle!
My son has just left.
He brought me stovies!
My TV went off around six.
I'll check YouTube later for Laura Muir's run.
Yes, I see the chick has returned and is doing vigorous wing stretching/flapping.
I agree about the reading.
I have a couple of books I have not started yet.

Chris, everything turns up on YouTube!

Hi, Rusty!
Stovies sound good!
Are they from your butcher who provides cooked meals?
You will be able to have them for dinner tomorrow.
I have finished my Jeffrey Archer book, and am now reading a detective/ murder story by Peter Robinson.
One of three books of his that I bought in an effort to support the School Fair.
Relatively light reading, but entertaining........ the genre makes a change once in a while.
What are the two books that you have "lined up" ready to read?
It is still extremely hot and humid here ...another bad night, I fear......

Hello, Elle,
Yes, the stovies are from the butcher my son goes to.
They do a good trade in take away meals.
My two books are, "When i Heard the Bell", and "Crowdie and Cream".
Just had a Tweet from Laura Muir.
She has ran a PB in Lausanne.
She broke 2.00 for the 800 metres for the first time, in an event which is too short for her.
She came fourth and is delighted!
Things are coming along nicely for her.
All back to normal at the loch!

Thanks elle and rusty. It is the same Ann Reid.

She found an ancestor had been transported to Tasmania for forging a cheque and was really outraged. For heaven's sake, people were transported for stealing a couple of sheets, or a silk handkerchief and often hung for forgery. Good actress she may be. .....

Charles Dance found he had a half sister (well, 2 actually but one died) and a great niece in S. Africa who had a lot of family memobilia so he was able to learn a lot about his father - who fought in the Boer War!

A Very good morning to you, Rusty!
We have yet another hot and sunny day here!
My dog has just gone off with my friend for her early morning run!
It will be too hot for her to go out again later - she will have to make do with the garden.
At least the trees give some shade.
I think I have heard of the second of those two books that you mentioned?
"Crowdie and Cream"?
Is it renowned in any way?
Or maybe you have simply told me of it before........but the title sounds familiar?
I misinformed you about the eighth DL at Lausanne .......
The Highlights for that are being shown tomorrow morning at 10am on BBC 1 - not Sunday as I'd previously said - so I shall be able to watch Laura then ; or at least I shall record it.
She is a pleasure to watch, isn't she?
Such a nice personality and so delighted with her achievements!
It is the Ninth DL - the London Anniversary Games - that is being televised on Sunday.




Hello, Ros!
I have remembered now who Anne Reid is!
Rusty's mention of "Coronation Street" has jogged my memory!
It isn't a programme I follow, but my mother used to watch it when I was small.
Anne Reid played Valerie Barlow, Ken's first wife. She was a hairdresser, who ran a salon in her "front room"!
Valerie had a nasty death when she electrocuted herself from a faulty socket!
Goodness, that was many moons ago now