issue no. 23
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Zest at the Food & Drink Festival
A new recipe for Manchester Tart
Drink Follow up AMP
Dye-ing Out?
Dusty’s Story




Thirty Bob a week
S’not a bad age for a hankie!!
Christmas-time was magical
Where’s the Shield?
The twelve days of turkey
The Five of us
Anyone For A Quickie?

Smelly Bugs!
Tripe Colony


To Victor the Spoils


Marian’s tips
Puzzle Page
Make your own Irish Cream

Ribbons and Holes
Vivid Christmas memories


The Re-union


email: maggi@hys.org.uk

Nicknames
Bang Bang
person named Cannon

Bricks
person named Mortar

Captain
person named Kidd

Chippy
person named Wood

Daisy
person named Bell

Ding Dong
person named Bell

Lefty
person named Wright

Nosey
person named Parker

Spider
person named Webb

Spud
person named Murphy

Read it Write?
Can you read these correctly the first time?
The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend