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George Harrison, used car salesman?

Simon Mayo|08:09 UK time, Thursday, 24 February 2011

Hello, morning and greetings to all. Enjoyed the Enid Blyton thoughts and songs yesterday, we can only hope Mr Tumpy's Caravan is up there with The Famous Five and Noddy et al. I always enjoyed reading the Five books to my kids even if most of the stories feel a little dated. It did make me wonder about how much freedom the children in the story were given. I can't believe that was typical of the era and made it clear to child 3 that no, he couldn't go and camp with his friends on the moor and no, he couldn't go on tour with the local circus team when they roll into town. And did we ever find out what Uncle Quentin was working on? Maybe he was just grumpy being surrounded by pesky kids all the time.

And Mary Wilson was an interesting 25 minutes didn't you think? I was intrigued by the car, a stretch Mercedes apparently, that she bought from George Harrison and appears to have abandoned in Basingstoke. So she's looking forward to going back on tour there! If you've seen an abandoned luxury vehicle somewhere in north east Hampshire, you know who to see. And she might sell you a watch too. Maybe rock stars do that all the time. They sell each other stuff they don't want and then chuck it out. If Chris Evan's first car is worth more because it was his, a Merc owned by a Beatle and a Supreme must be worth a fortune, even if it is in a ditch by the A33.

Nigel today offers a baked custard tart to entice you on your journey home and our theme tonight should be FRANKENSTEIN. Fantastic reviews for Danny Boyle's new production starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller so let's do THE CREATURE and THE SCIENTIST and everything surrounding the FRANKENSTEIN story.

Don't have nightmares. Have a warm and open-hearted Thursday, see you after 5.

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