Choral Singing (I sing in two choirs), cinema/theatre, bingo, crosswords, cross stitch, cooking when I have time.
Martin Shaw, Charles Dance, Placido Domingo, Dawn French, Dame Judy Dench
Opera,country & western music - especially Don Williams, 60s pop music, Celine Dion, Abba, Easy Listening type music, the big band sound from the 1940s, Glen Miller, The Ratpack
Old black and white films, especially Brief Encounter, Musicals, Love Actually, Sleepless in Seattle, Anna & The King, Where Eagles Dare, The Dambusters, Bridget Jones Diary and its sequel, films of the Classics e.g. Jane Eyre, Sense & Sensibility, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations,etc
Judge John Deed, Morse, Sherlock Holmes, some soaps - Emmerdale, Coronation Street -, Vicar of Dibley, Keeping Up Appearances, Documentaries, Deal or No Deal, Countdown, Pride & Prejudice, Jane Eyre.
Cookery books, dictionaries, romantic novels including the Classics.
My dear Mum, God bless her (I wish she was still around) My niece Sue; My very best friend Gordon; Martin Shaw