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This man was an absolute gent.
I worked on the Borough that he lived on in the 90's and at one time he had extra security. I'm obviously not going to go into details, but we'd turn up at unexpected times and roam about his garden.
One morning at 5am I strolled into his back garden...and found him watering his plants in his jim-jams...during the hose pipe ban.
His response was "Ah.....may I offer you a bacon sandwich sergeant".
Because of the circumstances, it would have been wholly inappropriate to have accepted...
....but....suffice to say, it was delicious.
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He wanted to run schools like they should be run today! - Old school!
Pity he didn`t get his way, I respect anybody (within reason) that has the Balls to stand up for their views, instead of a lot of Politicians now that say to your face that which you want to hear, then do exactly the opposite when your back is turned.
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>> He wanted to run schools like they should be run today! - Old school!
>> Pity he didn`t get his way, I respect anybody (within reason) that has the Balls
>> to stand up for their views, instead of a lot of Politicians now that say
>> to your face that which you want to hear, then do exactly the opposite when
>> your back is turned.
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I find it interesting that he started off Socialist, then changed his views when he had the foresight to see what Comprehensives were doing to schooling.
They reckon you become more affiliated to the Right the older you get.
....you've only got to look at AC...;-)
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>> They reckon you become more affiliated to the Right the older you get.
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I'm not so sure about that. I started off as loony right, but have gradually diversified with age, and am quite capable of having far right, moderate, or far left views at the same time depending on the topic. Or the listener, of course.
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'Without fear or favour' :-)
With brown or tomato sauce??
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And what were your 'Wheels' on that day Sir??
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>> With brown or tomato sauce??
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Brown.
I truly dropped him in it one day. He'd been given extra security all of a sudden.
I was part of the local outfit, so went up there as part of a local security review and to fly the flag. I spoke with him whilst there and advised him we'd upped our game...at which point his wife said "Why"?. He hadn't told her.
I exited stage left, urgent....and left him to it.
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>With brown or tomato sauce??
Tomato sauce on a bacon buttie?
Reported to the Mods as offensive.
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>> >With brown or tomato sauce??
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>> Tomato sauce on a bacon buttie?
Yes, of course. has to be. And white bread
>> Reported to the Mods as offensive.
Rejected. Complaints about culinary matters from Basingstoke residents are automatically directed to the waste bin.
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One Christmas Day I went to the address with a PC to stroll through the gardens and the whole family were sat down to a mid afternoon Christmas Lunch.
His wife dropped tools and came out to offer us some lunch.
We declined because we had another call to go to. She very sincerely asked to us to pop back later if we had time, although we weren't planining on intruding like that.
Later on, when we surveyed the sandwich selection (or lack of) at the local petrol station, the PC suggested we pop back to the Boyson's place....so although a bit reluctantly on my part, we did.
We were treated like Lords. All the women fussing around, one heating up mince pies, Lady Boyson apologising that nothing was still hot. We were given a damned good spread and made to feel most welcome, which when you think there was an extended family there and it was Christmas Day, it shows how genuinely nice they were.
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a true socialist would call it red sauce?
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>Complaints about culinary matters from Basingstoke residents are automatically directed to the waste bin.
I'll have you know that Basingstoke has been chosen by many famous chefs to set up restaurants.
Ronald McDonald, Colonel Saunders, Nando and Mamma Wagga to name just four.
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Sir Rhodes Boyson - devonite
