If the scandal of child abuse in Rotherham leads to one thing it should be an end to the corrosive forces of political correctness which has infected so many elements of our society, blurring the lines between right and wrong.
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Archives for August 2014
How The Banks Even Destroyed Your Local
Over two years ago I wrote about the destruction inflicted on the great British pub by what are known as “Pubcos”, the two largest in the UK being Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns – see The Pub and the £3 Pint.
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“Growin’ Up” {Ch4 Critics’ Corner) – Adi Walton’s Great Escape!
As we almost lived on the cricket field as kids during the summers of our youth, evicting us for the winter was harder than a bunch of travellers. It was our turf and this was where we hung out although the Committee never had to resort to bailiffs.
Only Jack Frost would eventually persuade us that the three bar electric fire at home would be more welcoming. I would sit in front of it all winter flicking “bogeys” and watching them curl up like pork scratchings, wishing away the days till Spring came around again.
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The Fickle Beauty of Cricket {Adapted from “Learning To Lose” Ch 5 Fifty Not Out}.
“Success consists in going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Sir Winston Churchill.
Down Memory Lane – {Ch15 Critics’ Corner – The Legend of Dirty Den}.
Cricket clubs across the land perform a hugely valuable service to their communities for a large part of the year by taking otherwise dangerous and unhinged people off the streets, at least for the summer months.
We offer them something to do in a secure environment with fencing and often a large gate. At the end of day the numbing effects of fizzy beer are available too and very rarely refused.
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