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offal
Ogden, Hilda
Old Bushmills Distillery
old money
Oldfield, Mike
Oliver Twist (Dickens) –
optimism, unswerving
Ordnance Survey
Origin of Species, The (Darwin)
Orwell, George
Osbournes, The (TV show)
Ovaltine
Oxbridge
Paddington bear
pagans
Page 104
Paisley, Ian
Pakistan
panic buying
pantomime
Paphitis, Theo
parking
Parr, Martin
Parry, Hubert
Parsons, Tony
passports
pasties
Patrick, St
patriotism
Paxman, Jeremy
pea soupers
pebbly beaches
Pennine Way
Pepsi
perfume
Perry, Fred
Pertwee, John
Philip, Prince
pie, mash and liquor
piers
pies
pigeons
pikelets
Pimms
plumbers
polar expeditions
police
Polish, the
Pontin’s
poor service
poor, the –
poppies
pork scratchings
porn
postal service
Pot Noodle
Premium Bonds
Presley, Elvis
Primark
Proms
property
pub crawls
pub triples
public school
pubs
puddings
Punch and Judy
punk
Quant, Mary
Queen’s English
queuing
quinine
quiz, ‘Citizenship’
Quote Unquote (radio show)
racism
Radio
Radio –
Radiohead
railways
rain
Raleigh, Walter
rambling
rappers
ravens
Readers’ Wives
Red Arrows
Reed, Oliver
Reith, Lord John
religion see also vicars
Remembrance Sunday
restaurants
rhubarb
Rich Tea biscuits
Richard, Cliff
roadside dining
roast beef
Robin Hood
robins
Robinson, Anne
rock
Rogers, Richard
rolling hills
Rolling Stones
Rolls Royce
Romans
Roundheads
rounds
Royal Albert Hall
Royal British Legion
Royal Horticultural
Society (RHS)
Royal Mail
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
Royaume Uni
rude vegetables
rugby
Russians, the
Saatchi, Charles
Saatchi Gallery
St Albans
St Andrew
St David
St George
St George’s Flag
St Patrick
St Paul’s Cathedral
sauce
Savage, Robbie
saying hello
Sayle, Alexei
Scarborough
Scary Spice
schadenfreude
science fiction
scones
Scotch
Scotland
Scots –
Scott, Robert Falcon
Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert
seaside
Secret Seven
Selector
servants
sex
sex appeal
Sex Pistols
Shackleton, Sir Ernest
Shakespeare, William
‘sheep shaggers’
Shergar
Sheriff of Nottingham
shipping forecast
shock jocks
shops
Simpsons, The (TV show)
Sims, Joan
ska
skateboarders
skin
Smash
Smeaton, John
Snow, Jon
soaps –
socks with sandals
Solstice
sounds of Britain
Southend
sovereign rings
Spain
Spanish Armada
Spanish, the
sparrows
Specials, The
Spirit of Ecstasy
Spitfires
sport –see also football; rugby; tennis
spotters
Springwatch –
stag nights
Starbucks
Starr, Ringo
Steeleye Span
Stephenson, Robert
Louis
stiff upper lip
Stonehenge
Stratford-Upon-Avon
strippers
suet
suicide
suicide bombers
Sun (newspaper)
Sundays
sunloungers
supper
Swansea
sweets
Swindon Town FC
Swinging Sixties
tabloids
takeaway food
Taupin, Bernie
tax
taxis
Taylor, Elizabeth
tea
see also afternoon tea
tea (as a meal)
Tebbit, Norman
teenagers
teeth
telephone boxes
Tennent’s Super
tennis
terrorism
Tesco
texting
Thatcher, Margaret
That’s Life
theatre
theodolites
Thomas, Dylan
Thomas the Tank Engine
Times Crossword
Tit Tuesday
Tizer
Today (radio show)
Torremolinos
Tottenham Hotspurs
Tower of London –
town criers
Trafalgar, battle of
Tramp (perfume)
tramps
transport see also cars; Tube
trench coats
Treorchy
truculence
Tube –
tuberculosis
Tunnock’s
TV
Tweedy
Tweedy, Cheryl
Twiggy
Twiglets
Two Ronnies, The (TV show)
Tyneside
Uist
Ulster
Umbrellas
under-classes –see also chav
understatement
underwear
unemployment
Union Flag
United Nations (UN)
United States
culture
unswerving optimism
upper-classes see also aristocracy
urine
V-sign
Vanity Fair magazine
VAT
vegetables
rude
Vesta
vests
vicars
Victoria, Queen
Vikings
villages
vinegar
Von Cramm, Baron Gottfried
Wade, Virginia
Wainwright, Alfred
Waitrose
Wales
Walliams, David
wankers
war games
War Office
Waring, Eddie
warm beer
weather
Web Ellis, William
Webber, Andrew Lloyd
weddings
Welsh
Wembley
Wenger, Arsene
Went the Day Well (1942)
West Ham United
West Indies
Weston-Super-Mare
Westwood, Vivienne
Whale, James
whisky
White Cliffs of Dover
Whiteread, Rachel
Who’s Who
Wigan Athletic FC
Wilde, Oscar
wildlife –
Williams, Kenneth
Williams, Robbie
Wimbledon
Wimpy
Windsor, Barbara
Winehouse, Amy
winos
Winton, Dale
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
Worcester, battle of
working men’s clubs
working-classes see also chav
World Cup
world heritage sites
World War I
World War II
Wurzels, The
X factor
X-ray
xenophobia
y-fronts
yard of ale
YBAs (Young British Artists)
yellow lines
yobs
Z-list
zero tolerance
zoophilia
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