@Edwina_Currie That is an interesting insight into the life of an MP. I am not too sure what, or who, Aristoc were/are, but hopefully Google will assist me in my hour of need. If I am led to be correct, then the said black hosiery were indeed of the stockinged variety!
Had a random dream that I was a guest on Pebble Mill at One. How random was that 😂 had to google it to remind myself and then remembered the gorgeous @JudiSpiers was a presenter 😊