LEMONADE AT 3210 FT.
SOFT BRINKS SOLD ON MOUNTAIN TOP p ExFlight Sgt. George Thompson has been ordered by the National Trust to stop unauthorised trading in soft drinks on the top of Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, the, highest mountain in England. Discharged from the R.A.F. after serving for more than 12 years, Flight Sgt. Thompson went to live in the Eskdale Valley, with his wife and two children.
He tried to earn a living by selling second-hand clothing to farmers but made no headway. One day he went to Scawfell Pike and felt very thirsty. The nearest stream was half a mile below him. He decided it would be a good idea to sell soft drinks to ramblers and climbers.
So on each fine day, with two buckets, two dozen glasses, and three bottles of cordial, he has- tramped for two hours along a rough mountain path to the 3,210 feet high soft drinks stand. When he first reached the top of the mountain he found a lot of litter lying about, so he appointed hifhself unofficial janitor and cleared the place up a bit. On his first day he made 25s—■ 50 drinks at 6d a time.
He is appealing to the Trust to give him permission to be the high-est-ranking soft drinks salesman in. England. .
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 28, 23 September 1946, Page 5
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217LEMONADE AT 3210 FT. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 28, 23 September 1946, Page 5
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