A Quote by Gavin Esler

My alphabet book at Duddingston Primary, Edinburgh, began traditionally with 'a is for apple,' but when it came to 'g,' it was 'g is for gas globe.' This was in the late Fifties; there hadn't been gas globes for decades. The textbook must have been 30 or 40 years old!

Gavin Esler

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Gavin Esler
Scottish - Journalist
Born: February 27, 1953

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