@El Loro posted:

Those small food delivery robots are a trial project by the Cambridge council with the Co-op there. It's for 12,000 residents in part of Cambridge to see if that helps reduce the number of journeys made by the residents to get a few items.

It doesn't mean that this is something which will go nationwide as it's something which that council has instigated the project.

There are quite a number of different Co-op branches around the country. There's two Co-op shops in my area, a larger one about a mile away and a smaller food one a few minutes walk away. The two shops belong to different branches of the Co-op..

There's a little Co-op round the corner from here and a larger one about 10 mins in the other direction....M&S is in the middle
I think they'd have to be careful where they let the little robots roam as in some areas they's be damaged or pinched

Neat idea though

@slimfern posted:

There's a little Co-op round the corner from here and a larger one about 10 mins in the other direction....M&S is in the middle
I think they'd have to be careful where they let the little robots roam as in some areas they's be damaged or pinched

Neat idea though

It would be sad if someone does pinch or deliberately damage one of those little robots

There are no M&S stores in my immediate area. There is one in the city centre but the food section is rather cramped. Although further away, the one I go to is quite a lot larger and isn't anywhere near as cramped, And the time it takes to get to either isn't much different when you take into account the fact that the one I go to has the car park so I can just push the trolley to the car to put the food in - that's not an option at the one in town.

@El Loro posted:

A delivery robot that got stuck in the snow has thanked the man who put it back on the right track.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...bridgeshire-63997868

awww sweet story EL have read about these robots before -they are amazing

night EL Slim Mooonsiee velvet

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

Good morning everyone

Not as cold a night here as recently with no frost. Some thawing of last Sunday's snow, Forecast to start raining soon for the rest of the day and into Monday with temperatures getting into double figures.

I hope everyone has a good day

@slimfern a couple of possible films for you during the coming week on the Talking Pictures tv channel.
Monday 21.00 "Home by Seven" (1952) a British drama starring Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton and Jack Hawkins. Bank official goes missing for 24 hours, cant remember what happened and comes under suspicion for a robbery and murder. The film was also the only film which Richardson directed.
Tuesday 12.55 "Beyond Christmas" (1940) AKA "Beyond Tomorrow" The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple they initially brought together. The three industrialists were played by Harry Carey , C. Aubrey Smith, and Charles Winninger who were better known at the time then now. The couple were  played by Richard Carlson and Jean Parker.

As always on Christmas Day at 14.20 they have Alastair Sim's Scrooge (1951) I don't know if it's the black and white original or the colourised version (I prefer the black and white one).

Good morning Buddies

A cold start here but we are set for 4 degrees during the day and overnight

Enjoy your Sunday everyone

@El Loro posted:

@slimfern a couple of possible films for you during the coming week on the Talking Pictures tv channel.
Monday 21.00 "Home by Seven" (1952) a British drama starring Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton and Jack Hawkins. Bank official goes missing for 24 hours, cant remember what happened and comes under suspicion for a robbery and murder. The film was also the only film which Richardson directed.
Tuesday 12.55 "Beyond Christmas" (1940) AKA "Beyond Tomorrow" The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple they initially brought together. The three industrialists were played by Harry Carey , C. Aubrey Smith, and Charles Winninger who were better known at the time then now. The couple were  played by Richard Carlson and Jean Parker.

As always on Christmas Day at 14.20 they have Alastair Sim's Scrooge (1951) I don't know if it's the black and white original or the colourised version (I prefer the black and white one).

Thank you El
I'll take a look at the reviews on Wiki for those

Yes I agree about the original Black and White Scrooge with Alastair Sim...they should never mess with a classic!
I probably won't have the time to watch it on Christmas day but will definitely see it over the festive period...it's a MUST!

@slimfern posted:

Thank you El
I'll take a look at the reviews on Wiki for those

Yes I agree about the original Black and White Scrooge with Alastair Sim...they should never mess with a classic!
I probably won't have the time to watch it on Christmas day but will definitely see it over the festive period...it's a MUST!

Channel 5 does also shown the Alastair Sim "Scrooge", They have it at 4.10 pm and again on Saturday at 11.30 an. If they do as in previous years, one is the original black and white, the other the colourised one though I don't know which one

And Scrooge's nephew's maid is not Audrey Hepburn though many have thought it was, Article about who it was:
https://dickensblog.typepad.co...on-cozens-hardy.html

@El Loro posted:

It would be sad if someone does pinch or deliberately damage one of those little robots

There are no M&S stores in my immediate area. There is one in the city centre but the food section is rather cramped. Although further away, the one I go to is quite a lot larger and isn't anywhere near as cramped, And the time it takes to get to either isn't much different when you take into account the fact that the one I go to has the car park so I can just push the trolley to the car to put the food in - that's not an option at the one in town.

Cutest photograph of the year...

Hope all are warm and well     

All's well here, Velvet and I hope likewise for you

Those little robots have been in the States for a few years and were seen in “The Bikers Ride Route 66” on BBC 2 back in 2019.

Hi Velvet

All okay here. I hope you are too

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

Night EL slim  moonsieee velvet

Good morning everyone

Absurdly warm night here for the time of year - 12°. Very cloudy day, raining quite a lot of the time and gusts into the low 40s this morning,

As you would expect, the snow has gone.

I hope everyone has a good day

@El Loro posted:

Channel 5 does also shown the Alastair Sim "Scrooge", They have it at 4.10 pm and again on Saturday at 11.30 an. If they do as in previous years, one is the original black and white, the other the colourised one though I don't know which one

This one is on today and is the Black and white version

@slimfern posted:

This one is on today and is the Black and white version

You may need to check that it is the black and white version as the Radio Times has both showings on Channel 5 as b/w and I think one of them will be the colourised version

@El Loro posted:

You may need to check that it is the black and white version as the Radio Times has both showings on Channel 5 as b/w and I think one of them will be the colourised version

I guess the best way to find out is to sit down and watch

@slimfern posted:

I guess the best way to find out is to sit down and watch

night EL slim moonsiee velvet

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here, high of 10° and low of 7° forecast. Somewhat less windy than yesterday

Images of the first pictures of King Charles banknotes announced today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64026683

I hope everyone has a good day

@El Loro posted:

Images of the first pictures of King Charles banknotes announced today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64026683

Looks just like him 

@slimfern posted:

Looks just like him 

The designers would have made sure of that

Burst waster pipe causing chaos on the roads around Gloucester - Barnwood Road is a very busy road.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-64036418
The road dips down at a bridge where the railway line crosses the road and the flood water would collect there.
The burst happened at 3 yesterday afternoon and the road remains closed.

I'm not affected by this. First I knew of it was when a client rang me returning my call. He had been on a bus in the area and was caught up in the chaos on the roads. He thought there had been a serious traffic accident until I had a look on the local news website and told him what had happened.

@El Loro posted:

Looks as if the 10th series of Father Brown is starting on BBC One on Friday 6 January.

Update:
As I said the first episode of the new series is on Friday 6th January. The second episode isn't until Friday 13th.
Mondays to Thursday BBC has "Doctors".(30 minutes) followed by the 7th series of "The Farmers' Country Showdown" (60 minutes). On the Fridays they have a repeat shorter version of TFCS from the 5th series.
There's 20 episodes of TFCS. So I'm guessing that "Father Brown" will be on Fridays for the first 5 weeks and then may go back to daily in the 6th week.
@Baz
@Moonie

@El Loro posted:

Update:
As I said the first episode of the new series is on Friday 6th January. The second episode isn't until Friday 13th.
Mondays to Thursday BBC has "Doctors".(30 minutes) followed by the 7th series of "The Farmers' Country Showdown" (60 minutes). On the Fridays they have a repeat shorter version of TFCS from the 5th series.
There's 20 episodes of TFCS. So I'm guessing that "Father Brown" will be on Fridays for the first 5 weeks and then may go back to daily in the 6th week.
@Baz
@Moonie

Thanks El

@Baz posted:

Thanks El

@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here, high of 10° and low of 7° forecast. Somewhat less windy than yesterday

Images of the first pictures of King Charles banknotes announced today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64026683

I hope everyone has a good day

wow that's a brilliant likeness but still miss the Queen thank you EL

night EL slim bazzy velvet

Good morning everyone

Rainy here at present,

I hope everyone has a good day

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

wow that's a brilliant likeness but still miss the Queen thank you EL

I agree with you

Re the Goon Show, they also made some recordings of songs. Their first was produced on 29 June 1955. That was a parody of "Unchained Melody". Song came from a film called "Unchained" released earlier that year. The song was covered by many musicians, the first British one may have been Jimmy Young;s cover.
Link to the Peter Sellers as Bluebottle and Spike Milligan as Eccles version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcHdzdCxLuo
Somewhat different from the famous version by The Righteous Brothers which was made 10 years later.

Hi El Hope you are having a good day . Harry Seacombe lived not too far from me when I was a kid …..I loved his singing , but I never really liked the Goons .

@Baz posted:

Hi El Hope you are having a good day . Harry Seacombe lived not too far from me when I was a kid …..I loved his singing , but I never really liked the Goons .

Not too bad a day, Baz Michael Bentine was originally in "The Goon Show" but left in 1953 after the first couple of series. I remember him mainly for his tv series "It's a Square World" (1960-64). Sometimes he was used working scale models, for instance sending the BBC Television Centre into orbit by attaching rockets

I've deleted my earlier post which contained two videos as the Youtube account of the poster was since deleted. I don't know why.

@El Loro posted:

Not too bad a day, Baz Michael Bentine was originally in "The Goon Show" but left in 1953 after the first couple of series. I remember him mainly for his tv series "It's a Square World" (1960-64). Sometimes he was used working scale models, for instance sending the BBC Television Centre into orbit by attaching rockets

I remember Its a square world

@Baz posted:

I remember Its a square world

I remember that on Boxing Day, the BBC would show a play for children based on various stories. In 1958 it was "Cinderella". In 1959 it was "The Three Princes" based on a story from the 1000 and one nights. In terms of television for children, it was the highlight of the Christmas period.

@El Loro posted:

Re the Goon Show, they also made some recordings of songs. Their first was produced on 29 June 1955. That was a parody of "Unchained Melody". Song came from a film called "Unchained" released earlier that year. The song was covered by many musicians, the first British one may have been Jimmy Young;s cover.
Link to the Peter Sellers as Bluebottle and Spike Milligan as Eccles version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc

@El Loro posted:

Re the Goon Show, they also made some recordings of songs. Their first was produced on 29 June 1955. That was a parody of "Unchained Melody". Song came from a film called "Unchained" released earlier that year. The song was covered by many musicians, the first British one may have been Jimmy Young;s cover.
Link to the Peter Sellers as Bluebottle and Spike Milligan as Eccles version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcHdzdCxLuo
Somewhat different from the famous version by The Righteous Brothers which was made 10 years later.

HdzdCxLuo
Somewhat different from the famous version by The Righteous Brothers which was made 10 years later.

don't remember that but was very clever and different for its time EL tbh prefer the righteous brothers -vaguely remember that

@El Loro posted:

I agree with you