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Slipped disc WE’VE been reminiscing about the late singer Sydney Devine, who was hugely popular in Scotland, yet never took himself too seriously, and always enjoyed a joke at his own expense. Reader Stanley Milton says: “I remember it being said of Sydney that he didn’t release records, they escaped.” Calendar chaos THE Diary’s readers are usually sharp as tacks, specifically those tacks that find their way onto a bare foot when one is stumbling around in search of the bathroom at two in the morning. Unfortunately lockdown has mind-mushing properties which can affect even the most astute of our correspondents.
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Reader Brian Peterson spotted this road sign in Eastleigh, Hampshire. Recalling the late comedian’s TV sketch show antics with females, he wonders if it’s a location or a warning
Posh purchasing THE Diary was sad to hear that Edinburgh’s landmark Princes Street store Jenners is to close after 183 years of trading. Reader David Black reminisces about the days when you could tell an Edinburgh lady by the cut of her fur coat, and a gent by the size of his Dundreary whiskers. An era when Jenners emporium was the creme de la creme of upmarket department stores, where only the elite could afford to shop.