KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLOUR

When Irvine Brown , the regular caller of bingo numbers at Darwin’s Evergreens meetings was absent due to him not being in the pink of good health , a replacement took over. Because of diminished eyesight , he committed a few blues – called some numbers which he later corrected. Speedy bingo players, who rapidly mark their cards with coloured pens, went red in the face and gave him a few black looks .