'You've got your hands full'

Thanks for the memories, Vinegar Tits

They just don't make 'em like that any more. Sigh.

John Barrowman arrives as Patrick Logan in Desperate Housewives

SUCH a long way from the Birmingham Hippodrome but I love it!

Remember this? Mike Reid: "Runaround......Now!"

AS I have brought you two grown men being a chicken and the genius of Freddie Parrot Face Davies, I thought I'd make it a trio of fellas that I remember fondly with Mike Reid on the fantastic Runaround.

I later interviewed Mike for a newspaper and did an impression of him saying 'Runaround' to his face. I'm sure you can guess how that went down...

Sentimental Songs by Freddie 'Parrot Face' Davies

THANKS to Steve for making me laugh with this yesterday. Just thought I'd share. Bye.

Memes are made of this: We sang Shang-A-Lang and we ran with the gang...

CAN you imagine Howard Orange or Keith Duffy grappling with your stopcock?

Me neither. So when I read that Alan Longmuir, one-time Bay City Roller 'got used to the life of a plumber' a long time ago, it's pretty baffling. 

When I was six, I dreamed of the day I'be 16. I imagined I would be living in a flat by then, with a boyfriend called Dave or Steve and he would be a builder.

What made you laugh in 2009?

TODD Carty's skating was a definite high point!

Christmas brought our family lots of laughs.

Especially when my mum chose to sit on the neck massager we'd bought her and announced as she swivelled around: "I'll come this way again."

Things seemed to go into slow motion and then she brought the Christmas tree down flailing her arms in the air.

Thanks Mum. That's £20 you owe me for the smashed baubles.

A message from Great Ormond Street children's hospital...

...OR, what does Melissa's dance teacher have in common with Simon Cowell?

Some may have other answers, but mine is, they are both backing Great Ormond Street children's hospital.

Our local dancing school has donated thousands of pounds over the years and now telly's biggest mugging-for-the-cameras-cum-sobbing-cum-hard-luck-stories fest* is also lending its weight to support the world famous hospital.

Help find Madeleine McCann and other missing children

MUM bloggers are being asked to help publicise this video in the hunt for Madeleine McCann.

As the appeal slips further from the top of news agendas, the hope is that some momentum can be maintained.

The video is from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.

If you are interested in learning more about other missing children in the UK, and how you can help, please also check out Missingkids.co.uk.

Twin Tuesday: Jedward are just the latest twins to rock the X Factor!

2009:

'Raising Sextuplets' reality show to air on WeTV

THE Masche Sextuplets of Arizona will star in a new reality-television show on WeTV, slated to start June 11, 2009.

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