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#1 2021-12-09 12:51:06
- A Fine Sadness
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John Laing
As with Peter Scott, not a flicker. Yet it seems to tick a few boxes. Top quality Scottish knitwear.
#2 2021-12-10 07:19:14
- Kingston1an
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Re: John Laing
‘I've won a hero's name with McAlpine and Costain
With Fitzpatrick, Murphy, Ashe and the Wimpey's gang
I've been often on the road on me way to draw the dole
When there's nothing left to do for Johnny Laing’
Dominic Behan
I’ve done summertime stints with McAlpines Fusilers, Cementation and others.
Never John Laing though.
"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."
#3 2021-12-10 08:03:25
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Re: John Laing
Dominic Behan. My word, it's a while since I've come across him. Brendan, on the other hand... well, I'd wager there isn't much that bucko wrote that I haven't read at one time or other. A former drinking pal of Kingsley Amis. Brendan would apparently keep miniatures lying around so that when he awoke he only had to reach out and - bingo...