I imagine the sofas would go down a bomb in Riyadh.

'But those few gigs we did, with me playing guitar and singing harmonies, went down a bomb and we have been partners ever since.

And since it, and the equally giant-size flower platter, are decorated with green-stemmed red roses on a white ground, they would go down a bomb in Blackpool.

Ingham says that it "went down a bomb", while Lynn brands it a "dreadful sketch" that was only funny because Thatcher was doing it.

The Canning Shirt Company at the Albert Dock puts transfers and lettering on T-shirts and produces its own designs, including Liverpool logos, which go down a bomb with the tourists.