Oor WULLIE (& The BROONS) At 90...

Copyright D.C. THOMSON & Co., Ltd

Jings, crivvens*, help ma boab, it's Oor Wullie celebrating his 90th birthday, yet he doesn't look a day over 10 or 11.  (I'll have what he's having.)  I haven't followed Wullie's book for years so I'm unsure whether this is the first one without any artwork by Dudley D. Watkins, aside from some spot illos of Wullie's head at the top of each page on either side of the rhyming couplets.

Of course, The Broons made their debut at the same time as Wullie, but it seems they'll have to wait 'til next year for their birthday celebrations, which will obviously be belated.  There is, of course, the yearly hardback volume of Wullie and The Broons, which also celebrates 90 years of fun, and you can see the covers of that book after the back cover of Wullie's solo title, below.

The Works currently has both volumes at a reduced price and no doubt that will decrease even more as Christmas nears.  I've never seen either of these titles sold at full price, aside from online at the D.C. Thomson Shop, though I believe they sometimes do special offers as well.  C'mon, Crivs - celebrate the 90th Anniversary of these two Scottish icons by buying both books now.

(* Crivens can be spelt with one or two 'v's, DCT usually use two when Wullie uses the word.)

MEADOWBROOK CARE HOME UPDATE...

The escape committee at Meadowbrook, perhaps?

Still no further ahead with matters pertaining to overturning Meadowbrook Care Home's arbitrary and spiteful decision to ban me from visiting my elderly and infirm mother, and thereby also denying my mother the opportunity of seeing me.  An utter disgrace of a place, as any Care Home who'd prevent a 104-year-old woman with Alzheimer's and cancer from seeing her son doesn't deserve to be in business.  And remember, they're only in business to make money, not to 'care' for people, which is only a by-product of their financial aspirations.  They're also not against levelling spurious and malicious allegations in their desperate attempts to protect themselves from numerous documented complaints by concerned relatives.

However, I've been talking to a reporter from The Sun, which will hopefully lead to Meadowbrook and Enhance Health Care being exposed as the disreputable shower they undoubtedly are, and I'll devote the rest of my life to letting everyone know just what kind of organisation and people they happen to be.  If you were thinking of allowing this place to 'look after' a loved one, I'd strongly advise you to look elsewhere, based on my own personal negative and soul-destroying experience.  'Welcome To Hell' should be the name above the door, followed by 'Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here'.

In the meantime, steps are being taken to try and get my mother moved to another, better Care Home, though I'm taking nothing for granted.  The new Social Worker I spoke with on Friday seems very nice and helpful (unlike the first new replacement from a few days before - I'll tell you that story one day, rest assured), so hopefully that will lead to a happy ending in this ongoing sorry saga.  I'll let you know what happens one way or the other.