The Masters Lounge

[molehill]

Further scratting around in the furthest recesses of cellar has turned up some 'junior' items....a crate of Cresta pop, various flavours and a box of Cadburys Bar Six. I suspect the latter will be far past its best so I'll leave them out on the bar as freebies.

Are they the leftovers from when we hosted some under 16s to teach them the intricacies of map reading and route choice? They all turned up with fancy satnav watches, couldn’t see the point in maps and ended up trashing the lounge?
I never did get to the bottom of who’s bright idea that was inviting them into our inner sanctum.

[PeteS]

Bar six was a staple of our school tuck shop (in the days when plying kids with sugar for a modest profit was seen as acceptable.)
I stockpiled 'black jacks' and 'fruit salads' at 2 for a half penny at the end of term as they were double the price elsewhere. I think I have nearly depleted my stock but I'll stick a few out. I'm sure they'll be fine - they have no best before date so presumably don't go off.

[mr brightside]

I was thinking about Keith? Anderson's Dunnerdale record last night. The two of us can basically run the same distance in the same time, but he can do an extra 1400' of climb. It's stood for a very long time now, too.

[Wheeze]

As has his Pen y Fan record of 30 mins dead in 1992. No one has come close. He shone briefly but very brightly.

[mr brightside]

All the GB Olympians I've heard interviewed so far have been really quite posh. Where are the local accents? There must be so much talent going to waste in the council estates, people whose parents can't afford gas and electric let alone private coaching.

[mr brightside]

Rowers especially are from very good stock.

[Wheeze]

Aye, the likes of Alf Tupper and his fish'n'chip supper are long gone. Anyway, I've banged the tele in the corner a few times and the picture seems to have stopped rolling enough for us to squint at all the toffs leaping and dashing around in Paris....just DONT touch the aerial. Took me ages to get the signal right.

[Mike T]

All the GB Olympians I've heard interviewed so far have been really quite posh. Where are the local accents? There must be so much talent going to waste in the council estates, people whose parents can't afford gas and electric let alone private coaching.

I am pretty sure I read recently that 30% of GB olympians were privately educated.

[anthonykay]

All the GB Olympians I've heard interviewed so far have been really quite posh. Where are the local accents? There must be so much talent going to waste in the council estates, people whose parents can't afford gas and electric let alone private coaching.

Bring back the Yorkshire Brownlees.

[Wheeze]

Sounds like a Viz title!🤣