Wednesday was the WYSO AGM (and that is far too many acronyms in the space of a sentence). Which is irrelevant to this bottle, because I realise we didn't open it until Thursday. I drank that evening's share to sausages and mash, followed by a long hot bath.
Ordinarily we would have finished the bottle on Friday, but I was too sleepy for even a glass after returning from the Wakefield G & S (there - another acronym) Society production of H M S Pinafore, which was all rather jolly in an am-dram kind of way. Buttercup and Captain Corcoran were both good, and the other leads were variable.
Coming back through Wakefield on a Friday night was eye opening. I'm sure dresses never used to be quite that short.
Did you ever get around to trying the bitter that you brewed Ben?
ReplyDeleteI really miss northern English bitter and northern films. Once went to see the Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan (No!). They must have had a brilliant sense of humour?
I haven't yet tried the bitter - that will be a treat for Easter and I will let you know how I get on. I also haven't seen the Mikado, but have seen the Mike Leigh film 'Topsy Turvey', which is about the creation of the Mikado, and is well worth checking out.
ReplyDeleteI will try and get hold of a copy of 'Topsy Turvey' Ben. I want to see 'Another Year'- Mike Leigh again. Anything starring Jim Broadbent is well worth watching! There's even an allotment featured in the film!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Jim Broadbent picture is: 'Little Voice'. It was filmed in Scarborough and Jim , Brenda, Ewan and name dropper)Jane Horrocks should have got Oscar's. Long live English films. Especially northern one's!
I also really enjoyed Little Voice - I don't think Michael Caine has ever been better. My favourite Mike Leigh films have been 'Naked' and 'Secrets and Lies'. Both brilliant in very different ways. I don't think Jim Broadbent is in either, though he is in 'Life is Sweet', which another good one. And he plays Gilbert in 'Topsy Turvey'.
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