From time to time, there's been mention of a romance between Twinkle and Herman. He had seen Twinkle on a TV show and it had been printed that he liked her. One time when I was driving from the pool, Herman fished in his pocket and said to me, "Pete, I've been getting dotty telegrams from that girl Twinkle, saying she is going to meet me at Manchester Airport ..."
    And that folks is how it all started.
    The romance blossomed, stories appeared in the national press about Herman visiting Twinkle's home, they were seen together in the best clubs, they were inseparable whenever work permitted. Then, the very business which had pushed them together, took them apart. Twinkle to Australia and Herman to America.
    They were seen together less and soon, rumours were circulating that Herman had his eye on Lulu.
    He spent ages on the telephone to her from America, and they, too, were seen together. On October 15 last he spent 1 hour 10 minutes phoning from London's plush night club in Alsop Place - The "In" Place. What next? Who knows. I don't, and the last time I saw Herman, nor did he.


THUMBS DOWN

One thing Herman remembers about New York is the time he was running from fans towards his waiting limousine. "A cop kindly held the door open for me," Herman recalls. "I dived in. He slammed the door - on my thumb. I yelled with pain. Then I leaned out and said to the cop, '______________'"