"England's most enterprising village Goudhurst, Kent, It has just ihed its own Coronation Book, unhing to 896 pages, with numerous illustrations, The first part contains detailed description of how Goud-celebrated the Coronation. The ud part is cofitributed entirely by ie. villagers who were encouraged to reminiscent.
fr. Neeves, who was once a tele-operator, relates how he red a call one evening from a estate, and was startled by the request, "I want nineteen cows, please." When he replied, "This is a telephone exchange, not a dairy farm," the caller laughed, "I'm sorry, I want Cowes, Isle df Wight, No. 19. the Royal Yacht Club."
The call was put through with, the words, "Here you are, sir, nineteen cows for a bob, the cheapest lot you ever bought in your life." Later that evening came another call. "Do you know who that was you were speaking to just now?" he was asked. "That was the Prince of Wales."
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