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I can’t agree Phaedrus. Not one bit. There are many people who have earned just enough to get by, and not much else. Maybe this would surprise you, but as a young man, and one only just married, we had no spare money at all. I kid you not when I say that a tin of cherry pie filling, so we could...

I remember it as Cliff! I think it’s one of those songs- so good that everyone has sung it. ♥️

Nope. It’s the cruel thing about this government. They deliberately set the cut off just higher than a single person on only a state pension would get. They could’ve set it anywhere - higher rate taxpayers, for example. But no. Any single pensioner, living alone on just a state pension is...

Hi Scraping! I can see Hammy’s answered most of this for you, and as always, he’s spot on. In terms of the cost of a new one, well, the T-Classic Desire isn’t in the current catalogue. Assuming it’s a 3 hand quartz watch with date, then around £300 or so, perhaps say £275 to £325. So, you might...

I’d snap up any Selitta chrono for £200. That would be a real bargain and ine you could definitely sell without losing money. QVC used to have Poljot International Chronos for around £499 with the 3133 movement. You can ocasionally see new ones on eBay around £500-£600, which is a fair price...

I never quite got over the fact that in real life they were quite close in age. Harry H Corbett (young Steptoe) was born in 1925, Wilfred Brambell (his dad) in 1912, so only 13 years between them!! It was odd to me in ‘On The Buses’ how all the girls fawned over Reg Varney. Reg was born in...

Every few months you can pick up some Hamilton chronos (Valjoux-ETA 7750 variants) on TK Maxx online, brand new, with international warranty for around £500-£600, which is about as good value as I think you’ll ever see. Like Hammy, I’ve bought a couple over the last few years, along with a...

Tissot is a good old (since 1853) Swiss watchmaker, based in Le Locle in the French speaking part of Switzerland , and now part of the Swatch Group (along with many others). Crudely, you could say that Swatch owns brands in all the main categories from the very high luxury end (Breguet, and...

Agreed 100% Lovely watch, Hammy - and in superb condition too!

To be honest, at the price points offered on selly-telly, there isn’t a single watch I’ve ever seen that will hold its value in the short term- not one. Most of their offerings come from drop-shippers - people who import a standard Chinese design, screen printed with the name of a brand, with a...

I can value watches and jewellery for insurance purposes. The usual IW Chinese brands have an ‘on the wrist’ value of no more than £10. Their Duchamp range, perhaps £200-£250 for the Roamer copies- and n more than £100-£150 for the quartz ones. Most insurance companies want a valuation to...

That’s going to be my next suggestion for them. I’m going to email and suggest that each of the presenters should randomly tell us something that they are not, on each item. ‘I’m not an encyclopaedia salesman, by the way’ (Jeremy) ‘I just wanted to say, I’m not a proctologist. I’m just up...

I was getting more of a Bates Motel kind of vibe….

Hale is one of the most expensive parts of north Cheshire, bordering Manchester. Footballer country… Definitely not a hovel…

Looks like they are rummaging through the bins for stock!! 🚮🗑️

It’s in the name, I think. Peter = saint Simon = saint Saints lad….

Us fictional professors have to stick together. Though Yaffle’s acting was always a bit wooden for me. But Emily loved him.

Yes. Thanks (as always, Muttley). To explain, given that my hands are working ok today, it was a while ago that I wondered if Saintslad was actually Peter S, given that Peter and Simon are both saints and disciples. SaintsLad was (it seemed to me, anyway) engaging in some especially nasty...

Hey! Please….

Absolutely never, ever, read one from ‘saintslad’(Peter) that’s for sure. I think that would be true. If anyone believed for a single minute that Muriel exists outside of Peter’s mind and the juveniles in the gallery. Every one of your posts was a trolling effort at forum regulars, and you...