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Hi Ron,

Last night, I tried to donate via my iPad and it would not accept the amount, or allow me to fill in my password. All a bit odd. This morning I went in again, using my pc / Pay Pal and it went through without any hitches.

No idea what the problem was, I was sober and wide awake despite the lateness of the hour. So, it was a "senior moment", me being a Scouser, or some "bug" in the system.

So POE members, please donate. Some of you expect POE to display and sell your images without any earlier donation, which is a bit mean in my view. A small amount will count if enough of you take the trouble. You would miss POE if it was not there.

No offence taken at all Edward. I like your sense of humour. Someone did buy me a shell suit once. It was a rather a gaudy outfit in turquoise and blue with the odd flash of silver. I did try it on but never got to use it, not  being invited to a fancy dress party, thank goodness. It was too tight too, so I took the size as a bit of a complement. I worked with a guy who turned up one morning with a new perm. He got some real stick from us all as it just looked very creepy on him. A sad and true footnote to this is that he also drove a Ford Corsair and was stopped by the police at the time of the Yorkshire Ripper. It was not a good experience and soon the perm grew out and he sold the car to his boss.  

I'd never have thought of it like that. The car lasted for many years. 

On the theatrical front, I have, many times trod the boards, but only on the landing stage to catch a ferry across the Mersey.  

We went to see him a couple of months ago in New Brighton. He started at 7.15 and ended, rather reluctantly just before  1 in the morning. Goodness knows where he gets the energy, and his act was pretty fresh from the last time we saw him at the Liverpool Philharmonic. Doddie is probably the last one of his ilk still standing.

I worked on Liverpool Docks for a while, and later at Ford's assembly plant and the humour in both places  sometimes just about kept me sane. We, my colleagues and I found laughter a great medicine. Photography added a much needed release for my scant artistic leanings.  Liverpool provides me with images and I stroll around and seldom return without anything. Travel provides the rest and I'm pretty lucky to be able to share some quality time home and away with my "foreign" wife who is Manx. I even got to like kippers! Not for breakfast though.

 The future of POE seems very much in the balance which is a great shame. Sometimes, it can be a bit of a curate's egg, but I have great affection for it and I hope it is still here come next Ticklemuss Eve. 

Some great anecdotes there, Rod. 

Perhaps one of the remarkable things about Doddy is that he has been in the business for so long, and as a result, his humour has been honed to perfection. He is now 86, but his energy on stage seems undiminished.

As for PoE, if we do our bit, hopefully we will all be tickled to be uploading again soon.