THERE ARE CERTAIN things that you have to be British or at least older than me, or possibly both, to appreciate: Sooty, Tony Hancock, Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men, Marmite, skiffle music, that Morecambe and Wise segment in which Angela Rippon shows off her legs by dancing, Gracie Fields singing ‘Sally’, George Formby doing anything, Dixon of Dock Green, HP sauce, salt cellars with a single large hole, travelling funfairs, making sandwiches from bread you’ve sliced yourself, really milky tea, allotments, the belief that household wiring is an interesting topic for conversation, steam trains,
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