Sharing a holiday with an ex firefighter who did service in Liverpool was always going to elicit the odd story, and this one was odd indeed. I’ll retell it as best I can, his own telling of the story was better than mine. Called to an apartment fire they rescued the elderly female resident and thought they had everyone accounted for until she said “ Where’s Albert? What about Albert? ” ” Who’s Albert” they asked her, worrying that this poor chap had been left in the burning building, “Is he your husband?” “ No,he’s been dead for 20 years, … Continue reading The parrot that flew like and eagle, but just once