After the seismic shock to public taste engendered by the publication of Colonel Mustard's memoirs (lavishly illustrated copies available to order from The Liverpool Free Press, 1 Karl Marx Wharf, with a special introduction by Comrade Professor "Bill" Winters) comes news of yet another affront to decency and respectability.
According to the Government Intelligence & Telegraphy Service ("GITS"), it appears that Miss Fragrance Sweetmeat, the very very personal secretary to Sir Gilbert Hill, has been "engaged in a vulgar trade" in Devizes, far from there Herefordshire VBCW. It is said that Miss Sweetmeat, having adopted the stage (?) name "VAMP", will there "make herself available" to all and sundry for the princely purchase price (in 1938 terms, taking account of the collapse of sterling) of £1.75.
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| Miss Sweetmeat in attendance upon Sir Gilbert and Lady Hill |
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| Miss Sweetmeat accompanying Sir Gilbert Hill at the Battle of Winforton Pontoons |
Comparison of contemporary photographs of Miss Sweetmeat and "the VAMP" leave very little prospect of mistaken identity. The gossip within the City and County Refreshment Rooms has reached a frenzied crescendo. Just when he thought it would be safe to leave his turret rooms at Kentchurch Court, now all of Herefordshire awaits a public statement from Sir Gilbert....
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