Good afternoon! Its Peter here with your last Letter of the week. The weekend is approaching, but Im not sure the weather is going to be up to much unfortunately. If youre out and about, then remember your umbrella!
Heres a note from Pat with her top tip about shopping for Christmas. The only way to spread the cost of Christmas is to shop early, plus if you work to a budget for each person, you can often get a present that originally costs more in the sales. Thanks Pat. With all this talk of Christmas, perhaps I should get some shopping done this weekend. Antiques No, before you start, Im not talking about myself! Its time to dig out your family heirlooms and head off up to Bridlington as the Sunday evening programme Antiques Roadshow will be filming for its 31st series at The Spa in Bridlington. The date for your diary is Thursday 16th October. The doors will open at 9.30am, although Im sure the queue will start before then! And the doors will close at 4.30pm. Im sure youll enjoy the experience if you go down there, although you will spend a lot of your time in a queue! But if you go, lets hope youll have some good news about your family heirloom! Not For Broadcast Every so often, working for the BBC, you realise just how much history the BBC has been a part of. I read today about an incredible script that has come out of the archives. Today a news script written both by the BBC and the government has been published to be broadcast only in the event of a nuclear attack. It was written in the 1970s and was intended to reassure the public in the event of a nuclear attack. Its quite a chilling read actually. Part of the script says, This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. Communications have been severely disrupted, and the number of casualties and the extent of the damage are not yet known." The script also gives advice to the public about turning off fuel supplies, rationing food for fourteen days and conserving whatever water they may have. This announcement, which was intended to be repeated every couple of hours, encourages people to stay calm and stay in your own homes. It goes on to say, By leaving your homes you ! could be exposing yourselves to greater danger. If you leave, you may find yourself without food, without water, without accommodation and without protection." Isnt that chilling? Im sure many people, who lived through the Cold War were aware of the threat of nuclear attack and I know that many people had fall-out shelters built in their homes and had food stockpiled and stashed for emergencies. What are your memories of that era? As always get in touch on this one if you want to share your stories to the usual address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Highest Earner Shes quite a success story and her climb to fame and fortune has certainly been very quick too. Ive read now that JK Rowling is the worlds highest-earning author, making more than £5 every second over the past year. Thats just incredible isnt it? She wrote her first book about Harry Potter in 1997 and last year made a total of £170m. I wonder, when she first had the idea of writing those books, if she had any idea that they would become so popular. And when you see the Top Ten list of best-paid authors, her earnings are just so far out ahead. At number two is James Patterson, who wrote Along Came a Spider. JK Rowling is at £170m and James is at £28m. JK Rowlings earnings are more than six times bigger than James Patterson. Even the big sellers like Stephen King, Tom Clancy and John Grisham are nowhere near her on the list and I would have put them as very popular writers. So there you go. JK Rowling is doing very well for herself! On the big screen, the Potter franch! ise has already generated £2.5bn worldwide and there are still three more films to come and her books have sold more than 400 million copies worldwide too. What a success story! Well, that's it from me for now. Just time to mention a local charity event in Scunthorpe, which Lyn told me about. Its all in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and Lindsey Lodge Hospice in the town. Its called Light up a Life which is an opportunity to remember, celebrate and light a candle in memory of a loved one. And this Saturday in the precinct in Scunthorpe youll be able to meet up with people from the Macmillan Cancer Support trust where you can find out more about the event. Good luck to them with that cause and thanks to Lyn for getting in touch. If youd like a little mention in the Letter about a charity event, then do get in touch. Have a lovely weekend, 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. 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