A Distraction at the Bus Stop

Fandom: Dear Ladies
Rating: U/G
Warnings: Mild innuendo and rather a lot of puns
Disclaimer: Hinge and Bracket were created by Patrick Fyffe and George Logan. Dear Ladies was written by Fyffe and Logan, and Gyles Brandreth, and produced by the BBC. My story also contains characters and references from the BBC radio series The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket by Gerald Frow.

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“Christmas!” declared Evadne, coming out of the kitchen and into the living room.

“Hallowe’en, surely,” said Hilda from her armchair, automatically glancing at the calendar.

“No,” said Evadne, with a hint of exasperation. “I mean perhaps we should start planning for Christmas. It popped into my head as I was making my preparations for tonight.”

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Fandom: Dear Ladies
Rating: U/G
Warnings: Mild innuendo and rather a lot of puns
Disclaimer: Hinge and Bracket were created by Patrick Fyffe and George Logan. Dear Ladies was written by Fyffe and Logan, and Gyles Brandreth, and produced by the BBC.

There are quotations in the story from Oh, Look at Me! (lyrics by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade, music by Julian Slade) and Regular Royal Queen (lyrics by W.S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan).

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Hilda, Evadne and the vicar had gathered together in the church hall in order to discuss the Stackton Carnival. Joan Shanks couldn’t be present because she was having her plaster cast redone.

(“Apparently they’ve had yet another look at her X-rays and the arm needs to be reset again,” the vicar had explained.

“It’s shameful really,” said Evadne. “This farce has been going on for months.”

“That’s probably why they needed to change the cast,” said Hilda.)

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