OPINION “POLL”
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) . PLYMOUTH, January 19. Every time Bill, the resident parrot at the Mechanic's Arms public house in Plymouth, says “Harold Wilson” he helps to swell the nation’s coffers. The Prime Minister’s name is included in a list of “dirty words” which cost customers 6d every time they are spoken by the parrot. The landlord. Mr John Netherton said: “The regulars taught him the words, so they should pay up. We are sending the money to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as part of the ‘Back Britain* campaign.”
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31583, 22 January 1968, Page 11
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