Drivel From Devizes: Dateline – Sunday
20th August 2017
Here is our weekly round-up of events from Devizes:
1. Civic
pride was at its greatest this week as the new rowing boat was finally launched
on the Crammer. Its crew of two stood to
attention as it slowly drifted towards the centre of the pond before colliding
with a passing swan. The water had to be
specially dredged to allow the new boat to float right across the pond, and
several examples of supermarket trolley art and many bicycles were recovered
during this process. The pond was
surrounded by a large cheering crowd of nearly seven people. The rowing boat will undergo rigorous
technical trials for the next two years before it becomes fully operational. No ducks were harmed in the launching of this
vessel.
2. But
such pride was tempered with deep regret as it was announced that the burglar
alarm that goes off intermittently at weekends in The Brittox is to be silenced
for up to four years whilst the owners undertake repairs. The noise, which has been the backdrop to
many a drunken evening and hundreds of late-night street brawls over the years,
will disappear to allow engineers to work on the faulty appliance without
harming their hearing. It is hoped that
the alarm will return louder and even more irregularly in 2020 or 2021.
3.
For
details of these and all other Devizes stories, don’t forget to listen to local
radio station D-Town F-Off.
Copyright
Andy Fawthrop 2017
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