Musings and Snippets from a recently retired JP. I served for 31 years, mostly in west London. I was Chairman of my Bench for some years, and a member of the National Bench Chairmen's Forum All cases are based on real ones, but anonymised and composited. All opinions are those of one or more individuals. JPs swear to enforce the law of the land, whether or not they approve of it. Nothing on here constitutes legal advice.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
My Tiny Part In History
Lord Justice Leveson, of whom we shall hear much this morning, once helped me on with my coat.
Danny Baker used to run a regular phone-in feature called Claim To Fame, of which this is a nicely exalted example. My favourite from Danny Baker's show was "My cousin used to clean the car of Ticker Boyce's* dentist"
* Ronnie "Ticker" Boyce used to be West Ham's midfield runabout
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ReplyDeleteThanks for a bright morning smile
I knew Levinson was a gentleman not just a Lord
ReplyDeleteA lovely man I've heard...he certainly demonstrated the patience of a saint during the hearings!!
ReplyDeleteOh Bystander you name dropper you! Oh and press have it wrong he's not a Lord but a Lord Justice - a difference.
ReplyDeleteOh the fame of it! Lord Leveson will certainly be name dropping and making sure the press pick up his moment of fame with your coat.
ReplyDeleteDanny Baker used to run a regular phone-in feature called Claim To Fame, of which this is a nicely exalted example. My favourite from Danny Baker's show was "My cousin used to clean the car of Ticker Boyce's* dentist"
ReplyDelete* Ronnie "Ticker" Boyce used to be West Ham's midfield runabout
I'll bet he went through your pockets while you sleeved your arms.
ReplyDeleteHa! So he was once involved in a cover up!
ReplyDeleteOnce?
ReplyDeleteOnce while doing a tour of Buckingham Palace, I wandered off and was met by the Queen in a corridor and she said five words I will always remember.
ReplyDelete'Get out my goddam way!'
It was so cold up here today, I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets.
ReplyDeleteAnd I spent nearly an hour talking with him about the role of magistrates and the role they play in the CJS. and look what happened......
ReplyDeleteMind what you write. Rupert is watching.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't necessarily make him a turncoat ;-)
ReplyDeleteGet your coat, you've pulled? :-)
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