The Show Must Go On

After a quick sortie to the shops I cleaned through the flat i.e. washed up, hoovered and wielded a duster here and there, washed the kitchen floor etc. Then, exhausted from such an extraordinary expenditure of energy fell into a lovely, warm, highly scented bath to relax and recuperate for an hour. I had obtained tickets for a recording of a Comedy at the TV Studios at Teddington Lock and had arranged to meet Meg at Charlton Station in time to get the 5:23 train, as we had to pick up the coach at Liverpool Street at 6:30.

As it takes me exactly 5 minutes to get to the Station I left home at 5:15 and arrived on the dot of 5:20 - Plenty of time. However, Meg was getting quite alarmed and was outside on the edge of the kerb as I turned the corner. She said she was worried as the train was due at 5:23 and it was now 5:20 – So I told her that something must have gone seriously wrong because I was THREE MINUTES EARLY!

As it was, we arrived at Liverpool Street at 5:55 and had to kill the next half hour in the Station Buffet (Coffee 28p). The play was very funny – It was the first recording of a new series of “Keep It In The Family” and it was really interesting to see all the `Sets’ laid out in a row and to see how it was all put together. The Actors look so different in the flesh too, either taller, or shorter, than they seem to appear on TV. It was a very good evening and we got back to Charlton at 11pm, with me accompanying Meg home and having a coffee with her before going round to my place at about midnight.

Grace Russ - 2nd May 1982