| Notes |
| 1 |
Annabel flies towards the town of Leigh (Vivienne Leigh starred
in the film ‘Gone With The Wind’) and on to Howe Bridge (Geoffrey Howe was Foreign
Secretary in 1989 when the programme was made). At the Howe Sports Centre a game of
snooker is being played. The Tyne Tees record breaker is Joe Johnson who obtained a
record 140 amateur break. He hits the cue ball on to the blue (which is resting on
Annabel’s chin) and the ball then hits the reds in a triangular shape to give the
clue. |
| 2 |
Taking ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ (the Orwell road), Annabel
travels in the narrowboat ‘Emma’ (barge along) to the Heritage Centre, called
‘The Way We Were’. In the bar are two Pit Brow Lasses (women who worked in the
mines) and one has the clue in the front of her skirt. |
| 3 |
Annabel follows the River Douglas and Cuthberts Locks to the
Heinz (‘57 Varieties’) factory at Kitt Green. She enters, finds the area where
soup is made and the tomato (love apple) kettles. Nearby is the secret recipe
booklet which contains the clue. |
| 4 |
Near a service station on the M6 between junctions 27 and
28 (blue ribbon travellers: motorways are coloured blue on Ordnance Survey maps),
near Charnock Richard, is Camelot fun park and magical kingdom. One ride is
called Sir Lancelot’s Leap (a helter skelter). Around this is a net. Annabel
climbs up the netting to find Sir Lancelot who has the clue on the outside of
his helmet. |
| 5 |
Annabel flies to Rufford Old Hall, which is connected with
William Shakespeare (Ben Jonson referred to William Shakespeare as to the ‘Swan
of Avon’: at Rufford the Bard signed his name William Shakeshafte). Beyond the
heavy screen and lantern in the Great Hall (where a young William Shakespeare
played with Sir Thomas Hesketh’s company of players in the hall), is Sir Hesketh’s
coat of arms. Three sheaves (or garbs) of corn are on the coat of arms. On the
table is a loaf of bread in the shape of a sheaf of corn. |
