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9 Responses to “The Lancashire Hard 'At”

1. Rueful Red Says:
   November 24th, 2009 at 3:20 am

   It is indeed the Lancashire ‘Ard ‘At. They used to wear conventional hard hats until they worked out they’d nothing worth protecting.

2. Brett_McS Says:
   November 24th, 2009 at 4:27 am

   I’d wondered if there were a certain rivalry between the adjacent ’shires.

   I love that accent.

3. ninme Says:
   November 24th, 2009 at 8:42 am

   Heheheheheheh.

4. Rueful Red Says:
   November 24th, 2009 at 9:20 am

   Rivalry? God’s Own County in a rivalry with a Scouse-ridden strip of sheep-pasture, the local dish of which is tripe and onions (and they count themselves lucky to have even that)? That entertains itself by watching kick-ball and Coronation St? That, unlike Yorkshire never produced anyone who discovered a new continent? Nah. Don’t think “rivalry”s quite the right word.

   Still, fair do’s, they’re better than Southerners…..

   (Actually, Fred Dibnah’s a bit of a hero of mine.)

5. Rueful Red Says:
   November 24th, 2009 at 9:49 am

   Forgive me if I’ve sent this before, but Yorkshire has its own airline:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJxzDYJ4C3Y

6. Brett_McS Says:
   November 24th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

   Captain Boycott!

   Did they ever let Boycott captain the MCC?

7. Rueful Red Says:
   November 25th, 2009 at 4:01 am

   Having seen the mess he’d made at Yorkshire they’d have had to be crackers to have done so. OK, we no longer had empire to lose, but The Queen’s still quite keen on friendly relations with the Commonwealth. So no Boycs as skipper.

   He did however captain England against Pakistan and New Zealand in 1978 after Brearly had been injured. He lead England to its first defeat by NZ in 48 years, and then was famously run out on purpose by Botham in the next.

8. Brett_McS Says:
   November 25th, 2009 at 4:27 am

   Botham never struck me as being the patient sort.

9. Rueful Red Says:
   November 25th, 2009 at 8:41 am

   Not when he’s stood at a bar, and that’s for sure. Though he enjoys fishing.

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