Jo is a Laurel & Hardy aficionado. She is also a former footballer, theatre manager, spasmodic actor and Vincent Price admirer.
Swadders: I'm sending out for more Cherry Bakewells. Supplies dangerously low.
Jo Haseltine: I have no idea how it started, but whenever I watch 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' I eat a cherry bakewell sandwich.
Swadders: In a sandwich ? A crime against almond based fondant surely.
Jo: It was in doorstep bread. A surprisingly pleasant marriage.
Swadders: Well doorstep bread is the King of Breads. Was the Bakewell sliced ?
Jo: The first attempt was precipitated by alcohol and was squashed in. Subsequent sittings have been more civilised and sliced.
Swadders: On this occasion alcohol appears to have opened the gateway to perfection. Something the midwife said to my mother.