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Tailpiece July 7, 1951 – Waterloo

July 1951

South Yorkshire Times, July 7, 1951

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“Well,” said the hostess to the distinguished general who had been allotted her niece as a dinner companion, “how did dear Dorothy behave?”

“Oh,” said the gallant solder, “she was very charming”, And what a delightful sense of humour!  When I told her that my grandfather fell at Waterloo, she said “Indeed! Which Platform?”

“The silly child!” said the fond aunt, indulgently, “as if it mattered which platform!”