I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a “hairdresser” - whose customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with enthusiasm for the Chinese GP.
Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to > venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose > customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much > chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters > - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with > enthusiasm for the Chinese GP.
> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right > if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
Isn't Knighton the place where all the locals have girlfriends who all live in the top field ?
>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to >> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose >> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much >> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters >> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with >> enthusiasm for the Chinese GP.
>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right >> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
> Isn't Knighton the place where all the locals have girlfriends who all live in > the top field ?
> >> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to > >> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
> >> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose > >> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much > >> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters > >> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with > >> enthusiasm for the Chinese GP.
> >> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right > >> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
> > Isn't Knighton the place where all the locals have girlfriends who all live in > > the top field ?
Sir Tim wrote:
> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a “hairdresser” - whose
> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with enthusiasm
> for the Chinese GP.
> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
And what is your experience of the local rural baa-baa-shop?
On Apr 17, 4:35 am, Sir Tim <Gongooz...@monza.com> wrote:
> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a “hairdresser” - whose
> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
> - about rugby.
Mine used to speak only of what HE'D do with juvenile delinquents and
immigrants if HE was in charge. His best true tale (this was in
Bristol, England) was of being offered some butter on the cheap, "off
the docks", and being horrified when he got home to find a massive
insulated crate on his pathway, which he could not move by himself.
Then I transferred to a young woman with a spikey hairdo and better
conversation: a guitarist in a girl-punk band, who over the subsequent
years went on to college, then university, and achieved a PhD while
still clipping my locks at weekends.
But I never ventured into Salop except for a week on the "Shroppie
Canal".
> On Apr 17, 4:35 am, Sir Tim <Gongooz...@monza.com> wrote:
> > Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose
> > customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
> > chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
> > - about rugby.
> Mine used to speak only of what HE'D do with juvenile delinquents and
> immigrants if HE was in charge. His best true tale (this was in
> Bristol, England) was of being offered some butter on the cheap, "off
> the docks", and being horrified when he got home to find a massive
> insulated crate on his pathway, which he could not move by himself.
> Then I transferred to a young woman with a spikey hairdo and better
> conversation: a guitarist in a girl-punk band, who over the subsequent
> years went on to college, then university, and achieved a PhD while
> still clipping my locks at weekends.
> But I never ventured into Salop except for a week on the "Shroppie
> Canal".
> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a “hairdresser” - whose
> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with enthusiasm
> for the Chinese GP.
> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
You know, "Knighton" is not a Welsh name :-)
-- John Briggs
> On 17/04/2012 12:35, Sir Tim wrote:
> > I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
> > venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
> > Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose
> > customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
> > chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
> > - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with enthusiasm
> > for the Chinese GP.
> > Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
> > if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
>> On 17/04/2012 12:35, Sir Tim wrote:
>>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
>>> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
>>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose
>>> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
>>> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
>>> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with enthusiasm
>>> for the Chinese GP.
>>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
>>> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
> On 17/04/2012 22:48, Timmy wrote:
>> John Briggs wrote...
>>> On 17/04/2012 12:35, Sir Tim wrote:
>>>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
>>>> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
>>>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose
>>>> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
>>>> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural
>>>> matters
>>>> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with
>>>> enthusiasm
>>>> for the Chinese GP.
>>>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
>>>> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
>>> You know, "Knighton" is not a Welsh name :-)
>> Tref-y-clawdd is.
> Beat me to it, Pedro ;)
Everyone's a comedian :-)
That name only dates from 1971. It was the (presumed) original form of the actual Welsh name, Trefyclo. The clawydd is pretty meaningless if you don't realise it is Clawydd Offa - Offa's Dyke. Did she die in vain?
The name was probably only bestowed when Knighton became part of Wales.
-- John Briggs
On Apr 17, 1:35 pm, Sir Tim <Gongooz...@monza.com> wrote:
> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a “hairdresser” - whose
> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with
> enthusiasm for the Chinese GP.
> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
Were they not just amazed that the BBC actually showed an F1 race?
> On 17/04/2012 23:25, Sir Tim wrote:
> > On 17/04/2012 22:48, Timmy wrote:
> >> John Briggs wrote...
> >>> On 17/04/2012 12:35, Sir Tim wrote:
> >>>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
> >>>> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
> >>>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose
> >>>> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
> >>>> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural
> >>>> matters
> >>>> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with
> >>>> enthusiasm
> >>>> for the Chinese GP.
> >>>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
> >>>> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
> >>> You know, "Knighton" is not a Welsh name :-)
> >> Tref-y-clawdd is.
> > Beat me to it, Pedro ;)
> Everyone's a comedian :-)
> That name only dates from 1971. It was the (presumed) original form of > the actual Welsh name, Trefyclo. The clawydd is pretty meaningless if > you don't realise it is Clawydd Offa - Offa's Dyke. Did she die in vain?
> The name was probably only bestowed when Knighton became part of Wales.
The Welsh language nazis have created a lot of makey uppey Welsh place names in recent years. Not that it matters, no one uses them.
Bobster wrote:
> On Apr 17, 1:35 pm, Sir Tim<Gongooz...@monza.com> wrote:
>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
>> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a “hairdresser” - whose
>> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
>> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
>> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with
>> enthusiasm for the Chinese GP.
>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
>> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
> Were they not just amazed that the BBC actually showed an F1 race?
AC <x...@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> Bobster wrote:
>> On Apr 17, 1:35 pm, Sir Tim<Gongooz...@monza.com> wrote:
>>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
>>> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
>>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a “hairdresser” - whose
>>> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
>>> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
>>> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with
>>> enthusiasm for the Chinese GP.
>>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
>>> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
>> Were they not just amazed that the BBC actually showed an F1 race?
> Not really, since TV is witch craft to them.
Funnily enough, most people in Knighton have Sky. This is for the same
reason that I do: the old analogue signal was very poor and unreliable.
Ours was one of the first areas to go digital only.
>> On 17/04/2012 23:25, Sir Tim wrote:
>>> On 17/04/2012 22:48, Timmy wrote:
>>>> John Briggs wrote...
>>>>> On 17/04/2012 12:35, Sir Tim wrote:
>>>>>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
>>>>>> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
>>>>>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose
>>>>>> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
>>>>>> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural
>>>>>> matters
>>>>>> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with
>>>>>> enthusiasm
>>>>>> for the Chinese GP.
>>>>>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
>>>>>> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
>>>>> You know, "Knighton" is not a Welsh name :-)
>>>> Tref-y-clawdd is.
>>> Beat me to it, Pedro ;)
>> Everyone's a comedian :-)
>> That name only dates from 1971. It was the (presumed) original form of >> the actual Welsh name, Trefyclo. The clawydd is pretty meaningless if >> you don't realise it is Clawydd Offa - Offa's Dyke. Did she die in vain?
>> The name was probably only bestowed when Knighton became part of Wales.
> The Welsh language nazis have created a lot of makey uppey Welsh place names in > recent years. Not that it matters, no one uses them.
> Timmy <Ti...@to.ms> wrote:
> > John Briggs wrote...
> >> On 17/04/2012 23:25, Sir Tim wrote:
> >>> On 17/04/2012 22:48, Timmy wrote:
> >>>> John Briggs wrote...
> >>>>> On 17/04/2012 12:35, Sir Tim wrote:
> >>>>>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
> >>>>>> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
> >>>>>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose
> >>>>>> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
> >>>>>> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural
> >>>>>> matters
> >>>>>> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with
> >>>>>> enthusiasm
> >>>>>> for the Chinese GP.
> >>>>>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
> >>>>>> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
> >>>>> You know, "Knighton" is not a Welsh name :-)
> >>>> Tref-y-clawdd is.
> >>> Beat me to it, Pedro ;)
> >> Everyone's a comedian :-)
> >> That name only dates from 1971. It was the (presumed) original form of > >> the actual Welsh name, Trefyclo. The clawydd is pretty meaningless if > >> you don't realise it is Clawydd Offa - Offa's Dyke. Did she die in vain?
> >> The name was probably only bestowed when Knighton became part of Wales.
> > The Welsh language nazis have created a lot of makey uppey Welsh place names in > > recent years. Not that it matters, no one uses them.
Sir Tim wrote...
> >> On Apr 17, 1:35 pm, Sir Tim<Gongooz...@monza.com> wrote:
> >>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
> >>> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
> >>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose
> >>> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
> >>> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
> >>> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with
> >>> enthusiasm for the Chinese GP.
> >>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
> >>> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
> >> Were they not just amazed that the BBC actually showed an F1 race?
> > Not really, since TV is witch craft to them.
> Funnily enough, most people in Knighton have Sky. This is for the same
> reason that I do: the old analogue signal was very poor and unreliable.
> Ours was one of the first areas to go digital only.
A friend who lived in a larger village near Swansea used to receive tv through a relay system run by the local (and only) tv shop. It wasn't unusual to be watching a late night programme on the box for it to suddenly go off. The shop owner wanted a early night, turned off the relay and everyone was buggered!
> > >> On Apr 17, 1:35 pm, Sir Tim<Gongooz...@monza.com> wrote:
> > >>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have
> > to >>> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
> > >>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? -
> > whose >>> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is
> > always much >>> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with
> > agricultural matters >>> - about rugby. This morning, however, the
> > place was agog with >>> enthusiasm for the Chinese GP.
> > >>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing
> > something right >>> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst
> > ordinary citizens. >> > > >> Were they not just amazed that the BBC actually showed an F1
> > race? >>
> > > Not really, since TV is witch craft to them.
> > Funnily enough, most people in Knighton have Sky. This is for the
> > same reason that I do: the old analogue signal was very poor and
> > unreliable. Ours was one of the first areas to go digital only.
> A friend who lived in a larger village near Swansea used to receive
> tv through a relay system run by the local (and only) tv shop. It
> wasn't unusual to be watching a late night programme on the box for
> it to suddenly go off. The shop owner wanted a early night, turned
> off the relay and everyone was buggered!
Was he the only gay in the village?
It used to be that power cuts were blamed for spikes in the birth rate.
It's interesing to hear that a whole village had contigencies.
>>>> On Apr 17, 1:35 pm, Sir Tim<Gongooz...@monza.com> wrote:
>>>>> I live in a fairly remote part of Shropshire and actually have to
>>>>> venture into Wales to get my hair cut.
>>>>> Mac is a good, old-fashioned barber - not a ?hairdresser? - whose
>>>>> customers are exclusively male; mainly elderly. There is always much
>>>>> chat in his shop, usually - when not concerned with agricultural matters
>>>>> - about rugby. This morning, however, the place was agog with
>>>>> enthusiasm for the Chinese GP.
>>>>> Knighton is not exactly Motor City so F1 must be doing something right
>>>>> if it can generate such enthusiasm amongst ordinary citizens.
>>>> Were they not just amazed that the BBC actually showed an F1 race?
>>> Not really, since TV is witch craft to them.
>> Funnily enough, most people in Knighton have Sky. This is for the same
>> reason that I do: the old analogue signal was very poor and unreliable.
>> Ours was one of the first areas to go digital only.
> A friend who lived in a larger village near Swansea used to receive tv through > a relay system run by the local (and only) tv shop. It wasn't unusual to be > watching a late night programme on the box for it to suddenly go off. The shop > owner wanted a early night, turned off the relay and everyone was buggered!
We had a mast on a nearby hill and tended to lose the signal whenever there
was a high wind!
> > A friend who lived in a larger village near Swansea used to receive
> > tv through a relay system run by the local (and only) tv shop. It
> > wasn't unusual to be watching a late night programme on the box for
> > it to suddenly go off. The shop owner wanted a early night, turned
> > off the relay and everyone was buggered!
> Was he the only gay in the village?
> It used to be that power cuts were blamed for spikes in the birth rate.
> It's interesing to hear that a whole village had contigencies.
When the lights went out - the top field fillys were the attraction.
>>> A friend who lived in a larger village near Swansea used to receive
>>> tv through a relay system run by the local (and only) tv shop. It
>>> wasn't unusual to be watching a late night programme on the box for
>>> it to suddenly go off. The shop owner wanted a early night, turned
>>> off the relay and everyone was buggered!
>> Was he the only gay in the village?
>> It used to be that power cuts were blamed for spikes in the birth rate.
>> It's interesing to hear that a whole village had contigencies.
> When the lights went out - the top field fillys were the attraction.
> A friend who lived in a larger village near Swansea used to receive tv through
> a relay system run by the local (and only) tv shop. It wasn't unusual to be
> watching a late night programme on the box for it to suddenly go off. The shop
> owner wanted a early night, turned off the relay and everyone was buggered!
Aha! A couple of years ago the Missus and I spent some time in Wales.
We were based in Llandrindod Wells and the TV there kept on coming and
going. Not like it does when the signal is weak, but sometimes you'd
turn on the box and get a choice of channels and other times you got a
choice of static.
It did seem to stay on for World Cup matches though (or maybe that was
Sky). I recall being in a pub there the night that England lost to
Germany and they were all crying in their beer at the enormity of it
all.
Mower Man wrote:
> On 18/04/2012 10:42 AM, Timmy wrote:
> > Bigbird wrote...
> > > > A friend who lived in a larger village near Swansea used to
> > > > receive tv through a relay system run by the local (and only)
> > > > tv shop. It wasn't unusual to be watching a late night
> > > > programme on the box for it to suddenly go off. The shop owner
> > > > wanted a early night, turned off the relay and everyone was
> > > > buggered!
> > > Was he the only gay in the village?
> > > It used to be that power cuts were blamed for spikes in the birth
> > > rate. It's interesing to hear that a whole village had
> > > contigencies.
> > When the lights went out - the top field fillys were the attraction.
> >>> A friend who lived in a larger village near Swansea used to receive
> >>> tv through a relay system run by the local (and only) tv shop. It
> >>> wasn't unusual to be watching a late night programme on the box for
> >>> it to suddenly go off. The shop owner wanted a early night, turned
> >>> off the relay and everyone was buggered!
> >> Was he the only gay in the village?
> >> It used to be that power cuts were blamed for spikes in the birth rate.
> >> It's interesing to hear that a whole village had contigencies.
> > When the lights went out - the top field fillys were the attraction.
The Daily Heil is great fun. I get a lot of enjoyment out of taking the piss out of their Tunbridge Wells readership.
They've recently started showing tits.
