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Fragile Glass Bauble Dec 2020 9:40pm, 19 Dec 2020 7,523 posts	0 Fragile Glass Bauble Christmas crackers are an age-restricted item [probably everyone already knew this but it threw me when I had to wait for an assistant to come over when buying some at a self service till today]
Sparkly Lip Gloss Dec 2020 9:42pm, 19 Dec 2020 47,049 posts	0 Sparkly Lip Gloss I haven’t bought crackers for years
Merry Fizzmas :-) Dec 2020 9:57pm, 19 Dec 2020 4,946 posts	0 Merry Fizzmas :-) [A Dutch colleague of WW’s had crackers confiscated as explosives when he tried to get them on the plane home]
Diogenes Dec 2020 9:35am, 20 Dec 2020 55,923 posts	0 Diogenes Geoffrey Howe was born in Port Talbot. Not that I’ve though about it before but, if asked, I’d have he was from Berkhampstead or Marlow, or somewhere quite Home Countyish. (My source doesn’t say whether he was the son of a steel worker).
ding-dong-WtnMel-on-high Dec 2020 9:40am, 20 Dec 2020 1,876 posts	0 ding-dong-WtnMel-on-high [or Berko as it was known in those parts which is where I went to school (Ashlyns)]
Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Dec 2020 9:43am, 20 Dec 2020 6,917 posts	0 Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Geoffrey Howe was the son of a Solicitor and Coroner according to Wikipedia. (You can tell that it’s a quiet day at work!)
swittle Dec 2020 11:37am, 20 Dec 2020 71,012 posts	0 swittle Today, in 1924, Adolf Hitler was released from prison, where he was sent for his part in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich.
Cerrertonia Dec 2020 2:18pm, 20 Dec 2020 13,527 posts	0 Cerrertonia That Geoffrey Howe's brother-in-law was the father of Camilla Parker Bowles.
AdrianB1066 Dec 2020 2:22pm, 20 Dec 2020 5,915 posts	0 AdrianB1066 That 16kg kettlebells are as rare as rocking hose poo.
🎄FestiveMedals🎄 Dec 2020 2:44pm, 20 Dec 2020 19,047 posts	0 🎄FestiveMedals🎄 How to do a star jump properly.