Awake and up all night

Afternoon Gill. Glad you enjoyed your éclairs. I love eccles cakes the all butter ones. I have a thing for lurpak butter. Prince might have bumped into paddy Maguires while he was making his eccles cake. 

Lurpak's the only butter I buy hon, with the slightly salted version. I'll need to get the butter Eccles cakes then.

I liked their accents when they filmed in the factory. Does Prince have a strong Manc accent or more cultivated? My accent's strong but my sis has delusions of grandeur and likes to sound posh. No idea why she does that xxx

 He has a salford accent Gill. Very similar to Manchester they  say things like all rèet are kid. I am more Oldham like Brian a bit broader. I only buy lurpak so does prince.

Hey, I buy those giant tubs of Lurpak as we go through it like nobody's business.

Well I've always appreciated accents, wherever they're from, and that's why my sister annoys me a bit by affecting hers. I suppose ours will be really similar so we'd probably use the same idioms. I noticed Shimmer threw a couple in in one of her posts. Like it.

I'll have to go now hon, as more drudgery to get on with. I'd rather go back to sleep. Anyroad, hope you can relax now, sweetheart. Laters my lovely xxx

I have not bought butter for decades. I use the Italian sounding brand of spread 'made with real olive oil.'  

My dad's mum, ok, my granny, lived in Hastings. Whenever we visited, she prepared a few sandwiches and always said 'no skimping here' as she carefully buttered each slice right to the edges. Many years later I asked my aunt to explain this little quip. Apparently it was a reference to the days of rationing when people had to economise. Granny had probably found ways of obtaining extra rations for her family 4 kids plus husband, hence the luxury of buttering the whole slice.  xxx  

My son won't have anything with additives hence he only buys butter. He lives on best steak and baked potatoes. Olive oil is good for you Ray. I have been taking cod liver oil for donkeys years good for my arthritis.xx

All the best with your appointment Ray. We'll be thinking of you xxx

Hello Ray (RayMK ) 

Wishing you all the best with your appointment Ray - your post reminded me of something,

A couple of years ago I was asked to do a slot into a live Macmillan Broadcast (internal) telling the staff what we Champions do as Volunteers and to tell of a memorable post etc.

Well I gave the Community Champions job description - then launched into a speech about advising a Community member's wife how to look after and keep her husband's indwelling  catheter clean. Back came the reply from the wife:

"It's the first time in 50 years of marriage I have had a chat about my husband's "todger" with a strange man!! .

After the event I did get a message saying I was the first person to use the word "todger" live in a broadcast.

Strange, the following year I had to pre-record my slot!! Mind you as I have a very broad Oldham accent no one was the wiser anyway!!

Kind regards - Brian.

Evening Brian I still have my Oldham accent even though I have lived in salford for 50 years.xx

Eh up Sonia - I bet 'tha can talk reet proper like as wot I do !!

You can take someone out of Oldham but they never leave - it's a bit like the Eagles Hotel California

"You can check out any time you like - but you can never leave"