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At least the Americans associate this day with a public holiday.

That was before she became a virgin. (c) Oscar Levant.

There only became a need to use a term such as "lieutenancy area" once the post-1974 counties ceased to be the main model of local government in England and Wales. The 1974 pattern of local government was that the whole of England and Wales consisted of a top layer of counties, with a second...

Before 1997, there were certainly separate Lords Lieutenants for East and West Sussex. One of the Lords Lieutenants for East Sussex was Admiral Sir Lyndsey Bryson, who lived in Dyke Road Avenue and who had a daughter who was one of the blonde bimbos in the Philadelphia ads. The office of the...

The Ceremonial County of East Sussex certainly did exist before 1997. Lords Lieutenant were first created by Henry VIII.

East Sussex County Council was created by virtue of the Local Government Act 1888. Before that, the counties were administered by the unelected Courts of Quarter Sessions, one of which was based in Lewes and another in Chichester. Unified government of Sussex as a single entity didn't survive...

The Lord Lieutenant who represents HM the Q in Brighton and Hove is the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex.

Hang about! Ed Giddins used to play for Firle in the Cuckmere Valley League.

No. The bonfire societies provide their own marshals to look after the crowds and, for years, they have been asking the train operators not to promote travel to Lewes on the Fifth. It's not that long ago that I remember sharing a pint or two of Harvey's in a Lewes pub with an OFF-DUTY...

Indeed. My need is to get to and from the match and the only practical option is to travel by train. If the deal with Southern is cancelled, and the standard timetable is all that is available, the trains won't have enough space for me and thousands more to travel.

I believe that the practice of not providing a train service for concerts was agreed by the Travel Group. Don't ask me to justify that decision, though. Did it have anything to do with the concert promoter being unwilling to fund the extra trains?

Actually ... it is 1956. The Prime Minister hasn't got a clue how to deal with the biggest foreign policy crisis to hit the country in years. At least Eden had the decency to resign.

Extra trains are an ESSENTIAL part of the stadium travel plan, which is agreed by all the parties involved in getting people to or from events at the stadium. That group includes the train and bus operators and the Police, as well as the City Council. Pulling out of the deal isn't an option...

The number 64 bus runs between the main railway station and the Vatican. It is extremely popular with pickpockets.

With a ladder and some glasses, you can see to Hackney Marshes, if it wasn't for the 'ouses in between.

Since we are about to witness a major upheaval in the benefit system, it might be worth finding out which Poor Law Union covers your area. I live in what was the smallest Poor Law Union in the country and the workhouse is still standing just half a mile down our road. The West Firle Union...

Southern gave an assurance to the Club, earlier in the week, that they were going to run a full matchday service. They never withdrew that assurance until Friday night, making it impossible for the Club to implement the contingency plans that they have for dealing with shortages of trains. A...

So does Gus.

Ahem ... Third division. 8glkgXf6uX8

Shit on the Villa Shit on the Villa tonight Shit on the Villa Shit on the Villa tonight Shit on the Villa Shit on the Villa tonight Everybody shit on the Villa 'Cos they're a load of shite ... would have worked on Friday.