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On the BBC Radio 4 show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, one of the rounds includes suggestions for postcard messages likely to have been sent by famous historical figures from a certain holiday destination. Here are some of the teams' suggestions, along with some of my suggestions. If you have any ideas you would like included, please e-mail me here, and I will add the best ones (with full credit to you of course)
Bury St Edmunds - 27 Nov 1993
Hale Portia, | from Julius Caesar to his wife Portia, postmarked Londinium |
Bury St Edmunds - 27 Nov 1993
Dear James, | Captain Cook from Sydney Bay |
Bury St Edmunds - 27 Nov 1993
Weather's not up to much. Catering poor. Oates is popping out to post this now. | from Captain Scott at the Antarctic |
Bury St Edmunds - 27 Nov 1993
Having a great time at Trafalgar, apart from the pigeons. Captain Hardy is showing me great loyalty & affection, though I still have to remind him 'No Tongues'. Can't wait to be back with you - hope the eye & the arm are enough to be going on with. | from Nelson |
Bury St Edmunds - 27 Nov 1993
Dear Dorothy, | from Wordsworth |
Bury St Edmunds - 27 Nov 1993
Weather here. | from Adam |
Best of ISIHAC 1/3 (d?) - 06 Apr 1998
Dear Dorothy, | from Wordsworth |
Best of ISIHAC 1/3 (d?) - 06 Apr 1998
Having a great time at Trafalgar, apart from the pigeons. Captain Hardy is showing me great loyalty & affection, though I still have to remind him 'No Tongues'. Can't wait to be back with you - hope the eye & the arm are enough to be going on with. | from Nelson |
Best of ISIHAC 1/3 (d?) - 06 Apr 1998
Weather's not up to much. Catering poor. Oates is popping out to post this now. | from Captain Scott at the Antarctic |
ISIHAC 2, Side 2
Dear Dorothy, | from Wordsworth |
ISIHAC 2, Side 2
Having a great time at Trafalgar. Captain Hardy is showing me great loyalty & affection, though I still have to remind him 'No Tongues'. Can't wait to be back with you - hope the eye & the arm are enough to be going on with. | from Nelson |
ISIHAC 2, Side 2
Weather's not up to much. Catering poor. Oates is popping out to post this now. | from Captain Scott at the Antarctic |
ISIHAC 2, Side 2
Hale Portia, | from Julius Caesar to his wife Portia, postmarked Londinium |
ISIHAC 2, Side 2
Dear James, | Captain Cook from Sydney Bay |
ISIHAC 2, Side 2
Working flat out! Pope now wants something more like the opening titles on The South Bank Show. | from Michaelangelo from the Cistene Chapel |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
Weather good. | from Neville Chamberlain in Munich, |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
Off to see the new Messiah who's just been born. Bit of a bummer with it all happening on Christmas Day! | from the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
Vesuvius erupted last night. | from Pompeii |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
Having a blinding time. | from Paul (or Saul) in Damascus to his friends in Corinth |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
The publisher loves 'Pride & Prejudice', but says all the effing & blinding has to go. | from Jane Austen |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
Dear Matron, | from Florence Nightingale in the Crimea |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
Dear all, | from Dr. Livingstone in the Congo |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
Regarding my next commission - have you heard anything? | from Beethoven to his agent |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
Dear 'Caes', | from Mrs. Julius Caesar in Disneyland |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
Weather exceedingly good. | from Kipling in India |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
This is the last time I charter a jumbo from Virgin! | from Hannibal in the Alps |
Plymouth - 14 Jun 1999
Hi - I'm on the train! Talk to you later. | from George Stephenson on the Rocket, on it's inaugural journey from Stockton to Darlington |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
Weather good. | from Neville Chamberlain in Munich, |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
Off to see the new Messiah who's just been born. Bit of a bummer with it all happening on Christmas Day! | from the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
Vesuvius erupted last night. | from Pompeii |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
Having a blinding time. | from Paul (or Saul) in Damascus to his friends in Corinth |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
The publisher loves 'Pride & Prejudice', but says all the effing & blinding has to go. | from Jane Austen |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
Dear Matron, | from Florence Nightingale in the Crimea |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
Dear all, | from Dr. Livingstone in the Congo |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
Regarding my next commission - have you heard anything? | from Beethoven to his agent |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
Dear 'Caes', | from Mrs. Julius Caesar in Disneyland |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
Weather exceedingly good. | from Kipling in India |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
This is the last time I charter a jumbo from Virgin! | from Hannibal in the Alps |
ISIHAC 6, Side 1
Hi - I'm on the train! Talk to you later. | from George Stephenson on the Rocket, on it's inaugural journey from Stockton to Darlington |
London (??) - 02 Jul 1994
Have introduced cricket to the aborigines. Close of play score on the first day: England - All out 48, Aborigines - 473 for 2. | from Captain Cook from Botany Bay |
London (??) - 02 Jul 1994
Glen the Miller's gone missing! | from Geoffrey Chaucer from Canterbury |
London (??) - 02 Jul 1994
Having a time of a whale! | from Jonah from the Old Testament |
London (??) - 02 Jul 1994
Typical! Miles & miles of clear water and we hit a mountain! I'm sending this gofer wood back to MFI. | from Noah from Mount Ararat |
London (??) - 02 Jul 1994
This is the last time I holiday with sherpa Tensing. He thinks I'm married to Bill Clinton, & keeps shouting Hillary, Hillary. Have you ever been goosed by a sherpa at 28000 feet? | from Sir Edmund Hilary |
London (??) - 02 Jul 1994
Phew! What a scorcher! | from Joan of Arc from Rouen |
London (??) - 02 Jul 1994
Working flat out! Pope now wants something more like the opening titles on The South Bank Show. | from Michaelangelo from the Cistene Chapel |
London (??) - 02 Jul 1994
Once more unto the beach, dear friends. | from Henry V |
Hastings lovely. Looking forward to the big day. Not sure if we should have booked the Red Arrows. | from King Harold from Hastings |
Hastings - 17 Jun 2002
The people here are very free and easy. We've been enjoying the night life and no mistake. Sadly they start demolition tomorrow, so we'll have to leave. Still, as the wife says, it'll be something to look back on. | from Lot from Sodom & Gomorrah |
Hastings - 17 Jun 2002
Still can't crack the poem about the Host of Mouldy Espadrills. Got a writers block trying to think of the right word for two weeks...then I thought 'fortnight', that's it. | from William Wordsworth, Holiday Inn, Windermere |
Hastings - 17 Jun 2002
Having a wonderful time I think, therefore I am. | from René Descartes from Antwerp |
Hastings - 17 Jun 2002
Reached top safely. Hilary says I'm to be given the greatest honour. They're going to name a van after me. | from Sherpa Tensing |
Hastings - 17 Jun 2002
Stanley arrived yesterday. Seemed a bit presumptious. | from Dr. Livingstone in Africa to his wife |
Hastings - 17 Jun 2002
Big fight with Goliath scheduled for tomorrow. You've probably heard about the ruckus at the weigh-in. I've pretty well mastered this stone-slinging business, but just in case, I've positioned Shadrack, Meshack & Abednigo on the grassy knoll | from David from the Holy Land |
Hastings - 17 Jun 2002
Disregard story in tabloids. It was Granny Smith who hit me on the head. Nevertheless, you'll appreciate the gravity of the situation. | from Isaac Newton, The Gazebo, Friday |
Hastings - 17 Jun 2002
Dear Dot. Must dash. | from Samuel Morse |
Hastings - 17 Jun 2002
Hello Mick. Hello. Hello Mick. Hello. What? Hello. I don't think I've got the hang of this. | from Keith Richards to Mick Jagger |
Hastings - 17 Jun 2002
Having a lovely time. Wish you could hear. | from Mrs. Beethoven from Baden Baden |
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