MOVING TRIBUTE.
Breakfast With Wogan on Monday (BBC Radio 2, 7.30 - 9.30) was a moving tribute by Terry Wogan to his programmer and friend Paul Walters, who died at the weekend.
The tunes and performers were all 'Doctor Wally' favourites.
When it was over my Leader said: 'They should make that into a tribute CD and sell it for Children In Need.'
May not be practical.
But I thought it was a nice idea.
ANOTHER ACTOR'S MEMOIRS.
Another book of memoirs would you believe?
This time by Nigel Havers.
Didn't catch the title but he'll be on a few more chat shows (it was Paul O'Grady's tonight) so no doubt everyone will know what it's called before the week is out.
He talked of people he has met and I would have let it wash over me had he not mentioned Jessie Matthews.
Ms. Matthews was one of those frightfully affected singer/dancers of the thirties who in later years featured on the radio in Mrs. Dale's Diary.
AUNT KATE'S STORY.
I had an aunt living in Portsmouth, Aunt Kate, who in looks was Jessie Matthews' double.
And the older they became the more the likeness grew.
Aunt Kate always laughingly denied any similarity until, after my uncle died, an old friend, a widower who had done well in business, called her up and asked her out to lunch.
They went in his Bentley to The Queen's Hotel, Southsea.
Before and during the war all the top stars appearing at The Kings Theatre would stay there.
The maitre d. was most attentive and Aunt Kate thought perhaps it had something to do with her friend's impressive limousine.
Then, as they were leaving, the maitre d. said: 'It has been so nice to see you here again, Miss Matthews.'
Aunt Kate smiled, inclined her head and said: 'How kind. Thank you.'
Well, she opined later, it would have been impolite to have embarrassed the man.
It would have put a damper on his day.
And anyway, she had always liked Jessie Matthews.
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