Cleaning up at the end on Sunday was a "breeze" compared to setting up on Friday - it took less than an hour, compared to six at the start. Plus a short visit to Park Royal on Monday at 9 a.m. to retrieve the banner "to fight another day". I have intentionally written at length about the sale because I think all should know how big an undertaking it is, especially this one, our biggest ever, and should feel good about what we do, which is giving our time and considerable physical effort to produce results which help our Library, which itself is such a valuable resource in our community. Be assured, we enjoy doing it and hope that more members will join us next time and be part of the fun and the satisfaction. It seems likely that the next book sale will also be held at the Ice Arena, so be prepared to "get your skates on"! And now for something a bit more relaxing: OPEN ON SUNDAY It was approaching closing time one Saturday evening inside the great Exeter cathedral church of St. Peter and [a lady who] was packing up after brass-rubbing was approached by two American tourists. They expressed deep concern at having to leave the cathedral because, as they explained, they were on a tight schedule which did not allow time for them to return again on Monday, and they had not been able to go all round. "Could you not come back and hear the singing and the organ at the morning service tomorrow", suggested the lady. 'Say', replied one of the ardent tourists, a smile of satisfaction spreading across her face, 'you don't mean to say this place is open on Sundays?'. COUNTRYMAN MAGAZINE, Winter 1974/75 MORE "EURO-ABSURDITIES" Everything to do with milk seems to be particularly in the Brussels firing line these days, from the threat of the daily delivery of bottled milk to our doorsteps so that we can all have the privilege of buying it in cartons as they do in Europe, to the end of cheesemaking in Wensleydale. Another brilliant stroke is the proposal to impose a no-smoking rule on small fishing boats. A poignant letter from Yorkshire neatly combines the themes of cheese and fish by reporting the double whammy lately suffered by the people of Tadcaster. They have lost both the supplier of top-quality cheeses in their local market and the chap who brought around fish caught on the Yorkshire coast that morning. Both were told that, under EC regulations, they could not stay in business unless they bought refrigerated vans, which neither can afford. CHRISTOPHER BOOKER, Sunday Telegraph A LADY'S NOT FOR SPURNING Victoria Glendinning on the desire for revenge (extracts from an article in the Sunday Telegraph) Until recently the avenging woman has been a rare bird. Englishwomen are reared in the culture of suffering. Boys will be boys. Men are not like us. So keep a stiff upper lip, grin and bear it, put on a brave face, be patient and understanding, get a new hair-do, lose a few pounds, leave him alone and then, like little Bo-Peep's sheep, he'll come home, wagging his tail behind him. Except he won't. Unless he's a sheep.