tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post5204129424157349776..comments2023-04-09T16:07:39.987+01:00Comments on Wrinkled Weasel's World: Bookmakers are in a bad wayWrinkled Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-39878787260252820432009-10-09T05:06:44.384+01:002009-10-09T05:06:44.384+01:00Distant echos of early childhood, thank you.
Soho ...Distant echos of early childhood, thank you.<br />Soho porn was still run pretty much that way into the 1980's, raids were tipped off and illegal material ( probably pretty tame by todays enlightened standards ) was available easily enough " under the counter ". Sir Robert Mark then chose to drive out corruption in the Met, notably within the vice-squad.<br /><br />How do you suppose your future father-in-law would get on with the Independent Safeguarding Authority ?bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-71879768469037023152009-10-08T13:50:37.427+01:002009-10-08T13:50:37.427+01:00Trivia: my dear old grandfather, (long gone before...Trivia: my dear old grandfather, (long gone before us), knew the <i>real</i> (Sergeant Major) Flanagan with whom "Bud" served in WW1, and from whom he took his stage name. BSM Flanagan's son is Ronnie Flanagan, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Chief Constable of the RUC. Small world (sort of).Appealing of Ealinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01969154489616249357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-47587854220778202252009-10-08T12:36:19.949+01:002009-10-08T12:36:19.949+01:00Ah yes, Flanagan and Allen. I wonder how they'...Ah yes, Flanagan and Allen. I wonder how they'd do on the X Factor, now that the public taste is so much more mature and sophisticated.<br /><br />I mean, compare 'The Old Umbrella Man', and its strange subtext of a door-to-door restoration service for housewives, with 'Aye, yi yi, yi yi, will always love yooo-ooo-oh-ooo...oh...ooo<br /><br />Etc.Jim Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10817293012642419524noreply@blogger.com