Wwwop, may I second MPN11's warm welcome (and join the queue of those anxious to set up your drinks on the bar, all gasping to hear more).
Amazing coincidences - oooh, 'tis a small world - it is very likely that you (and indeed Gladys Fletcher) were from time to time in conversation with my late mother, during your service in Blackpool ... terminating in her request "Press Button "A", please" !