Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Communicating with other dogwalkers

This graceful note was pinned to the gate of a field much-used by local dogwalkers.

Dog memo

11 Aug 2009 17:45:44 | Information and communication

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How close is St John now? Stefan Gatward of Tunbridge Wells got fed up with the street name where he lived being wrongly displayed as 'St Johns Close', and went out with brush and paint to instate the lost apostrophe. One of his neighbours remonstrated with him, objecting that post would no longer be delivered. And since it seems the neighbourhood is chock-full of retired military, there could be a protracted campaign underway. What fun. This story was on the Beeb at about 0720 this morning but took some hours to reach t'interweb, here for example, or in the Mail here, and Telegraph here. To help explain the sweet irony for readers beyond these barmy shires - the town of Tunbridge Wells is commonly referred to as the home of the archetypal middle-England reactionary, with the phrase 'Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' widely used as an ironic sign-off. If nothing else, we English have had a lot of practice at self-parody.

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