A Quiz Win, a Library Event and some Entertaining Television

Last night had a surprise quiz win at Wymondham Railway. Took the family as eldest son Chris is spending a few days with us whilst on half-term from his teaching job. So appropriately we went as a family four and called ourselves Stewards' Enquiry. It shouldn't take a genius to work out why!!

The questions rather favoured those of us who grew up in the sixties and seventies but I was still very surprised to win. The £300 prize for Play Your Cards Right was also won (alas not by us). At the end of every quiz names of those taking part are put in a hat and one lucky person gets the chance to play for a jackpot on the old Bruce Forsyth game. We have been to five or six of these events but it is the first time I have seen anyone win.

This morning I called in at Hethersett Library to take a picture of the display of David Nicholls' book One Day. The library is encouraging as many people as possible to read the book at the same time and put comments on a special wall tree in the foyer. I have to say I read the book a few months ago and was desperately disappointed by it. Haven't seen the film and not sure I really want to. Sent a story from the library over to the Media and onto my village web site.

This lunchtime, whilst eating my snack lunch, I popped the television on to see the start of the news and caught part of Loose Women. Admittedly not a show I would normally watch particularly as they were discussing the menopause! But it was good to see Tony Blackburn and David Hamilton on. I kind of grew up with these guys on the radio and they were excellent entertainment, bouncing jokes off each other. Apparently TB is re-releasing all his singles. Not many people know that he was a singer once although I use the word loosely.

Can't believe that he released something like 18 singles of which two were minor hits. I remember his voice was average to say the least and his material mundane to say the least. As David Hamilton said the new collection will be "Tony Blackburn's greatest hit revisited." I do remember that a girl I went out with for a short time was heavily into TB as a singer!!!!!

Tonight I'm off to see Cool Runnings at Hethersett High School as part of the village's Olympic celebrations 2012 and also part of the South Norfolk True Film Festival. It is likely I will be taking money on the door although difficult to gauge how many people will be turning up.