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It was a long, narrow....room with pegs round three walls.....At one end were the lockers....Opposite was the wide window with three toilet basins... |
serendipity wrote: | ||
Have just started rereading this and am particularly impressed by the pentagonal splashery
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serendipity wrote: | ||
Have just started rereading this and am particularly impressed by the pentagonal splashery
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Róisín wrote: |
The Spot Supper is mentioned again - AFAIK - when something serious is going on and they can't have the usual speeches or gaiety (can't remember what the other event was though...). |
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Am I not? I'll thank you to remember, young woman, that I'm the oldest Old Girl there is. I was a pupil of the Chalet School before ever it came into existence! So put that on your needles and knit it." With which valediction, she wheeled off the baby, leaving them all laughing at her very Irish speech. |
Kathy_S wrote: |
I was a pupil of the Chalet School before ever it came into existence! So put that on your needles and knit it." |
Caroline58 wrote: | ||
I think it's this bit:
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Kate wrote: | ||||
I think so too. It's the type of hyperbole - or Irish bull as Caroline said. |
Mrs Redboots wrote: |
My husband, who is from Northern Ireland, says it's all right for him to tell Irish jokes, but it's not all right for anybody else to! |
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