Cecilia with the right hook

Woman buys romantic fiction and I notice that the heroine was called Cecilia. The only person I have ever known of that name possessed an excellent right with which she floored an errant boyfriend

Woman buys lots of cakes for her mother who is 94 and born in Glasgow. What a life to have been born in the City as the First World War was ending with all the connatations of Red Clyde and St George's Square.

Talk about home made chutney its the season to make it I am told.

Woman smiles- it does not happen too often. I have said before I am of the opinion about the local " friendliness" is over played and I doubt whether its as friendly as the propaganda makes out. as few actually make the effort. If people were so friendly then they would be cheerfully chatting away to me and as I initiate about 90 % of the conversations I doubt the perceived view is all that correct

O death where is thy sting

Customer who buys Sentinel. He does not know why as it is very poor "value for money" on Saturdays with the pull out sections reduced to a few page inserts. I tell him that many of the articles are given freely and its an example of the "something for nothing" culture that for once is not attached to benefit claimants.

Glasgow chap intrigued that the new President of Iran lived in Glasgow in the 70s. We wondered if he had a "stoner" a deep fried kebab which incidently the local dialect word for an erection.

Scots woman from Caithness is voting no in the referendum or would if she was not living in Leek.

Woman enthuses about a holiday of a life time in China and lived a trip on the Yangtze " Yangtze O Yangtze O river of fish".

Discussed WC Fields and the story of man who died in a vat of whisky " O death where is they sting" Fields is supposed to have said.

Cream cake down

Talking about mayhem in the town. One Saturday night some years ago I walked through the town  and a large crowd were gathering as some people in Macclesfield were trapped in a local pub with people baying for blood outside. It was a a pitiful sight. What was memorable was a young girl plucking at the sleeve of her Father who was about 40 and trying to lead him away from the fray.

Woman organises the shopping neatly with the boxes arranged into something resembling a cityscape. She is obviously a frustrated architect.

We were discussing this lorry driver and I. he said that Glasgow was the best place he had ever driven around and London the worst. he did not think much of Italian drivers having seen the transport in Naples he may have a point. The worst driving I ever saw was on the M6 when an Asian family having missed the turn for the M62 reversed towards me at speed in an attempt to get on the east bound route

A woman packs too much on the belt and a cream cake falls to the floor. It is messy. The woman behind calls out "Cream Cake down"

Christ, there's two of them

Excitable small boy tells me something about a man and a knife. Its seems that we have a thief. Small boy wants to be a policeman and wants to shoot the thief. I presume that he wants to be a Brazilian Policeman

Does Bury produce the best black pudding? I don't know but shopper is convinced. It is so black that even the white bits are black.

A picture of Cheryl Cole on a magazine. I venture the opinion that she is not the best singer in Girls Aloud. I like the Irish girl and there is general agreement about this

Man ponders why is it that women never have card or money ready at the till. Its as if they don't think that they have to pay and only come to this conclusion when prompted. I recall watching a woman take minutes to open her purse. Everything seemed to be in slow motion like a Noh play

Couple with St Bernard. I ask about the Mike and Bernie Winters show which had the dog. When they were on the Empire at Glasgow a voice from the crowd shouted " Christ, there's two of them"