Oh no they didn’t have the panto hat and water pistol
Defeat turned to pantomime – literally – as Moseley Oak sought to set off for home from Bishop’s Castle.
There was a pantomime on at the school – about equivalent in deepest Shropshire to the Olympics coming to London.
The school facilities double up as the Castle changing rooms … and somehow part of one of the costumes had disappeared.
And who should be the prime suspects but a visiting rugby side just returned from a boisterous session at their host’s ‘clubhouse’, the Three Tuns pub, an excellent hostelry which also brews its own beer.
A green hat and water pistol were missing, just the sort of stuff you would think the boys might fancy to make it a fun trip back and erase the heartbreaking 13-12 reverse.
Except the little girl who had spent weeks making the hat was in tears.
Come on Oak, give it up.
But after a stand-off during which the panto organisers, conscious of a big turnout for the performance from the locals, threatened to imprison the team bus by locking the gates, a fresh search turned up the items.
There’s not too many ‘innocents’ in the Oak team – the amateur arm of Moseley – but on this occasion it really was a case of not guilty.
Pity really.
Moseley’s great sides of the 1970s and 80s had a reputation for bringing ‘souvenirs’ home from rugby tours.
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Good to hear that peace reigns at DCPR, one of the Black Country’s newest public relations firms.
Matt Danks and Russ Cockburn teamed up in January – Danks was the advance guard quitting as one of the Advantage West Midlands spin doctor team last year.
Cockburn, who previously worked for agency HCL, followed on.
All cleverly structured so that there was a bit of money still coming in if the thing went pear shaped.
But, they need not have worried, it has been going well.
Which is hardly surprising because they are both good operators.
However, more surprisingly, despite both being fanatical football supporters, Danks reports there have been “no hostilities”.
“The unwritten peace treaty on this matter (no plaguing, mocking or footballing paraphernalia allowed in the office) seems to be doing the trick, although I suspect that the fact both my team, Albion, and Russ’s, Wolves, are performing particularly pitifully at the moment might be more to do with it!”
So that’s all right then.
Down with the Wolves!
Down with the Baggies!
