DON'T READ THIS— This is not the story of the man who fell off the 60ft. ladder and didn't get hurt, because he only fell off the bottom step, but it is the true story of the boy who stood on the tramway line when the conductor rang the bell. The tram went on to Sydenham and the boy he went to—well, he was still looking at the bargains of clothing in the window of Fred Whiley's shop, at 161 High street, Christchurch. (1)
A man was praising his wife, as all men ought to do on proper occasions. Man: "She's as womanly a woman as ever was, but she can hammer nails like lightning." Listener: "That's remarkable." Man: "Yes, sir, you know lightning never strikes twice in the same place,"
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LIII, Issue 15, 23 February 1932, Page 4
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