ONCE A BARBER, ALWAYS A BARBER. The village baker was bowling. The village butcher was batting. The village barber was umpiring. ■"Hozzat ?" yelled the bowling baker. The batting butcher looked resigned. But the umpiring barber cried : •!Not hout !" "His leg was before !" exclaimed the baker. "P'r'aps it was, flour-face," retorted the barber warmly, "but when a umpire sez " Not hout !' not hout it's got to be." The bowler retreated to his end grumblingly, whilst the batsman murmured : "Thanks, old chap ! That was a narrow shave !" "Yes, it was," agreed the. barbei confidentially. "And if you wasn't in the 'abit of 'aving a little shampoo afterwards, I'd 'ave said, 'Next gentleman, please !'" ; »
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 699, 29 August 1914, Page 7
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111Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 699, 29 August 1914, Page 7
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