IMF PRIDE OF WEMBLEY
It is said that the narrowness of the turnstiles at the Wembley Exhibition annoys stout people and delays traffic, and the management has therefore installed a wide gate, by which those unable to pass the turnstiles are admitted. A stout woman who became wedged in a turnstile, and was unable to move forward or backward, fainted. Attendants shoved successive planks under her feet, raised her and lifted her out, which incident inspired a facetious scribe to write:— There was a stout lady at Wembley. In .a gate, at that famous assembly, Who jammed, till the hordes Got busy with boards And pried out the lady of Wembley. ’Twas shrewd of that lady of Wembley, The pride of that mighty assembly, For they didn’t detect ‘ That they’d failed to collect When they pried in the pride up at Wembley.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19057, 9 July 1924, Page 2
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142IMF PRIDE OF WEMBLEY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19057, 9 July 1924, Page 2
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