THE Friday Boys are a disparate group of men spread across Tyneside who meet once a week - 'always on a Friday' - to talk about the arts, raise a glass to recently departed heroes and villains and, at the evening's end, down a whisky or two. The FBs have only one golden rule - talk of the working week is strictly off-limit.
Monday, 15 June 2009
BIRTHDAY HONOURS
Sadly, the FNB were (once again) passed over in the Queen's birthday honours list and we take umbrage because we've always been loyal subjects - except for the Fenians amongst us. More than one of us shed a tear when TV stopped closing down around midnight with the playing of the national anthem and we regularly salute the flag, pay our taxes, shop at Marks and Spencers and drink good British ale. Our association with McConkey was in the past, ma'am, surely you can't still be holding that against us? You rewarded Jimmy Bolam...
...or even Fenians among us.
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Ma'am