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  • The Look: Dad’s Moustache

    When you said that I’m not a ghost but a part of you… Is your Dad a part of you as well? “I’m sure he is Mum. But he’s been gone such a long time I don’t think I can find him in the same way.” Oh… Shame. He was a lovely man. I’d love to…

  • The Look: Moustaches

    Your Dad … had a “Ronald Colman” moustache.  He was a good-looking man your dad.  All the ladies were after him. I had to give one or two a piece of my mind.

  • The Look: Hats

    We used to make our own hats … your Aunty and I … back in the 1920s when we were young. You bought your own felt shape, steamed it to fit, put on the trim and … Voilà! People used to say I looked like Gloria Swanson … which I did, if I do say so myself.

  • San Fairy Ann

    Where have you been? Have you got over your David Bowie thing yet? It’s all very well being upset dear, but people will stop looking at this if you just flounce off you know. “Thanks a lot Mum. Actually, I have been trying some animating.” So where is it then? “I think I have to…

  • I Explain The Major Tom Effect To Syb

    I can see that it’s sad for you that David Bowie is dead, dear … but I don’t see why you’re quite so bothered about it. “I think it’s because he was like … my own biographical Zeitgeist, Mum.”  What?  “… He was the same generation. The same geography when I was a kid. Streets…