Woman's Weekly

Neighbour PAINS

“Do you remember the bit at the end of Open All Hours, when Mr Arkwright steps out of his shop and says something like, ‘It’s been an odd day’? Well, it’s been an odd day.

It started being odd just after breakfast when Mr Dear put his head on one side, like a dog who has just been asked a difficult question (‘How am I supposed to know who won the Wimbledon Ladies’ final in 1986 – I’m a dog’).

‘What’s that strange noise?’

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