Lapsed historian. Golden Age crime fiction buff. When not reading books or drinking tea, found @chelmsjuniors
Here & there, but mainly Essex
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That’s my #reading for 2017 finished. An empty #BookShelf will beckon from tomorrow for the new year’s #books
It’s New Year’s Eve which means it’s time for 2024 in #books …
And it’s an eighth year in which non-fiction constitutes the lion’s share of what I’ve chosen to read.
Hey @greateranglia I know this fake GA account isn’t you because it’s at least pretending to be helpful before ripping me off.
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Here’s an idea @greateranglia: why don’t you get some staff out and about exploring what is going on when you cancel all your trains?
I know customer service is foreign to you but just imagine you’re filling the concourse with ticket inspectors instead, heh?
Plenty of ticket inspectors on your services over the last few days @greateranglia - got to extract every last penny before you lose your franchise, I guess.
Can I put on record how God-awful a franchise you are @greateranglia ? £40 for cancellations, driver-less trains, and cattle-class travel.
The day you lose your franchise cannot come soon enough.
Pint 83 in the bag.
When was the last time you got the chance to save a life during your lunch break?
(And the lovely people @GiveBloodNHS even provide crisps and a sit down afterwards)
#GiveBlood
But the state schools don’t break up until late July…
Ah.
Paul Probert retweeted
#OnThisDay 1960: A British schoolgirl cheerily told Judith Chalmers about her holiday, which involved accidentally getting arrested in East Germany.
‘Join me as I guide you through 1500 years of Western culture or - if you prefer - on ITV, Val Doonican and Benny Hill will regale you with insights on the House of Bourbon as, dressed up in striped tops and berets, they cycle around France’
Join @RobbieRinder & @Rylan on an Italian odyssey as they follow in the footsteps of romantic poet Lord Byron, immersing themselves in art, culture, bad behaviour and life-changing exploits.
📺 Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour is coming to BBC Two and @BBCiPlayer on Sunday 12 May.
Another new (old) author unearthed due to the wonderful @BL_Publishing Crime Classics collection w/ typically helpful context courtesy of @medwardsbooks - now to uncover more by Bellairs…
Paul Probert retweeted
“The most important fact in modern British domestic politics: in the 1990s, a first-time buyer couple on a low-to-middle income saving 5% of their wages would have enough for an average deposit after three years. Today it would take them 24 years.” telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03…
Another pint in the bag @GiveBloodNHS. 81 donations so far, how many more to go?
#GiveBlood
#KeepDonating
Ah @greateranglia best part of £40 for delayed trains and jam-packed concourses. You really are awful.
It’s a weekend in Great Britain so the trains aren’t running properly.
@greateranglia I can travel on a rail replacement bus service today or take the same journey on @FirstEssex
and pay one-third of the price.
How do you get away with ripping off your customers so often?
Hullo @greateranglia I paid for a first class ticket but your driver on the 1800 Norwich to London service has just apologised, saying that that they’ve got the wrong train and there is no first class seating.
How do I get a refund?
Hey @greateranglia you don’t operate first class on anything but Liverpool Street to Norwich, so why are you trying to upsell on the Ipswich-bound train?