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They get a namecheck in the Uk's top ten paper back fiction chart.

In at number ten ..!

'Do You Remember The First Time?' - Jenny Colgan

Basic plot; 30 something female wishes she could rewind her life back to her Uni days and hey ho! she gets the chance and goes back to all her old haunts with her wider knowledge and experience.

Page 220 -

"'You'd better come in,' said Justin. I walked in. This was the room at the back of the house that used to be Celland's. In his day it was covered in Sisters of Mercy posters, with shelves lined with dog-eared orange Penguin originals and a black-and-white striped duvet, and small pieces of crucifixion jewellery hanging around."

It's an unusual namecheck unless you're working from memory. Ms Colgan was born in 1972 and went to Edinburgh Uni so if she gets really famous (a la JK Rowling) I suggest we blackmail her as a sectret goth.

born in 72, good grief!

I was hoping someone may have gone to Uni with her in Edinburgh and shagged her. And still had the photos so we could up the blackmail bid.

'72 is cool. Uni would make her a Floodland girl but maybe she was listening before that.

JB wrote:'72 is cool. Uni would make her a Floodland girl but maybe she was listening before that.

Don't be silly. Clearly a Top Of The Pops Patsy wannabe.

Francis wrote:Don't be silly. Clearly a Top Of The Pops Patsy wannabe.

the voice of reason returns

Francis wrote:

JB wrote:'72 is cool. Uni would make her a Floodland girl but maybe she was listening before that.

Don't be silly. Clearly a Top Of The Pops Patsy wannabe.

Those TotP Patsy wannabes cheered up my evenings many times

You can't go wrong with a Patsy wannabe.

Well, until it turns out that she's a psycho-bitch-from-hell, but that's a different story.

markfiend wrote:You can't go wrong with a Patsy wannabe.

Well, until it turns out that she's a psycho-bitch-from-hell, but that's a different story.

A second example of the same phenomenon - I recently read Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by Andrew Collins, and he mentions having a poster of the Sisters of Mercy on his bedroom wall in dorms, this time at Chelsea College of Art in the 1980s.

I guess that one's not so surprising, though...

I'm sorry about that last message. The quality of my contributions will inevitably deteriorate as I approach one thousand posts. Call this the First Law of Overbombing.

MrChris wrote:I'm sorry about that last message. The quality of my contributions will inevitably deteriorate as I approach one thousand posts. Call this the First Law of Overbombing.

Do You Remember The First Time?' - Jenny Colgan

I have read *Cough* novel, along with "waiting for Andrew McCarthy". These *Cough* novels were given away free with monthly womens magazines a few years back. Before you ask - Mrs Goth bought them!

IMHO they, these novels are "Crap" sorry JB. Kathy Lette is much much better!

AndyTheGoth wrote: sorry JB.

Christ Andy, I didn't say I'd actually read the damn thing. The Sisters reference was pointed out by a female commuter colleague who knows that I am an anorak as far as all things Sisters go.

AndyTheGoth wrote: Kathy Lette is much much better!

Oh dear ...