tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post6920803333665263920..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: There's Nothing Like A Dame....Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14463710124984155882014-12-24T18:40:55.778+00:002014-12-24T18:40:55.778+00:00We had some displaced Brits at my last location wh...We had some displaced Brits at my last location who talked a local theatre troupe into doing a panto at Christmas. It was very silly, over-the-top, and while having to explain a bit of it to many of the audience took some of the spontaneity out of it, it was great fun. The dame was wonderful, a middle aged American man who later said to me after his début as a dame, he understood a bit better why drag queens loved dressing up.<br /><br />I moved away soon afterwards and am unsure if it caught on there.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-56359247806078177092014-12-24T04:47:19.077+00:002014-12-24T04:47:19.077+00:00And to you Weaver. Thank you.And to you Weaver. Thank you.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70742617539257351252014-12-24T04:46:44.662+00:002014-12-24T04:46:44.662+00:00Thanks for that Claude; I think you could be right...Thanks for that Claude; I think you could be right. It certainly could be a cider apple, as apple juice was often put through the grape remains here, after the wine had been drawn off (it made a half/half cider/wine mix).Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-10604372085225291752014-12-23T22:52:52.016+00:002014-12-23T22:52:52.016+00:00Oh no !!Oh no !!Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6610802532083123642014-12-23T20:15:16.352+00:002014-12-23T20:15:16.352+00:00I must say Cro that I have never really caught on ...I must say Cro that I have never really caught on to the idea of Panto - sorry and all that. Have a lovely Christmas eating all those goodies you have been making for the last few months. And do post some photographs of the srumptious food. Happy christmas to you both.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57733936339703484392014-12-23T19:22:57.870+00:002014-12-23T19:22:57.870+00:00good evening,
I think that the name of the apple y...good evening,<br />I think that the name of the apple you are looking for is BEDAN;<br />IF you go on google image and write "pomme bedan" you will see some which look very much like the one you posted.<br />yours<br />claude vergneclaude vergnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17033861229487662922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-62553541469349964732014-12-23T16:35:37.129+00:002014-12-23T16:35:37.129+00:00Bill Simpson, Dr Finley, made a great Dame in pant...Bill Simpson, Dr Finley, made a great Dame in panto in Newcastle in 1974. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70752515956100269002014-12-23T13:26:51.377+00:002014-12-23T13:26:51.377+00:00I've gone off you, Helsie!I've gone off you, Helsie!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82199469563556650892014-12-23T12:17:54.963+00:002014-12-23T12:17:54.963+00:00Yes. Sandy Powell; the world's finest vent'...Yes. Sandy Powell; the world's finest vent' act.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65578151908834610452014-12-23T11:42:40.752+00:002014-12-23T11:42:40.752+00:00Weren't you the dresser for whatshisface with ...Weren't you the dresser for whatshisface with the sausage routine?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-12145998284563736612014-12-23T11:30:29.823+00:002014-12-23T11:30:29.823+00:00I think you have to be English to love a pantomime...I think you have to be English to love a pantomime they don't do anything for me.<br />Merry Christmas Cro.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-9525832378758226582014-12-23T09:27:45.195+00:002014-12-23T09:27:45.195+00:00"Oh No they aren't !""Oh No they aren't !"Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-51084774020780130952014-12-23T08:39:00.378+00:002014-12-23T08:39:00.378+00:00I don't remember going to a panto as a child…....I don't remember going to a panto as a child….it probably would have cost too much! Not keen on them at all. Bah humbug!<br />I wish you and Lady M a lovely Christmas.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-81379440414581213432014-12-23T07:24:18.352+00:002014-12-23T07:24:18.352+00:00I was taken only once as a child but can only reme...I was taken only once as a child but can only remember the sing-a-long following the bobbing ball I found it all a bit scary with the larger than life characters but a couple of years ago I went to see Beauty and the Beast panto with a friend and loved it all.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59505201608189400942014-12-23T07:22:36.951+00:002014-12-23T07:22:36.951+00:00All those Cristmas things are new to me and I am l...All those Cristmas things are new to me and I am learning so many intreresting small details which I so like.Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-62831579070021750632014-12-23T05:51:58.159+00:002014-12-23T05:51:58.159+00:00I didn't realise it was international.I didn't realise it was international.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-32073100118093505312014-12-23T05:09:50.456+00:002014-12-23T05:09:50.456+00:00I was only introduced to pantomime in my thirties....I was only introduced to pantomime in my thirties. We'd moved to a pre-dominanty English town in South Africa. My sister invited us to Cinderella and we never missed a Christmas Panto all the years we lived there. Have a wonderful Christmas. Jo.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666316882168582862noreply@blogger.com