Recollections: the Revd Paul Nicolson

09 April 2020

Canon Christopher Hall writes:

THE Revd Paul Nicolson (Gazette, 27 March) invited children from the East End to stay in the closed Turville village school. Paul enjoyed telling the story of one lad, who reported excitedly on his visit to a farm. “We saw sheep and pigs and ducks and cows and fuckers.” “Are you sure?” asked Paul. “The farmer called them ’effers, but you and I know what he meant.”

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