Greatwartime American bandleader born in Strathclyde shock horror (almost). Landing on the Diary‘s desk is a press release bearing a tairly strange message to the eitect that the leaderotthe Glen Millerorchestra, which is currently touring the country. was born in Greenock. A moment‘s retlection. and a less cursory inspection otthe document, however, reveals that this can not be a relerence to the Great Glen himsell (as Miller would have been called had he been Scots. it only to distinguish him trom Glen Michael.) who is no longer working as a musician. It must theretore be a relerence to that other leaderoi the Glen Miller orchestra, Ray McVay, who is in command now that Miller is unavailable. The Diary can't helpieeling thatthere‘s still something a shade peculiar about this. though.
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Ajournalistoithe Diary's acquaintance reports having thelollowing conversation over the telephone last week when. attertailing to getthe phone numberota CouncillorTom Collins (mm the relevant body, she resorted to ringing all ottheTCollinses in the Glasgow phone book. The first call she made was answered by a species or child, which said, as one does, ‘Hello'. ‘Hello,‘ replies our intrepid reporter, ‘l‘m looking lor CouncillorTom Collins. lsthisthe right number.‘ ‘Hold on.‘ says the child, which then shouts out into the distance. ‘Daddy. are you a councillor?‘
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from the Sunday Times to tell you that your tax is on its way.‘ ‘Eh'P' ‘l'm ringing from the Sunday Times. Your fax is on its way.‘ ‘What do you mean my tax is on its way?‘ ‘Aren't you expecting a fax'." ‘No.’ ‘Aren‘t you the Times correspondent in Japan.‘ ‘No. I'm not. I‘m a bus driver.‘
Another one at those excellent tourist publications which can‘t be too highly recommended, so we won‘t even try, sings the praises ol Kirkcaldy District in the most glowing terms. A truly beautitul description at the colours ol the passing seasons in the district, which tells ol the way golden autumn, ‘truly the season or mellow lruittulness in Kirkcaldy‘, gives way to winter‘s icy white lingers, only to be succeeded, gasp, by Spring and then Summer brought a tearto the Diary‘s eye, and when that same eye tell upon the banner headline NEW NEW NEW!, over a snippet about the Burntisland Edwardian Fair its heart missed a beat. Recommended reading, and detinitely not to be missed.
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