Hello! Its Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and that youre looking forward to the weekend. As I look out over Victoria Dock this morning, its wet and windy and pretty horrible at this early hour, so I hope the weekend is going to be better.
I dont know if you saw the show last night, but we had Jon Culshaw on from Dead Ringers - a really nice chap and very talented. He does Tony Blair, well he does numerous voices. And of course Jon, and I hadnt realised this until I spoke to him, used to live on Anlaby Road in Hull. Anyway hes coming to Hull with the stage version of Dead Ringers and we look forward to having Jan Ravens on the programme as well before the show opens at City Hall. Tonight Tonight at 6.30pm join me for all the days news, Lisa will have the weather forecast, and as promised the very talented singer/songwriter Katie Melua will be with us tonight, joining us at the end of the week, which saw the release of her second album. Katie will be on tonight at 6.30pm, amongst all the other goodies. Fraisthorpe Last word on Fraisthorpe! I had to read out this one, which comes from John Triffitt. He emails in to say The area is so unspoilt, a paradise for walkers. Am I wrong, however Peter, in thinking that at one time it was frequented by nudists and/or naturists? Not that Im prying, but is that why you went there John? Thank you very much indeed for that one. Curing All Ills I see theres a new book out called The Ancient Guide To Curing All Ills. If youve seen the paper you may have read some snippets of it. They sent me a copy of the book. Cures, heres one of them Headaches, If you suffer from headaches, this is the advice place a cabbage leaf or large lettuce leaf in your hat. That was recommended in the old days. You might like to try that one. Colds, lets have a look at that one. For the Common Cold you can try soaking a thick bit of toast in vinegar and binding it to your throat with a handkerchief. Thats a nice one isnt it? And finally Bad Breath! This is a cracker! It was said that you could guard against bad breath by gargling with your own urine in the morning. If you want the book, its called the Curious Cures of Old England by Nigel Cawthorne. Toaster Now from the I couldnt make it up department from the paper this morning, for those with a taste for toast for their breakfast, this new invention may actually be the best thing since sliced bread. Can you believe that? It says that a British inventor has come up with a toaster that doesnt burn the toast. It switches the toaster off before the toast is burnt. Havent we had one of those for years in the form of the pop-up toaster? Anyway this new one is going on sale and will cost heaven knows how much! This reminds me of those inventions we were talking about a few weeks back that you buy and never use again. Still in the kitchen cupboard here is the bread maker. It seemed like a good idea at the time! Write Dont forget if youve got time over the weekend to drop me an email about a subject or an issue that you think would be worth talking about on the programme. Then give me the details and a contact telephone number as well. If you want to drop me a line then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Celebrities Dont forget as well, as I mentioned yesterday in the Levy Letter, Im looking for pictures! We havent had any yet and its a bit of a long shot. I want photographs youve taken of well-known people out and about or on holiday or shopping or wherever. Pictures of celebrities caught on camera. If you could send me the pictures that would be great. And we could start putting some of these pictures on the programme. Christmas You might have heard me mention this briefly last night on the programme, but the festive season does the heads in of shop assistants. Youve got to feel sorry for them as they have to sit through endless Christmas music all day every day. Because when you think of it, theyre there eight hours a day and Christmas music is played non-stop. The worst artists who get on everybodys nerves are Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams generally, but at Christmas time the research showed that the in-store music, especially the festive songs like Roy Woods classic I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday and also Slades Merry Christmas Everybody drove shop assistants mad hearing the repetition of the same old songs. So lets spare a thought for shop assistants who may not be that keen on Christmas music all day every day. Levy Letter If youre talking to anyone this weekend, and theyre not signed up for the daily Levy Letter then if you want to pass the word on of how they can get one, then all theyve got to do is go to the address at the bottom of the page, click on Levy Letter and follow the instructions through and get your daily letter from me. So pass the word on. Next week on the programme, well be running a competition and this is exclusively for Levy Letter readers so more details on that one at the start of next week. Thanks to everyone who wrote back in response to making the spoof cookery advert, the mickey-take of my advert which has been out for this past month. Well watch Look North tonight to watch the finished product at 6.30pm. Thats it from me for today. Have a very good weekend. Take care and Ill talk to you very soon. Bye for now. Peter And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box.
