So there you have it! Truro in all its glory! That’s what The Daily Telegraph said, this week! Looks wonderful doesn’t it?…
Except…oh no! That’s not Truro! 😱
Yesterday, I went to Kent’s Cavern with Nich and William and we always take the scenic route home…and it’s not via Truro! It’s is obviously via… Torquay! I mean, I ask you!
And I said to Nich…’Truro is looking wonderful today!’
Across the harbour is a row of shops and it was in one of these where I worked, when I was in the sixth form, for two summer seasons. T’was a little gift shop that no longer exists! Proper studenty it was too…posters, jewellery….joss sticks…etc! I loved that job! When I left, the owner gave me this huge ‘Easy Rider’ poster! I digress...but what I do know is…
I certainly didn’t catch the bus to Truro every day, that’s for sure! I hopped on one of these, below, the Newton Abbot to Brixham, good old, famous, number 12 bus…(and it’s still number 12 to this day!)…alighting at Torquay!
But that’s really not all…do you find that journalists make so many mistakes? They don’t do their research, properly, and their use of the English language can be dire!
And so here’s just another example of what the Daily Telegraph published this week!
And here we have Godalming and Ash! It must be because The Daily Telegraph says so, right?
Except that…noooo…it’s wrong!
Now, I’ve lived in Surrey and I know for a fact that this photo is of the Weyside Riverside pub in Guildford!
So why can’t people do their research, properly? Don’t they ever double check? It makes me wonder what else this paper is getting wrong! And I believe that it’s an insult to people who read the paper..and subscribe to it.
So, at the moment, I’d give this paper a 5 out of 10! And not forgetting a very strong message to, ‘See me’, as well as a, ‘Not good enough, must clearly do better!’
And…so, just to finish off! LOL!
- Mrs. Richards: And another thing. I asked for a room with a view.
- Basil Fawlty: [to Manuel then back to Mrs. Richard] Deaf, mad AND blind. Uh, this is the view as far as I can remember, madam. Yes. Yes, this is it.
- Mrs. Richards: When I pay for a view, I expect something more interesting than that.
- Basil Fawlty: [going to window, indicating] Well, that is Torquay, ma'am.
- Mrs. Richards: Well, it's not good enough.
- Basil Fawlty: Well, may I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeasts swinging majestically…...TRURO?
- Mrs. Richards: Don't be silly. I expect to be able to see the sea.
- Basil Fawlty: You CAN see the sea. It's over there, between the land and the sky.
- Mrs. Richards: I'd need a telescope to see that!
- Basil Fawlty: Well, may I suggest that you move to a hotel closer to the sea...
- Basil Fawlty: …or preferably in it?
And with that..have a very happy Thursday! And don’t get your Truros and your Torquays muddled when you are booking your hols!
I’d check I was paying my council tax to the right local authority too. Mind you, you can understand the confusion as ‘Beyond Paradise’s’ Shipton Abbot, said to be in Devon, is actually Looe in Cornwall. So you can understand how confusion reigns if you listen to what’s been said or read what’s been written and don’t think for yourself. Next they’ll be writing that you put the jam on first. Mazed.
ReplyDeleteIt is incredible how many basic mistakes are made every day in the transmission of information. It seems that people are not rigorous enough in their research. I am irritated by poor literacy, Barry is incensed by innumeracy - we're a grumpy old couple! 😧
ReplyDeleteHa ha, Fawlty Towers still makes me laugh all these years later. I find life in general is slap dash these days, no attention to detail, nobody seems to care whether they do a good job or not. It's frustrating.
ReplyDeleteDo you remember the 400 Club. I also remember catching the no 12 bus with a friend on on endless trips as we “fancied” the bus conductor . Helen.
ReplyDeleteHa ha…yes! I do! I spent many evenings there! Did you live in Newton ?
DeleteI lived in Ditsum, went to the Technical College and lived in digs in Torquay. Years later after nurse training in Bristol I worked at Newton Abbot Hospital and lived there before moving over to Torbay Helen
DeleteI had both of my children in the old Newton Abbot hospital! Lovely, it was! 😄
DeleteHa, thanks for the Fawlty Towers giggle. Talking of misinformation, I read a website the other day that said the England men's football team had won the World Cup in 1966, 2018 and 2022!
ReplyDeleteGuildford came to mind straight away!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the Fawlty Towers sketch too. Just brilliant unlike the articles in the paper.
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