And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
For those in the colonies, the face behind Elton's specs is a character from a soap opera you should thank your stars that you missed : Coronation Street. The character is "Ena Sharples", played for many years by Violet Carson. Ena was the street's main gossip and renowned for her sharp tongue.
For those in the colonies, the face behind Elton's specs is a character from a soap opera you should thank your stars that you missed : Coronation Street. The character is "Ena Sharples", played for many years by Violet Carson. Ena was the street's main gossip and renowned for her sharp tongue.
ReplyDeleteYup and her mate was the mousey Minnie Caldwell, the pair of them gossiping in the Rovers Return fake pub supping a milk stout.
ReplyDeleteBritish television hasn't improved in the intervening years.
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