Tuesday 18 May 2010

Most Perplexing!



Dear Editor,

One is most perplexed! One recently observed a young bearded man in a torn leather jacket visiting ones' local church. This is unacceptable!

Mrs K.J. Appleworth

Tuesday 11 May 2010

Cravats!



Editor,


Whilst we are fully cognizant of the perilous state of the nation's finances, we feel that a responsible government should really make paisley cravats exempt from VAT. For too long the gentle Antiquarian has been neglected by our policy makers. It is time to stand up for the tweedy minority!


Yours sincerely,
Ernest Frippery


Greener's Cottage
Trumpington

Saturday 8 May 2010

Snapping Sock Garters!


Editor,


Is it not beyond the capacity of Man to manufacture a secure pair of sock garters! I now have a painful weal on my right shin as a result of a garter snapping as I negotiated a county stile. You people!


Digby Farquarson
Squinch Gardens,
Titby
Kent

Tuesday 4 May 2010

Wholesome Antiquarian Pursuits


Editor,

Unless we resolve to give our young people access to brass rubbing and other wholesome Antiquarian pursuits, it is perfectly clear that they will be condemned to descend into a condition which, my young nephew, Tristan, informs me, is known in the vernacular as, "the charv"!

Dr Unk 
Manor House Lane
Framingham Bigot
Norfolk