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OK, I believe you. I am surprised, though not so surprised as I was to read that RC frequented what was then The Salutation in Mangotsfield - it has changed a bit now, mind.

So, @slartibartfast and @Norn Iron, curiosity got the better of me, and I tried (unsuccessfully) to find the origins of Bannerman. Whilst I have not yet succeeded, I did come across this very interesting (for those of a certain age) article. https://magicmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/my-pop-life-201-the-banner-man-blue-mink/ In addition to showing the lyrics for Melting Pot, it also shows a very interesting 1971 chart - note Jonathan King just above The Hollies, Hey Willy (23 and 24).

I suppose I could always try and look it up to check, but I suspect @slartibartfast is making a little joke - about Bannerman, I mean, not Melting Pot.

Ah Yes, born in Fishponds, no less. Cook and Greenaway, who wrote such diverse classics as Bannerman, I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing and Congregation’s Softly Whispering I Love You. I seem to recall reading some years ago that he wrote Bannerman whilst on a plane journey.

If you are still using it, I imagine it pisses off your children and grandchildren ?.

I suggested earlier in this thread that Rovers fans claimed they had been cheated, but that is quite an impressive spin; turning a missed open goal in to the goal being ruled out due to an incorrect offside decision ?.

Of course, and I agree with all you say, especially that he has a good season. Nevertheless, the romantic in me would have preferred him to stay with Brentford, who gave him his comeback chance after his injury.

Thanks, Robert Croft.

Who is the Welsh commentator? I am pretty sure he was a Glamorgan spinner, who played for England. I ought to know, but I just can't think of his name.

I used to have a fan, then she saw me naked in the house.

The T20 Blast final has not been diminished in any way at all, it is just missing a few players. The semi-finals and final of the Blast are all staged on the same day but player availability has been limited this year by a clash with England's series against India. The third ODI takes place in Manchester on Sunday, barely 12 hours after the final is scheduled to finish in Birmingham. As a result, six players who have been involved in the series have effectively been ruled out of Finals Day: Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone (both Lancashire), Craig Overton (Somerset), Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, and David Willey (all Yorkshire). I really don't see what the fuss is about ?.

Wow, I am truly astonished. Not disgusted, I hasten to add, just amazed that there are pubs open at 10H00 on a Sunday morning; and I am aware that the pubs in question are 'City' pubs, opening in preparation for an Anglo/Welsh derby. Forget Church, I must make arrangements to come across soon.

Would all that be possible before a 12H00 kick-off? I should have thought a Wetherspoons would be the only possibility at that time of day, on a Sunday.

A strange beer, Heineken. I have drunk it both here and in the UK, draught and in cans/bottles, and I find it tends to vary generally from poor to average. I must say, though, that I have drunk some very nice draught examples, here and, of course, in The Netherlands, so I suppose, like most draught beers, it depends very much on how it is stored and served (cold) and whether the pipes are cleaned regularly! The beer that surprised me, though, was Amstel. I have drunk it in the UK, many years ago, and here occasionally, though only due to a lack of choice, as many bars stock it as a cheap draught beer, sometimes the only one on offer. A few years ago, I was in Spain, where my draught beer of choice is Estrella Damm, a fine beer, but, unfortunately, the only draught beer available was Amstel. It was hot, and I was extremenly thirsty, so, against my better judgement, I tried a glass: it was magnificent, and is clearly not the same rubbish that is served here in France.

I saw that Tom Banton didn’t play against SA. Does anybody know why not? I hope he isn’t injured.

I’ve come closer to losing before, but I only had two correct letters for my final word, and only two attempts remaining.

The shirt or his ears?

Wow, I thought this was goung to be my first failed QUORDLE Daily Quordle 170 quordle.com ? ?? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ????? ????? ?? ? ?? ? ???? ????? ????? Has anybody tried today's?

13 in the end - he took 8 in the second innings, so all over in 2 and a half days. In principle, I have nothing against pitches being prepared to suit the home team's attack, be it batting or, in this case, bowling - the pitch is, after all, the same for both teams - but, unless the pitch is dangerous, I do resent 'lesser' counties being deducted points when the Test Match counties (and Essex) appear to get away with it.

Last November!? So he’s 19, going on 20??

And he wasn’t so scared that he decided to give up his professional football career? Fair play to the young man.

Was Easter particularly early that year, hence playing on Good Friday? Sorry, silly puerile ‘humour’.

Not a bad debut, so far, for young James Rew 40 NO, with six fours. Additionally, and not wishing to jinx either of them, Lewis Goldsworthy approaching his career best. Let's see what the evening session brings.

He's a good bowler, this Harmer, isn't he ??