I was once removed from a Devon beach at night by ambulance - too much sun that
day and 3 pints of scrumpy.
The shame of it - they thought I'd overdosed.
After that, I stayed out of the sun.
Andrew Fildes
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On 08/01/2011, at 6:57 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Where I went to school, in Somerset, there was a cider farm selling 2 pints
> of Scrumpy for 3 shillings -- take your own container.
>
> That was quite sufficient for a 16-year old to get shedded on a Sunday after
> Mass :-)
>
> Chris
> p.s. there were 20 shillings to the pound until 1971. cb
> On 7 Jan 2011, at 22:53, Donald wrote:
>
>> Scrumpy is good, and the robust brew we had from a Norman farmer was
>> pretty special, also.
>
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