OT: Stephanie Flanders

Just zis Guy said:

As suspected, Stephanie Flanders (the famously bareheaded cycling
financial journalist) is the daughter of Michael Flanders. She did a
somewhat twee piece on the demise of the Routemaster, with reference
to her dad's song "A Transport Of Delight". Naturally I sang along...

You mean the Economics Correspondent of Newsnight whose name is an
anagram of Trades Halfpennies?

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Tony

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"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

As suspected, Stephanie Flanders (the famously bareheaded cycling
financial journalist) is the daughter of Michael Flanders. She did a
somewhat twee piece on the demise of the Routemaster, with reference
to her dad's song "A Transport Of Delight". Naturally I sang along...

Shirley Flanders & Swan sang about the wonderful old RT that preceded the
Routemaster?

T

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:14:48 -0000, "Tony W"
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Quoted message said:

Shirley Flanders & Swan sang about the wonderful old RT that preceded the
Routemaster?

A point which Ms. Flanders did indeed make.

Guy
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Tony W said:

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Quoted message said:

As suspected, Stephanie Flanders (the famously bareheaded cycling
financial journalist) is the daughter of Michael Flanders. She did a
somewhat twee piece on the demise of the Routemaster, with reference
to her dad's song "A Transport Of Delight". Naturally I sang along...

Shirley Flanders & Swan sang about the wonderful old RT that preceded the
Routemaster?

T
From the Toronto Star, Dec. 10, 2005, Bill Taylor, Feature Writer

" Nope. The song "Transport of Delight" celebrated the AEC Renown LT,
out of service by 1950."
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada