Today was the second of our new ONE 2 THREE Shows and it was great to have Frances Clamp back with me after a fortnight.

In the first hour I managed to find time to slip in just one oddball story from Phoenix FM’s Dept of weird and whacky news. This was the story of a woman from Kentucky who had to be rescued by paramedics after she became super glued to a toilet seat in her local Walmart. The lady in question was “bogged down” for over an hour. Police are said to be investigating whether this was an accident or a deliberate act. It must surely defy belief that the incident could have been self inflicted but the fact that police are reportedly looking at all options suggests that this is a possibility!

As I said at the outset it was great to see Frances back with me. First off I had to beg her forgiveness as in my intros to this feature over he past couple of weeks I rather inferred that in Frances’ absence I had researched the chosen subjects myself. This was not in fact the case as I had actually relied exclusively on information supplied to me by Frances.

Anyway Frances reverted to the subject planned for two weeks ago, viz., The Spigot Mortar which had at one time been installed in Norsey Wood, close to Billericay in order to depend the town and its defenders from a possible German invasion force. Since it could accurately hit a target at no more than 100 yards distance, it would probably have been as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

Listen again to what Frances had to reveal on this subject right here: –  [audio:https://www.phoenixfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Bygones-5th-February.mp3|titles=Bygones 5th February]

Well that’s me done. Don’t forget to join Mike Jones tomorrow and Bob Simpson on Thursday and Friday. I look forward to being with you again next Monday. Meantime have a great week.

Scott