I switched the televison on and switched on Ceefax to get the latest news like i did every morning, while i was waiting for the kettle to boil for my coffee, i came back in to read it and there it was.
I went out later to get a couple of the Sunday Papers special editions that had been published, everyone was talking about it.
I used to listen to Talk Sport radio late at night when my OH was working.
It came on the news around 2am that Diana had been involved in a car crash in Paris. First she was unhurt and seen outside the vehicle...then she had a broken arm but Dodi and the driver were thought to be dead. No news of the bodyguard at that time.
I got up and turned the TV on, the images were already being shown of the tunnel where the car had entered...then the news she had died, then the mangled car was shown, and so on.
I stayed up all night watching it.
I thought from the first reports that this was no normal RTA, I have never changed my opinion.
Anonymous said
Aug 31 1:26 PM, 2022
I would have never heard about this person if the British news media never reported on her or if I had never paid any attention to it. Her existence never affected my existence in any way apart from being exposed to it through that media. However, I did note the apparent rabidity of the press, and their likely role in creating the conditions that led to this fatal accident, and I noted the adoration and sadness of many people who also had never met or known her but had seen her through the media. Nowadays some tell us British "nationalists" are far right people not much different to Nazis, but I think the adoration of Princess Diana (which sometimes creates the opposite reaction - a form of hatred in some) is one example of how people are led into becoming nationalists (proud of one's country, British first etc). I think some people might have considered her an anti-establishment figure because apparently she wasn't quite up to the Queen's expectation - but again I only got that impression through listening and reading certain output from the media.
Magica said
Aug 31 3:24 PM, 2022
I got up for a wee, thought must put the news on, I don't know why. They were saying Diana had a car accident, not sure how injured she was. Then not long after they said she was dead. I'm not a big Diana fan, but I did like her. I was stunned.
Digger said
Aug 31 4:25 PM, 2022
I was preparing to go down south to interview the family of Brian Connolly, the lead singer with the glam rock band, The Sweet. That was an interesting experience.
Maddog said
Aug 31 5:57 PM, 2022
Watching Saturday Night Live.
I don't recall if I learned of her death that night, or the next day. Seems like I stayed up late enough to hear of her passing.
Anonymous said
Aug 31 7:04 PM, 2022
I was in a hotel room in Swansea. I chatted up the hotel barmaid and she came back to my room. I was sitting on the edge of the bed feeling a bit ruff looking out the window at a coast guard helicopter rescuing someone at sea and turned on the bedside radio. Looked at the time and decided I'd enough time to go back to bed for half hour. Missed breakfast but can't complain
Anonymous said
Aug 31 7:08 PM, 2022
I was on the john.
Maddog said
Sep 1 12:35 AM, 2022
Anonymous wrote:
I was on the john.
Do Brits even use that word?
Magica said
Sep 1 10:03 AM, 2022
Maddog wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I was on the john.
Do Brits even use that word?
No Madders. We say toilet, loo, bog I hate that word, some still say lav, but not the John.
Anonymous said
Sep 1 1:36 PM, 2022
Elvis died on the John
Anonymous said
Sep 1 4:13 PM, 2022
I think the correct term is "powdering one's nose".
Maddog said
Sep 1 6:16 PM, 2022
Magica wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I was on the john.
Do Brits even use that word?
No Madders. We say toilet, loo, bog I hate that word, some still say lav, but not the John.
That's sorta what I thought.
An American guest?
Or one that watches too much American TV? 🤷♂️
Magica said
Sep 2 2:44 PM, 2022
Maddog wrote:
Magica wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I was on the john.
Do Brits even use that word?
No Madders. We say toilet, loo, bog I hate that word, some still say lav, but not the John.
I found out from Ceefax.
I switched the televison on and switched on Ceefax to get the latest news like i did every morning, while i was waiting for the kettle to boil for my coffee, i came back in to read it and there it was.
I went out later to get a couple of the Sunday Papers special editions that had been published, everyone was talking about it.
It came on the news around 2am that Diana had been involved in a car crash in Paris. First she was unhurt and seen outside the vehicle...then she had a broken arm but Dodi and the driver were thought to be dead. No news of the bodyguard at that time.
I got up and turned the TV on, the images were already being shown of the tunnel where the car had entered...then the news she had died, then the mangled car was shown, and so on.
I stayed up all night watching it.
I thought from the first reports that this was no normal RTA, I have never changed my opinion.
I would have never heard about this person if the British news media never reported on her or if I had never paid any attention to it. Her existence never affected my existence in any way apart from being exposed to it through that media. However, I did note the apparent rabidity of the press, and their likely role in creating the conditions that led to this fatal accident, and I noted the adoration and sadness of many people who also had never met or known her but had seen her through the media. Nowadays some tell us British "nationalists" are far right people not much different to Nazis, but I think the adoration of Princess Diana (which sometimes creates the opposite reaction - a form of hatred in some) is one example of how people are led into becoming nationalists (proud of one's country, British first etc). I think some people might have considered her an anti-establishment figure because apparently she wasn't quite up to the Queen's expectation - but again I only got that impression through listening and reading certain output from the media.
I don't recall if I learned of her death that night, or the next day. Seems like I stayed up late enough to hear of her passing.
I was in a hotel room in Swansea. I chatted up the hotel barmaid and she came back to my room. I was sitting on the edge of the bed feeling a bit ruff looking out the window at a coast guard helicopter rescuing someone at sea and turned on the bedside radio. Looked at the time and decided I'd enough time to go back to bed for half hour. Missed breakfast but can't complain
I was on the john.
Do Brits even use that word?
No Madders. We say toilet, loo, bog I hate that word, some still say lav, but not the John.
Elvis died on the John
I think the correct term is "powdering one's nose".
That's sorta what I thought.
An American guest?
Or one that watches too much American TV? 🤷♂️
Prob watched too much American shows.