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Hi, Rusty!
I don't think I have heard of a ball being "lofted" in the air?
It is a new expression for me.
Yes, Peckham is in London....I am unsure, though, which borough?
Maybe Southwark?
It is not an area with which I am familiar.
Well, I had expected to finish my book...but fell asleep!
The sound of fireworks woke me....not another night of them surely.....
Grrrh!
"The Case of the Poisoned Partridge" is your new book by by Diane Janes, I think?
I hope it is good!
Well, if I am going to be kept awake anyway, I might as well have a coffee.....
I shall at least enjoy it!

Hello, Elle!
I think in sport "loft" is often used for a ball being lofted over an opponent, for instance.
Golf clubs are made with different degrees of loft for striking the ball in different situations.
Look at 3.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/loft

Well, wherever Peckham is, that's where the man lived who used that phrase.
I have never heard it anywhere else other than that sit-com.
So, should it be in a puzzle?
No fireworks here!
My book is excellent.
Diane Janes is very good indeed.
The research she has done is quite remarkable.

Hi, Rusty!
Ah yes, I see....thank you for the Collins reference. about "loft".
Another word context I have learned!
Now, re "lovely jubbly".....maybe, then, the crossword setter lives in Peckham?
Or maybe he /she simply watches "Only Fools and Horses"?!
The dog has just been persuaded into the garden during a firework "lull".....
I am considering starting a new "rage".....
We have "road rage".....so why not "firework rage".......

Good morning, Elle!
Seems dry but windy out.
Seems to be something wrong with the numbering on this thread.
It showed the previous post as being from you at 22.44, when the post was from me at 22.59.
Puzzling!

Good morning, Rusty!
A drizzly day here.....so a somewhat damp early walk, resulting in a very muddy dog.
She had fun, though.
"Lovely jubbly" obviously passed me by!
The numbering on this thread seems to be okay now?
It must have been a temporary glitch...or maybe Norah noticed it and somehow corrected it.
Leastways, it shows the last post as being from you at 7.37 am today....
We shall now see if mine registers!

Hello, Elle!
Your latest post is 30589 of 30585.
How's that, I wonder?
There are odd goings on, on this thread!
Now, do you remember that I mentioned the choirmistress and dancer on Alba's Hogmanay show, who I liked?
Her name is Joy Dunlop, and I have discovered that she has made a record of her songs, and she is also a weather presenter on BBC, in Gaelic and English, and she is 6ft tall!
There is a car alarm sounding off a few doors down.
A blooming nuisance!

Hi, Rusty!
I'm not sure what is going on with the numbering?
On the main Forum page, it says under the PCT title that there are 30589 replies......
Yet when the thread is opened, your last post is listed as 30586 of 30586...that seems okay?
But my posts come up as the latest one at the top....
I think you have a different setting?
Anyway, so long as we keep an eye out to check who has said what and when, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
And hopefully it may right itself soon.
Yes, I remember your mentioning Joy Dunlop...a very tall lady!
Mind you, both my daughters are 5ft 10ins!
(I am the vertically challenged member of the family!)
Now, an update from Sainsbury's!
Because one of their delivery "substitutions" cost me £1-45 more than my original unavailable choice , they have sent me a voucher for that amount to go towards my next shop!
I am well impressed!

Hello, Elle!
The numbering is different depending on whether you choose "oldest" or "newest" posts "first".
And last night the main page showed your post at 22.44 as the latest post, but it was not.
I had a post after that.
Very odd!
I change my settings constantly.
I prefer "oldest" first, but when the post number ends in "0", "1" or "2", I can't read them as the only appear on "newest" format.
Then I switch to "newest" until I get past "2".
If you can follow that!
Sainsbury's are on the ball!
I wonder what their oddest substitution was?

Hi, Rusty!
I prefer "newest/ latest" at the top or first, however one terms it!
It saves scrolling through previous posts.
But "each to his own", as the saying goes.....
I have been cancelling or rearranging all my husband's appointments, for the time being.
The car was due to go in for a paint repair job next Wednesday......remember the white van that scraped the side of our stationary car?
But of course my husband cannot drive it to the garage for some time, due to the medication he is taking.
However, the boss himself kindly came over to fetch the car this morning, and will bring it back when finished.
What good service!
And I have someone coming at 3 pm to measure for a venetian blind in the kitchen. … to replace the broken one!
Oh, it's all go here!

It looks as though the message numbers have stalled at 30588, I'm sure they'll catch up soon.
I haven't posted on this thread before but thought I'd just pop in to mention Jubbly. I remember it well from the late 1950's in south east London. The drink was in a tetrahedral pack and if the sweet shop owner put the drinks in the freezer you could buy a massive ice lolly without the stick for about 4d I think the side length was about 5 inches but I was much smaller then so I may be exaggerating. I think the advertising was for Lubbly Jubbly but at school we called them lovely Jubbly. I was delighted when I heard Del's line on Only fools and horses. It recalled nice memories.