A Tailpiece To An Obituary
Yesterday, The Times finished their obituary of Baroness Trumpington, with this sentence.
On another occasion she was invited by a magazine editor to a lunch where Nicholas Soames praised Viginia Bottomley as “one of the chaps”. The editor found this offensive and said that a woman cannot be a chap. Trumpington took the cigarette out of her mouth, put down her gin and simply said “Balls”
As her son said in announcing her death on Twitter – “She had a bloody good innings!”
The Anonymous Widower 
She was a real character and lived life to the full.
Comment by mauricegreed | November 30, 2018 |