Dave Wrote This: Go And Tell It To The Trees

Friday, 8 April 2011

Go And Tell It To The Trees

I was reminded of these whilst wondering if I had overwatered the plants on the kitchen windowsill. This was the first time I was in a newspaper, eighteen years ago, namely The Wantage And Grove Herald:

I don't know why I was chosen out of the assembled schoolchildren as the poster boy for digging, but it certainly wasn't because of my horticultural expertise. The breaking news also appeared in The Oxford Mail and these girls are presumably now aged 24 and 23 respectively:

4 comments:

Ridley said...: Dang, I knew that the Black name was too good to be true. ;); 16 April 2011 at 03:40
Dave said...: I'm sorry to have disappointed you...; 17 April 2011 at 18:36
Ridley said...: If only t'were true, t'would be twerrific.; 17 April 2011 at 20:41
Dave said...: To be fair I have 'fessed up about it before and it was a case of professional necessity.; 25 April 2011 at 13:16