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Home » Issues » May 1997 » 1896 and all that

1896 and all that

July 7th 2014
Motor Sport
July 7, 2014

(to be sung to the tune of the Communist anthem)

Tom Fraser’s flag is deepest red,

On Motorways he walks ahead.

if we exceed three score and ten we’ll likely end up

in the pen.

Though Motorways were made to speed,

The flow of traffic, not impede,

Tom Fraser says “No ruddy fear,

keep the red flag flying HERE!

B. CS AYRTON, MARSKE-BY-THE-SEA

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