Bulletin From Bromham: Dateline
– Sunday 21st December 2014
Here is our weekly round-up of events from Bromham:
1. In
line with the rest of the country, Bromham experienced frenzied pre-Christmas
scenes yesterday on Scramble Saturday. Sales
in the village shop were up almost 3% compared with the same period last year,
although this may have been accounted for by Mrs Bullimore opting for the large
packet of luxury chocolate biscuits, rather than the standard size like last
year. At times there were queues of up
to two or three people waiting to pay for a paper and a pint of milk. The shop stayed open for an extra 15 minutes
yesterday afternoon in order to cope with the additional demand.
2. A
row has broken out between the Parish Council and the management of the Roxy Picture
House on the High Street. The latter
have refused to show the latest film which parodies the exploits of a gang of tomato-pickers,
after the National Union of Tomato Services (NUTS) threatened to throw stones
through the windows of the foyer, in protest at the comic portrayal of its
members. Peter “Paddy” Piglet, leader of
the Parish Council said that the management of the flea-pit should have spoken
to him first, before crumbling before such an outrageous demand. He said it was his job to crumble before such
demands, not theirs.
3.
For
details of these and all other Bromham stories, don’t forget to listen to local
radio station Carrot FM.
Copyright
Andy Fawthrop 2014
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