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October 8, 2006
A letter from Dumchester
Dear Mrs Sideloader
You must be wondering what has become of me. I feel very guilty for not having written for such a long time. However there is good news, as I am to come home to dear old Bloggington on Sea.
The circumstances are not entirely honourable as my expulsion comes following a letter written by Lord Ginger Nut and Mr Custard Cream of DLA ( the department of libraries and archives) to the Mayor of Dumchurch. It went along these "Dear Mayor of Dumchurch. In normal circumstances we play matters with a dead bat (which is a cricketing expression) however it has been brought to our attention by the Society for Closing Libraries (SCL) that Mr Grimsdyke of Bloggington has been entering into contracts to obtain more books for your public library service. Please send him home to Bloggington, where we are about to close all the libraries as a result of which he will be able to do no more harm" Ginger Nut.
So, no opportunity of protest being afforded me, Perkins and I shall be returning on the 5 o'clock train tomorrow. I am longing for the sea-side and a whelk and a strawberry milkshake and shall endeavour to tell the tales of what I have seen in The North
Yours affectionately
Grimsdyke.
Posted by Tim Coates at October 8, 2006 10:46 AM