Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Friday, 5 June 2015

Three Cheers

Having taken the boy to Darlington for his last AS exam I stayed in town for a mooch round which included a Primark purchase, and as I was heading for the exit the store PA announced the name of a member of staff who had this day completed 23 years’ service and asked that we all give her three cheers; the first cheer was silent as customers processed this unconventional request, the second was muted but audible, and the third was almost half-hearted, more audible was the comment that came from the security guard as I left – “23 years, bloody hell, you’d get less for manslaughter”.

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