Talk of the Town: Peter Pan fairytale goes up in smoke

A LITTLE girl got a shock when she went to see Peter Pan – the little boy who supposedly never grew up – at the Capital's Lyceum Theatre during the festive period.

The three-year-old's mum took her outside during the interval while she had a cigarette.

To avoid the wintry wind, they stepped round the side of the building into Cornwall Street, where the girl spotted Peter Pan, Wendy and Captain Hook – in full costume, hats and all – having their own fag break.

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After witnessing that, the girl may have had difficulty believing Hook and Peter Pan were arch enemies in the second half of the performance.

Health board Poles apart in bid to stub out the habit

ON A similar subject, despite recent success in attracting smokers to its cessation services, there is one group that continues to elude NHS Lothian.

Last year, only one Polish person signed up for help and successfully kicked the habit, with three others trying and failing.

As a result, the health board has created a new leaflet in Polish after consultation with a native public health expert.

Full-time for sports rhyme

TRADITIONAL sport has taken a massive hit in this icy blast, but things have been worse. Much worse.

Take Saturday, 19 January, 1963, when only one senior Scottish league fixture beat the freeze.

When it came to filling Edinburgh's Pink News sports paper, necessity dictated the front page featured, er, poetry: "In view of forecasts and reports, Let's concentrate on winter sports. So long as it continues snowing, necessity dictates the going. Bonspiels and snowfights, sledging and skiing, Are pastimes we've a chance of seeing,

While other sports we might have chosen, Like pools have frequently been frozen. Tobogganing and slalom joys are for the fitter girls and boys, For us too old to play them properly there still are Ludo and Monopoly. Beside the fire I thrust my muzzle into a book or crossword puzzle, Or some such sheltered occupation within an ace of hibernation."

Quaking in their boots

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SCOTTISH rugby's new partnership which sees stars such as Chris Paterson appearing on porridge packets has prompted calls that the company would be a natural successor to Murray as jersey sponsor.

However, displaying Quakers on the front of the strip might not send out the right message about our team.

On a similar theme, we can neither confirm nor deny a suggestion that an Edinburgh football team once turned down sponsorship from a dog food firm on the grounds it would be a misnomer to have Winalot on the strip!

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