One of the most terifying nights for a kid growing up in the late 50s was cabbage night. It was spoken about all over Fanny Hillers School. This was the night when all the juvenile delinquents marauded around town, putting soap writing on car doors, smashing pumpkins and even breaking windows. Soon it will be October 30, cabbage night. Many years later, I heard of a town where kids put "for sale" signs in front of all the houses on a couple of streets. Seems the father of one of the kids was a realtor and kept his signs in the garage.
Finally we have a release date for "Spare", the forthcoming book by Prince Harry. People tottering on death will now have a reason to live into the new year as the release date for the book is January 2023. Cute title, named after the old expression about the heir and the spare. However, George the son of William is now the spare.
It's a tricky thing for Harry. If the book has too much tattle tale, it could banish him from the Coronation, with all the Netfix footage it can provide. Still, you have to give the public something they don't already know. After all the book will not be inexpensive, at least in the beginning. Perhaps a story about him and William smoking pot or a cute story about Queen Elizabeth bathing him on boxing day. The night Diana got drunk and threw a plant out the window at Buckingham Palace might fit the bill. The time Prince Philip punched out a waiter in the King's Arms in Leeds has never been fully told. I can't wait to read it.
Editor's note: In the suburbs, it's called mischief night.
