Tatty

By that point, we had lived in London for almost 15 years and owned a tatty but much-loved flat in Lewisham.

Chris Elston wanted to give the tatty-looking house a face lift and opted for an off-white paintjob with a subtle yellow tinge which, according to neighbours is hardly noticeable.

She said: "I was on my way to the cake shop when I saw a tatty red van in Hall Lane outside a barn.

Also in Cathays, Koko Gorilaz was a tatty student bar with sticky floors, dingy lights and fridges stocked with Brazilian WKDs.

WildBrain CPLG has signed a deal with the British jewelry brand Tatty Devine for a collection inspired by the Peanuts comic strip.

Finally that book was taken by my lovely agent, who saw the competition result on my CV, and had a look at my tatty, cut and pasted manuscript typed up on my Olivetti portable job, without a button for the O. She sold it to Heinemann.

While you may not want to have a tatty spiders web in your pristine home, or share your bed with a spider, there is never any good reason to kill them, simply scoop them into a dustpan, or bottle and relocate them to your garden or other suitable habitat.

Shops became empty and others appeared tatty or downmarket.