OR:- THE CHURCH STEPS TRIP TO WEMBLEY
THE BUS ARRIVED OUTSIDE THE 4 STAR HOTEL LATE ON FRIDAY EVENING. ONE BY ONE, THE BATLEY LADS ALIGHTED.
COMMISSIONAIRES IN LONDON HAD NOT HEARD OF HILLARDS IN THOSE DAYS. BUT, ONE BY ONE, IN A DOCTOR JOSHUA SINGLE FILE, THE LADS TROOPED OFF THE BUS. CLUTCHING ALL THEIR WEEKEND GOODS STUFFED INSIDE THEIR HILLARDS CARRIER BAGS.
THEY 'HOW DOOD' THE STARTLED OFFICIAL AND MADE THEIR WAY INSIDE LONDON'S 'NEXT TO BEST' HOTEL. BATLEY LADS, KNEW NOTHING OF THE INTRICACIES OR FINERIES OF OUR SOUTHERN COUNTERPARTS..
IF ONE WAS INVITED TO PUT THEIR SHOES OUTSIDE THE ROOM DOOR FOR POLISHING, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SEEN AS PART AND PARCEL OF THE SERVICE EXPECTED FOR THE "BLOODY PRICES IN THIS PLACE "
HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT SHOES BELONGING TO TWO OF THE PARTY WOULD BE THROWN AWAY DUE TO THE CONDITION THEY WERE IN!
OUR FRIENDS IN THE SMOKE DID NOT ALSO EXPECT A COMPLAINT THAT "MI DADS LOST CAP DARNT' HOIST" !
NOR DID ANYONE FORESEE ONE OF THE PARTY SITTING AMONGST A LARGE GROUP OF VICARS BREAKING THE FAST THE NEXT MORNING !!
WELL, THE WAITER DID ASK " WHICH PARTY ARE YOU WITH SIR?"
"THE CHURCH STEPS LOT" WAS THE REPLY........I SUPPOSE THE ERROR WAS UNDERSTANDABLE... HOME