In the Glasgow suburb of Mount Florida, sight of the 'steamie' in his old backyard puts weatherman Ian McCaskill in mind of chilly wartime Mondays warming his 'wee bum' against the washday copper.
Meanwhile, the city fathers await his professional verdict on their newest tourist attraction - an 'all-weather' Garden Festival designed to beat the droughts of Liverpool and the downpours of Stoke. BBC Bristol
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 11.00 am LW)