Cranbourne

The smorgasbord was about the size of a tennis court and by the time several hundred queueing 'diners' bussed in from Cranbourne or Altona Meadows or Boronia or even Fitzroy North had pawed over it, it looked more like Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles.

What I cooked last night. 2007

We took the new turn-off that originally just said ‘Cranbourne’ until about six months later when the two vital words ‘Mornington’ and ‘Peninsula’ were added because thousands of Peninsula-bound motorists were ending up in Berwick or Warragul or a cow paddock near Korumburra and wondering where the HELL someone had moved the Mornington Peninsula to.

Archive 2006-09-01 2006

We took the new turn-off that originally just said ‘Cranbourne’ until about six months later when the two vital words ‘Mornington’ and ‘Peninsula’ were added because thousands of Peninsula-bound motorists were ending up in Berwick or Warragul or a cow paddock near Korumburra and wondering where the HELL someone had moved the Mornington Peninsula to.

What I cooked last night. 2006

Cranbourne thanked them and spent the rest of the day passing in and out of every well known grill room in London.

Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee

Cranbourne let the window down with a bang, stuck out his head and shouted,

Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee

"She had finished with Cranbourne before I knew her," Tranter replied.

The Crooked House Brandon Fleming

Rather piteously Cranbourne appealed to his chief.

Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee

Mr. Torrington continued playing his patience game until Cranbourne was announced.

Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee

Cassis rapped out the question like a pistol shot, but before there was time to answer Cranbourne burst into the room, his face aglow with excitement.

Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee

And then it was that Cranbourne who, curled up in the window seat with his chin resting on his knees, had taken no part in the debate, made his first observation.

Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee