tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post3747862321429122166..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: "I say - stop those beastly cuts at once! We're all bally well equal, yah?" Cambridge undergraduates, c.1926Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-81217303961821452982015-06-30T11:40:22.776+01:002015-06-30T11:40:22.776+01:00"Something tells me, Beastall-Featherstonhaug..."Something tells me, Beastall-Featherstonhaugh Minor, that we're not in Oxford anymore."<br /><br />"Oh, wow, man - better change our trouserings instantly! Chaps have been rusticated for less." Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-85669244660943410242015-06-30T06:31:46.567+01:002015-06-30T06:31:46.567+01:00The trousers look as if they might be the 20's...The trousers look as if they might be the 20's fashion item known at the time as Oxford Bags. It is quite likely that after a wild night beating it up in London, they ended up returning to the wrong university.ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-40385869504558326722015-06-27T19:47:17.297+01:002015-06-27T19:47:17.297+01:00The bike you refer to was either my Bantam 125 or,...The bike you refer to was either my Bantam 125 or, later, a rather whizzy Ariel 250, which I sold after coming off after having to apply the brakes rather too forcefully while doing 70 mph on the Sutton Bypass without a helmet. Although miraculously unharmed, I lost my nerve after that and have never ridden a motorbike since. <br /><br />Fortunately, I don't have a photo of me wearing the sombrero, but I can assure you that I looked like a CAUC.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-81612207273578013162015-06-27T19:38:15.979+01:002015-06-27T19:38:15.979+01:00Ah, I've found out what happened to them. Appa...Ah, I've found out what happened to them. Apparently, they wrote "F*ck Tory Scum" on a WWI war memorial and, within the hour, were arrested, tried, and executed by firing squad. Ken Loach is making a film about it.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-68300905830877539212015-06-27T12:01:11.352+01:002015-06-27T12:01:11.352+01:00and in perfect step...and in perfect step...Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191599030795096843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-37602044903642994232015-06-27T10:33:53.286+01:002015-06-27T10:33:53.286+01:00It is remarkable that throughout their long 'O...It is remarkable that throughout their long 'Occupy Trinity' walk from Jarrow they never once even loosened their ties.David Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-78547495680063308542015-06-27T02:54:45.107+01:002015-06-27T02:54:45.107+01:00Those swaggering young bloods could have turned in...Those swaggering young bloods could have turned into Butch Cassidy and Sundance (What a truly wonderful film).<br />I am pleased I never saw our Blog Meister in a sombrero. Straddling his Francis Barnett motor bike in his teenage years was enough to chill the blood.Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191599030795096843noreply@blogger.com