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Final Curtains is a collection of Ned Sherrin¹s Top Drawer Memorial Services from his Oldie days as the world¹s only Memorial Correspondent; You Might As Well Be Dead is a humorous look at the most ridiculous health and food scares from the past 20 years, collated by editor Richard Ingrams; I Once Met is the best of the unexpected encounters with the famous and infamous from the pages of The Oldie and The Oldie Annual 2009 is a collection of the best cartoons and most amusing features in the magazine over the last five years.
To order any of the books, call now on 01795 592 893
Top Drawer Memorial Services 1993 ­ 2007 Reviewed by Ned Sherrin for the pages of The Oldie With an introduction by Victoria Mather, Paperback £7.99
 
Ned Sherrin was a celebrated broadcaster, director, author and raconteur. He was also the world's only Memorial Service correspondent and his reviews of services appeared in The Oldie from 1993 ­ 2007. Ned's reviews are a roll-call of the famous and infamous from the worlds of politics, entertainment and society ­ people such as Sir Denis Thatcher, Ronnie Barker, Alistair Cooke, Sir John Mills, Bernard Levin and Sir Peter Ustanov.

FINAL CURTAINS has an introduction from Ned¹s friend, colleague and now literary executor, Victoria Mather. She is a journalist, broadcaster and author of the celebrated Daily Telegraph's 'Social Stereotypes' column.
A Catalogue of Frightening Facts Compiled by Richard Ingrams, Paperback £6.99
 
Richard Ingrams has spent the last 20 years collecting the more crazy health and food scares from the British press. You may not know it but wind farms can lead to epileptic fits, habitual snorers and twice as likely to be involved in traffic accidents and that from 1979 ­ 1982 there were 8,176 Œtoothpick-related¹ incidents in the USA.
 
If you want to frighten your friends with these alarming facts this Christmas then YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD is the perfect book for you. Or you may just want to buy it for an Oldie you know to reassure them that if they're still alive then they're really doing quite well.
Unexpected Encounters with the Famous and Infamous From the pages of The Oldie, edited by Richard Ingrams, Paperback £7.99
 
Nearly everyone has met someone famous by pure chance ­ but Hitler, Acid Bath Murderers and Charlie Chaplin? I Once Met' has been one of The Oldie¹s most popular columns since 1992. This collection brings together some of the best chance encounters recalled in the magazine in the past 16 years.
 
As well as having well-known contributors like Miles Kington recall a chance encounter, readers of The Oldie have also revealed their more curious meetings.