And all I have to do to save all these is make a monthly payment.
Then there's £12 a month for the postcode lottery and goodness knows how much for Children in Need and Palestine Relief and to give somebody shelter at Christmas.
In all, appeals over just one day would cost me approximately £50 a month. I find it is all getting too much. We are being bombarded by Christmas appeals. It's pretty unrelenting. Yes I know you only contribute to the causes you support but once again I prefer to give to charity where I know where my money is going, like the donation we made on Saturday night to the RNLI which will go to local crews.
I'm afraid I'm never convinced that the money from these national appeals finds its way to where it is meant to go. And how much do the national adverts cost? Obviously they must bring in significant money otherwise they wouldn't continue although, if they didn't, how would you know about adopting an Orca for £4 a month and what would you do when your adopted mammal turns up at your door?
Meanwhile the adverts will continue. I suppose it makes a change from cheery coves talking about making arrangements for their own funerals or genial hipsters trying to get you to take out an over 50s life insurance policy while you watch them shelling peas or making cauliflower soup (yuck).
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Occasionally I like to take a trip down memory lane by finding out what was available on television on a specific date in the past.
So how about 60 years ago in November 1963. The month brought two momentous TV occasions on the BBC.
On 22nd November the BBC interrupted it's programming to report on the assassination of President Kennedy. It's said everyone remembers what they were doing when that news came through. Not true because I didn't. I would just be a few months into my first term at The Norwich School. I don't remember talking about it at school or it even being mentioned.
The other major event was the first episode of Dr Who. It was the first episode of a four parter entitled An Unearthly Child. Apparently lots of people missed it due to rescheduling because of the Kennedy assassination. To help them they repeated it the following Saturday before the second episode. William Hartnell was the first Doctor. He played a rather stern and rather posh timelord. Most of the action in this storyline surrounded the discovery of the TARDIS in a junkyard and took place in the Stone Age. And there wasn't a Dalek in sight.
Now 60 years later we are limbering up for the 2023 Doctor Who Special which starts on November 25th.
It all sounds rather confusing as David Tennant will appear as the 14th doctor, looking remarkably like the 10th doctor. Then Ncuti Getwa will turn up as the 15th doctor. Told you it was confusing. Oh and the Daleks are back. They never win, so you would think it might be time for them to give up their attempts at universal domination.
A very tenuous link between us and William Hartnell. For a time the actor lived in the Sussex village of Mayfield. We stopped in Mayfield in the summer, a delightful place. I told you it was a tenuous link or should that be Tennantuous?
Apparently there has only ever been one biography of William Hartnell and that was written by his granddaughter which I think is kind of sweet.
Two well known BBC programmes ended in 1963 as the public said farewell to Zoo Quest and That Was The Week That Was. I believe I had a Zoo Quest game
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Residents of one of our favourite towns n the UK are at it again. I have mentioned our day in Lostwithiel in Cornwall in the past and how much we enjoyed our day there. When the town wanted to attract a new GP they recorded a video appeal which went viral. Now, faced with the local school going down to just one teacher, they have raised £30,000 to ensure a second continues to be employed.
What a community spirit there is.
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On the way home from North Norfolk we stopped for a spot of lunch in Cromer. It started to rain and was windy so we didn't stay too long. I did take a very small number of photos which are reproduced here.