[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I asked about the most unlikely of ''off-topics'' namely towelling > socks, I got a fabulous response from various people, for which I was very > grateful [incidentally, I *still* have been unable to source towelling socks, > Matalan assured me that they stock them, I went to two massive branches to > find every type of sock imaginable except towelling in *any* colour--let > alone black. On challenging this with the head buyer, whose letter assured me > that they *do* stock them, I have yet to receive an explanation/reply, three > weeks & counting] & yet my request for any news of ''Albert'' the first boat > built by Walker's of Ricky for the Ovaltine Co. [A. Wander & Co.] has met > with as big a blank as Matalan's head office! > Surely Albert hasn't sunk again?
Once again I'm afraid I can't offer any actual assistance, but I when I saw the subject of your posting I couldn't help thinking that it sounded like the title of a monologue as performed by Stanley Holloway: "There's a famous canal place called Batchworth That's noted for bridges and locks And Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom Went there to get Albert some socks..." Martin
