“Some not unexpected She from the brushwood; and me dressed as a dandy in practice for the Summer Eights …even the glebe cow started to drool …but then, almost inevitably, Claire Rayner appeared”
– Tending The Wrong Grave For 23 Years
So… what do we know about Claire Rayner?
acidic regulator
I hope she is haunting David Cameron as she promised.
29 May 2014
neilthechimp
Mother of food critic, Jay Rayner. One of those people/jobs where you can’t help hating him even though he’s probably a very nice chap
1 June 2014
teenage Eskimo from wantage
I wouldn’t be surprised if they were still cremating her…
2 June 2014
Alice van der meer
This popped up on Fartbook for me today – an uncanny followup to the previous post!
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/12/03/jay-rayners-story-of-what-he-did-with-his-mother-claires-ashes-is-just-the-most-amazing-tale/
3 December 2019
Mad Frank
Cockney rhyming slang: Claire Rayner’s = Trainers.
1 May 2023
dr DEsperate
I thought it was Gloria (Gaynor)s
1 May 2023