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Stan Laurel’s Stuffed Baked Fish

I felt a bit like this about Stan’s fish really.  I had purchased two nice shiny sea bass (from the fishmonger who didn’t know what a halibut was) and I stuffed them to Stan’s specifications and tied them up with string.  I baked them in the oven and they looked nice, but I think I [...]

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Joan Crawford’s Pork Chops With Apple Rings

Home Movie Day at the Cinema Museum in Kennington was fabulous.  I spun the shellac for 3 hours in the afternoon as an accompaniment to some fantastic home movies.  There were some 1960s chicks with some REMARKABLE hairdos up on the big screen for all to see!  There’s a photo of me with George who [...]

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Stan Laurel’s Yorkshire Pudding

Stan looks how I feel, somewhat frazzled!  I am moving house tonight.  Yes tonight!  Everything I own is going to be in one place.  I can hardly believe it.  I will be installed in my 1930s Palace of Solitude behaving like I am in an episode of Poirot.  I’ll be the Miss Marple of Muswell!  [...]

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