| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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he had just thought of a very good place to go if they decided to have a change. Three years ago he was working for Dauber and Botchit and they went to `The First In and the Last Out' at Bashford. It was a very small place, but there was a field where you could have a game of cricket or football, and the dinner was A1 at Lloyds. There was also a skittle alley attached to the pub and no charge was made for the use of it. There was a bit of a river there, and one of the chaps got so drunk that he went orf his onion and jumped into the water, and when they got him out the village policeman locked him up, and the next day he was took before the beak and fined two pounds or a month's hard labour for trying to commit suicide. Easton pointed out that there was another way to look at it: supposing they decided to have the Beano, he supposed it would come to about six shillings a |
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