We've had the Madam's sister Carol staying for a couple of nights, and last night he'd booked us all a table at a German restaurant. It's a Monday night, we thought, it'll be quiet and genteel...
Ha! Albert's Schloss, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the heart of the West End's Theatreland, turned out to be quite the party venue, indeed - a singer (doing "cabaret" versions of modern pop and rock numbers), a DJ, and even people dancing on tables! On a Monday.
London is most definitely "the city that never sleeps"... We had a ball!
Of course, as a consequence, getting up for work this morning was - ahem - fuzzy, to say the least. But I coped.
Meanwhile...
Happy 65th birthday, Coronation Street!
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Britain's best-loved soap, and the world's longest-running, it's had more than its fair share of memorable strong female characters since its creation by a gay man Tony Warren. Some connection there, I wonder...?
Here's a roll-call of the best-of-the-best:
Ena Sharples, Minnie Caldwell, Martha Longhurst
Elsie Tanner
Bet Lynch
Annie Walker
Betty Turpin
Hilda Ogden
Rita Tanner (née Littlewood, previously Sullivan, and Fairclough) and Mavis Riley
Deirdre Barlow (with Mike Baldwin and Ken Barlow)
Raquel Wolstenhulme (with Curly Watts)
Vera Duckworth (with Jack)
Liz McDonald
...and here's the first ever episode, from way back in 1960...
The most haunting and instantly-recognisable theme tune ever.
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