Had a look at the m&s website. Nearly checked to see whether I'd accidentally ticked a filter for show boring clothes only.
The only things I've bought from M&S in the last 10 years or so is knickers, thick wooly tights and some leggings that are a kind of stretchy cord-type fabric. Other than that it's all been dull dull dull. My granny who was the queen of M&S clothes would be spinning in her grave.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Their knickers are not as good as when they used to be made in Huthwaite near us. The ones we got as seconds from the factory shop were better than they are selling now.
When I was locuming, I was in Belper one day when a private prescription came in. It had to be ordered as a brand name, so we asked the gentleman to come back next day. The following day I was in Allestree, a few miles down the road. The staff spent nearly half an hour looking for a prescription that a man in the shop swore he had brought in the previous day. When they gave me the name to check the computer, I recognised it. I went out and said, you took it into Belper yesterday. Did I? he said. Well can't I pick it up here? errm, No. They had to order it in as a special, it will be waiting for you. You don't need many like that in a day to put you behind for the entire day.
The only things I've bought from M&S in the last 10 years or so is knickers, thick wooly tights and some leggings that are a kind of stretchy cord-type fabric. Other than that it's all been dull dull dull. My granny who was the queen of M&S clothes would be spinning in her grave.
Have they got a death wish? White or beige with sprinkles. Polyester and maybe even crimplene. Does anybody remember their granny wearing that? The models did a reasonably good job of not looking embarrassed
M&S used to be the only place I could get trousers long enough without paying a small fortune on having them made specially. These days there are quite a few places that have extra long ones, although still usually only one or two styles out of dozens in a shop. You get used to boring clothes when the ones the shops mostly sell never fit.
This is why I got a sewing machine, but smart trousers are tricky to make well
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Pulled out a dead plant . Some unidentifiable perennial, I suppose. The roots were wound in a tight coil the size of a cotton reel. It must have tried valiantly to get out of the teabag😕. It's easy enough to spot the teabag poking out of a small pot or a tray, but when they've potted them on before you buy them, they're impossible to detect.
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Have they got a death wish? White or beige with sprinkles. Polyester and maybe even crimplene. Does anybody remember their granny wearing that?
The models did a reasonably good job of not looking embarrassed
This is why I got a sewing machine, but smart trousers are tricky to make well
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”