Docu evening

The evening's been spent in front of the box watching a Channel 4 evening line-up of documentaries. First off was "Operation Muslim Vote", following the campaigning of MPACK (The Muslim Public Affairs Committee) at the general election just gone. Whether you agree with their campaign or not, that fact that anyone makde an effort to get the electoral out to vote has got to be a good thing.

Second this evening was "The Explosive 80s: the Storm and the Crash"; looking at the great storm of '87 and the stock market crash that followed. An unforgettable few days for a lot of people. I was only about 9 years old at the time, but I do remember a lot of it going on, particularly that the actor who played Renee in Allo Allo had been injured when a tree hit his car, and that the Topiary of the local Levens Park had been damaged by the high winds. I recall less about the stocks and shares, but I suppose that's not all that interesting when you're nine.