Bulletin From Bromham: Dateline
– Sunday 14th July 2013
Here is our weekly round-up of events from Bromham:
1.
Amazement
was expressed this last week that out on the rarely-used courts, some Scottish
kid won a tennis competition. Although
not actually from Bromham, as the crowd would have liked, Andy McPiglet was the
first to win any tennis game there for seventy-seven years. After his triumph, McPiglet failed to smile
for the official photograph, mumbled something about being over the moon, and
forgot to kiss his mother. Well that’s
what the other kids said anyway.
2.
Further
amazement was expressed when it was revealed that Bromham Parish Councillors
are in line for an 11% increase in their official carrot allowance. Coming as it does in a time of severe
vegetable austerity, a member of the public described the proposal as a
joke. The Bromham Parsnip Bank has seen
requests for its services increase strongly over the last year, and there are
rumours that in the coming winter a system of strict sprout rationing will be
introduced.
3.
After three days of slightly warm weather, local
water services have gone into meltdown. A
hosepipe ban has been immediately introduced, and people have been found
wandering around the village muttering such things as “cor, what a scorcher!”
and “hot enough for yer?”
4.
For
details of these and all other Bromham stories, don’t forget to listen to local
radio station Carrot FM.
Copyright
Andy Fawthrop 2013
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