It was about the late eighties, if I remember correctly, in N.Somerset. My mother, who couldn't sleep very well due to arthritis in her knee, got up to take some painkillers and made herself a drink....
Boy comes home from school and says to his dad, "I'm in the school play! I'm playing the part of a dad who's been married for 25 years". Dad says, "Never mind son, next time you might get a speaking...