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Hi, Rusty!
Yes, strangely enough, it just so happens that I DO know that Birdhurst Rise is in Croydon!
I not only know where it is but have actually visited the street! My parents went to look at a property there when they first moved to London in order to live near us ! (Incidentally, they didn't buy it! Perhaps as well!!!)
This was about thirty years ago now !
But what an incredible coincidence! I 'm absolutely gobsmacked!
I hope you enjoy your book! I wonder if it could be the same house......?
Well, I must away and get changed..........we are going out about 6.30 pm.
Thank you, yes, I'm sure we will enjoy the meal! The food there is always delicious.
Talk later.......

Hello, Elle!
Goodness, that's a coincidence!
If you Google "Croydon Poisonings" there are a few articles on it. I think South Park Hill Road was mentioned, too.
I think the book will be good.
Done my crossword. Quite tricky.
Never knew there was a word "ruly". Opposite of " unruly".
Always learning!
Yes, put your posh jeans on and off you pop!

I'm away for a couple of days now - the fern expert wants to recce a couple of walks she is leading next year in the Yorkshire Moors, so we're having a night at Whitby. Be in touch again at the weekend.

Hope you and her outdoors have a good time, Chris!

Thanks rusty - forecast for tomorrow not great, but Friday may be better.

Hi, Rusty!
We had a lovely time!
Great food, and the restaurant was beautifully and tastefully decorated for Christmas. Wonderful atmosphere!
Now........you are definitely not going to believe this.........!
Our granddaughter and her mother, until only very recently, lived in South Park Hill Road!
It runs almost parallel to Birdhurst Rise.
Spooky or what ?!
I never knew that there was such a word as 'ruly' either !

Excellent, elle - congratulations again.

Hello, Chris!
I hope you both have a great time! It will be a nice short break. Fingers crossed for good weather .
(We have friends live in Whitby)
Is your daughter in charge of the dog and the two cats?

Yes - though the dog, at least, is hers - we are just acceptable substitutes (as far as the dog is concerned) when she isn't here. The cats mostly look after themselves.

I had to shout at the dog a couple of days ago. "My" cat was sitting on my knee when the dog came in. Usually he is shocked by this, and goes out again to bark. This time he came closer and closer. I thought that this was good, until he actually nipped the cat..................................who is, fortunately, far faster over a short distance than the dog is.

Hello, Elle!
Well done on your evening out!
I had a Braeburn apple for supper!
This is spooky about these poisonings and your family?
And Croydon is a fairly big place too.
I take it you have never read the book or heard about it locally?
It happened in the twenties.
There is a word "kempt" to go with unkempt, which was new to me, too. Think it comes from "combed".