Tomorrow the cinema re opens under new management and I have already booked tickets for the Prof and I and my sister and her husband to see
I have a feeling that the film is going to be shite... But I don't care. The important thing here is to support the cinema's rebirth .
Its a case of use it of lose it.....so locals...please get your arses into gear and SUPPORT THE SCALA!
My friend Bob from the village has his ashes buried in a plot in the graveyard this morning, which I will be attending. He was an old farmer , so I think his family will take some consolation that from " his position" he will be surrounded by horses at the livery stable and the animals on my field.....
This afternoon I am on the school run and babysitting duties with affable despot Jason's girls.....I will get them to prepare The Prof's evening dinner which is a turkey lasagne...... All kids like to make a mess I have been told..
Jason told me to give them a load of jobs to do...... I'll get Winnie's fanny flannels ready!
Winnie's fanny flannels?!? Thereby guaranteeing you'll never be asked to sit again, lol.
ReplyDeleteTurkey lasagna? I needed that laugh after re-living my traumatic tom turkey encounter! (Sounds yummy though.)
When they get back to school they may be asked to write a project - "Funtime With Uncle John". This will require drawings, photographs, chicken feathers, dog hair, Blind Cogburn lasagne and perhaps a sample of one of Winnie's fanny flannels. The unsuspecting teacher will be aghast.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine the girls stories about fanny flannells....... Have a nice drink waiting for you for after your baby sitting duties ... X
ReplyDeleteIf the mess they make while making the lasagna isn't big enough, have them make dessert. ~Enjoy!~
ReplyDeleteKeep them busy, idle hands are a magnet for trouble.
ReplyDeleteCongrats about the cinema. An old school in Leyburn has been turned into an arts centre (TOSH) which has exhibitions and rents out rooms for classes of all kinds - exercise for the over sixties, probus etc. Every Friday they show a film at 4.30 and 7.30. It is only a drop down screen on the wall at the end of the hall and DVD's but we go, my 'gang' and I because (as you say) if we don't use it we shall not have the facility for long. Somebody has to pay for its upkeep.
ReplyDeleteGood to see a cinema re-opening when so many of them are being replaced by trendy coffee shops or branches of Poundland. Seeing something on the big screen still has the edge over a home DVD.
ReplyDeleteBy the look on her face, she's not too keen on you telling everyone about her fanny flannels. lol
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Wasn't Fanny Flannels the heroine of a French novel? I think it was by Zola.
DeleteThat was the strumpet Fanny Stain YP
Deletefanny flannels sounds like a drag queen name.
ReplyDeletehave a good day, sir!
Poor Winnie....about to be molested by little girls.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are becoming a dab hand at this child minding lark, a new string to your bow maybe?
ReplyDeleteWhat a varied life you do lead hehe
ReplyDeleteBoris is OK, isn't he?!!
ReplyDeleteIts bingley! Boris died a few years ago!
DeleteYou are a busy man.
ReplyDeleteIt has been years since I saw a film in the UK. Loved getting a ice cream in a tub with a little wooden spoon. Am I dating myself and is that obsolete?
What does it cost these days to see a film where you live? Taking a family these days across the pond is quite expensive and the refreshments are sky high.
Have fun with the little girls.
I hope your theater is a success. I love going to the movies, but most people I know would rather wait till they can watch a film at home. I fear we are going to see some of our cinemas close also.
ReplyDeleteWell, you definitely will be giving the young girls stories to share with friends. Flannels for everyone's fannies!
ReplyDeletePoor Winnie... what embarrassment. And the poor little girls :)
ReplyDeleteYou read my review of the film a few weeks ago, J.G., and you made a comment on my verdict (I shan't post the link here in case it spoils things by you re-reading it) - but I will repeat that it's worth seeing if only for Emily Watson's re-creation of the Queen Mum (as then was) which struck me as pretty near authentic as one could hope. I think that E.W.'s appearance in any part is a guarantee that the whole won't be as you fear this might be - and it isn't.
ReplyDeleteIt's also MAH-vellous to read of a cinema actually re-opening. An event surely worth more than a single scotch egg - even after going heavy on the relish.
Boy I wish I had been a little girl in Denbigshire :)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see that film ! When it comes here to the colonies.
Now that is a job for little girls. Let me know how it went.
ReplyDeleteThought of you and Winnie when I saw this... :)
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Your last post on Jason's girls was so endearingly funny. I am hoping for some more of the same. I know that they are not really going to get the fanny flannel duty (?!), but just to explain to them what you are doing is challenging enough.
ReplyDeleteWinnie looks quite stoic; I doubt much phases her. Have fun at the cinema. There are only 2 cinemas in all of Belize and both are very far from us.
ReplyDeleteGlad you will have the SCALA again.
ReplyDeleteAh, the two girls, I hope they enjoy themselves again. I think I mentioned the last time about it only the beginning. Didn't I? HaHa.
Sometimes Crap films are just the job ! Happy child minding xx
ReplyDeleteTeaching a child to cook is a service to them, beside fun for you.
ReplyDeleteOur local cinema closed over thirty years ago. They finally tore it down last year. It was a damn shame.
ReplyDeleteWinnie looks like she could be a Royal...
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a local cinema. There's a place close by that used to be a cinema. Now they have Christian rock/punk bands on the weekend.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I think it's supposed to be a bit of fun and not to be taken too seriously from what I've heard. Stock up on popcorn to get you through it if not!
ReplyDeleteLisa x