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Ps he was also Lee Gibb whose two books on keeping up with jones' I've also had years without knowing!

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me neither

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For someone who was behind Billy Liar and a regular Mirror columnist for years, let alone all his other work that's is rather sad. I only found out last year that the books I've had for years by Herald Froy were Waterhouse before Billy Liar!

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I agree, exactly. I hadn't heard about Froy before.

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'What a thing to be 21 and Cliff Richard'! Ah yes! What a fantastic video clip!

I am aghast, however, that turning 21 and therefore being grown-up comes with it an assumption that one must be sensible and serious. Not gonna happen in my case, I'm afraid - and certainly not in the context of our correspondence! Please accept this comment as my written assurance to maintain a level of moderate to extreme childishness throughout.

Loved the blue food dye! Reminds me of a fabulous scene in the first 'Bridget Jones' film. 🤣

I'm working on identifying whatever-it-is that you've reviewed. Bravo for giving the correct titles for mine!

Terry, I love your letters. I'm looking forward to replying to this one next week. Chortles... 😁

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I've never watched a Bridget Jones fillum. Would you recommend it? It seemed too girly for me. I like a good intellectual film, like Death Wish with Charles Bronson, or Dirty Harry with Clint Eastward.

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The first one was brilliant! And now I need to watch it again in order to remind myself of the scene involving spaghetti of a surprising colour.

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It sounds disgusting 🫣

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Personally, I think your Monopoly persona was a perfect pastiche of banking practises and therefore quite correct. Tip of the hat for mentioning Keith Waterhouse, a man who knew Fleet Street backwards, forwards and sideways! Blue food dye? That's students for you...

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Thanks, Drew, well I thought so, but economic illiteracy is rife these days. Yes, Waterhouse: he's in a book about forgotten authors, which I have to say completely surprised me.

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