Here is
our weekly round-up of events from Bromham:
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Excitement
rose to fever pitch in Bromham yesterday, when the 2012 Carnival Flame arrived
by bicycle at the edge of the parish. In
a dramatic and tearful handover ceremony at the footpath finger-post, the
official candle-in-a-jam-jar was passed from Sid “Bonkers” Piglet to one of his
many half-cousins, Albert “Nutcase” Piglet.
He then walked the five hundred yards to the High Street, during which time
the entire population of the parish had been within one mile of the flame. Arriving at journey’s end, the candle was
extinguished and put away for the next two months until the Carnival actually
starts.
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Parish
leaders have gathered in a secret bunker location, rumoured to be the back bar
of the Social Club, to discuss the local economic situation, dubbed W8. Security is tight and local press have not
been allowed into the discussions.
However, a number of headless chickens have been found wandering around
the vicinity of the talks.
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Sport: in a dramatic penalty shoot-out last night
under-dogs Bromham Casuals came from behind to beat Bayern Bradford-on-Avon on
penalties to win the West Wiltshire Layabouts Cup. This is the first time in the last seven
years that a team starting with the letter “B” and having the word “Casuals” in
the name has won a trophy against another team also starting with the letter “B”. This is the magic of football – that records
such as these are continually being broken in the modern era. A victory parade by the winning team, atop a
decorated tractor-trailer, planned for this afternoon, has been cancelled amid
fears of widespread apathy in the parish.
Casuals’ manager Benny Dogleash was not available for comment.
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For
details of these and all other Bromham stories, don’t forget to listen to local
radio station Carrot FM.
Copyright
Andy Fawthrop 2012
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