Monday, 4 May 2026

Serendipity and Elastic Shortage

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4 May 2020

Turned everything off and went downstairs to do the dishes, leaving my mobile on the bedside table. 
Fester appears in the kitchen holding it before him like some explosive device saying 
"I don't know, it had Peter Ceylon on it before I pressed something and it went off."   
There's only one Peter Ceylon on my mobile address book so I phoned him.  He was one of the inhabitants of 16E Richardson Rd but he's so shy he never phones anyone.  But we did have a lovely long chat.

4 May 2020 at 22.23
Squireen, and other Heatonites, do you know if Sainsbury's sell elastic, and if so whereabouts would I find it?
The Squireen  If they do it will be at the end of an aisle..
Bentonbag  I thought so but there's a lot of aisles.  I know whereabouts to find them in Tesco Norham Rd but don't fancy the drive.
The Squireen  Have a change of shop easy to get to now there are traffic lights on the coast road junction.
Bentonbag  It's not me - it's Thunderthighs. I used to go to Tesco with Ferretfingers after Flower Arranging but the broken ankle and present unpleasantness has put an end to that.
The Squireen  Why elastic anyway?
Bentonbag Doll's knickers
The Squireen  Ah. I may have some bits.  I will look tomorrow text me to remind me
Pink Shipskitchen  There's normally a little sewing bit/stand by the pharmacy
Mrs Jeremy  If I had had any in my sewing box, you would have been more than welcome to it but sadly, I don't have any elastic so can't help, unfortunately.
Mrs Quilt  It will be in the stands at the ends of the aisles near to the check outs. It is in little blister packs in a pretty minimal haberdashery. They only have narrow knicker elastic width.
The next day 
Kentishlady  If you need wide elastic, I have some you are welcome to. It's black though.
Bentonbag  Not at the moment thanks. The Squireen has just dropped off some dolly sized bits.
Later still …
Bentonbag  Been to Sainsbury's, found the haberdashery notions unit, elastic peg completely empty.

It wasn’t just bread-flour and loo rolls that shops ran out of during Lockdown mask making. 




 

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