R.E.M...

Solitude...

Inspiration comes to us slowly and quietly … prime it with a little solitude - Brenda Ueland

painting - Nella Marchesini

Breakfast in Britain 1976...

The inimitable Morecambe and Wise breakfast sketch 1976

Este MacLeod...

Have you seen my donkey?

Midsummer

Melting snow

Mother goose

I've just come across these wonderful paintings by Este MacLeod

and would be very happy with any of them! 

We British have always had the ability to laugh at ourselves...

The inimitable Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett in the 'sailor gals' sketch 1971 - 1987

Our new flag ?

Sweets for my sweet...

OK I don't remember some of these, they must have been before my time,

and as I used to live in a sweet shop I have to own up to having helped myself to several of them,

but the ones whose packaging I recognise from then are;

Rowntrees fruit gums boxes - Rolo - Fry's 5 centre - Black Magic - Cadbury's Dairy Milk Flat Twenty box - Bassett's Jelly Babies - Picnic - Mars bar - Spangles - Cadbury's Fruit & Nut bar - polo - Maltesers box - Rowntree's Fruit Gums tube - Caramac - Fry's Pepermint bar - Cadbury's Milk Tray block (I loved the green barrel, a small box of Milk Tray cost I think 2/6d)  - Fry's Chocolate Creams box - Toblerone - Cadbury's Roses Chocolates box - Opal fruits - Smarties box.

Although I know some of the others... Kit Kat - Aero - Crunchie - Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts - Fry's Turkish Delight, I don't recognise their packaging, there are also quite a few things missing from this picture.

If I could bagsy one now...

think it would be...

the fry's 5 centre as I don't think they make it any more.

OK, you've got one bagsy, when it's gone it's gone, so what would you choose?