Tripped up

THE death of singer David Cassidy reminds Scottish PR guru Fiona Duff of accompanying David to a recording of Jonathan Ross's show The Last Resort in the late eighties which was also the last TV appearance by legendary TV cook Fanny Craddock. Recalls Fiona: "An old lady with a walking stick hobbled by the dressing room and David said, 'Who the heck is that?' 'She's a famous cook called Fanny,' I replied. A little later David tripped over her cane and apologised with a jubilant cry of, 'I hear you're a famous cook called Fanny!' She replied, 'In my day people had manners'."

Singing his praises

GOOD to see Denis Law being awarded the Freedom of Aberdeen at the weekend. Denis is always a good-spirited chap. When he opened the SFA's Hall of Fame at Hampden years ago he remarked that it was odd that there were no goalkeepers amongst the initial 20 honoured, citing such illustrious keepers as Bill Brown and Jimmy Cowan. "What about Frank Haffey?" a journalist asked, in reference to the net-minder who famously let in nine against England. Denis pondered this for a moment before replying: "Great singer."

A mug's game

OUR story about the primary teacher yearning for the Christmas break reminds reader David Miller: "I saw a drinking mug at a Christmas Market last week. The inscription was, 'Three good reasons for becoming a teacher: June, July and August'."

Pitch invasion

AMATEUR football continued. Our mention of St Modan's High School FP team reminds a reader of when they played on the old REME park in Stirling's challenging Raploch housing scheme. "It was a decent surface," he says, "but the locals had worn a path across it on their way into town. Once a young lady pushing a pram and dragging a recalcitrant toddler by the hand strode onto the pitch with a game in full flow. We were more worried about the safety of her offspring than any delay to the game, but she decided to ignore our warnings, telling the manager to **** off. Class."

She needs help

WE receive an email from a Clarkston reader who simply says: "Starting to think that having kids just to get some help around the house was a bad idea."

Drink to that

ANYONE daft enough to go looking for bargains in the shops on the so-called Black Friday last week? As singer Grace Petrie remarked: "Went mental in TK Maxx - but at least we are now prepared for the next time eight people want to come over and drink Sherry from crystal glasses."

A star

WE mentioned nativity plays and a reader tells us: "My grandson came home and said he was chosen to play Joe Fizz. We're assuming he means Mary's husband."

Takes the cherry

SOMETIMES it's nice just to pass on a sweet story. Edinburgh student Kaitlyn Hair went on social media to announce: "Helped a Syrian refugee navigate the buses in Glasgow and he just dived into a random bakery and bought me a cake with a cherry on top (I tried to refuse). Never a dull moment in Glasgow."

Weighty issues

A GLASGOW reader swears he heard a woman tell her pal in a West End coffee shop: "My goal was to lose a stone by Christmas. Just two stone to go!"