Bst headline of the decade

[Richard A Thackeray]

Real & genuine

I know quite a few of the local 'Response' Officers, through work, & this issue raised all kinds of amusement for them (& me!!) when I showed them a copy of it

He was in jail, awaiting sentencing for offences

@Drago
Thisi is one to make you smile!!

 

[postman]

1888 Match girls go on strike.

 

[Dirk]

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/giant-penises-appearing-devon-road-1806731

 

[swee'pea99]

Printer I once met told me the local rag he worked for had had a story about the council debating whether or not to cancel the longstanding annual Mayor's Ball as part of an economy drive, which ran under the headline "Mayor's balls hang in balance".

 

[Brains]

“Heavy Fog in the Channel. Continent cut off.”

(The Times. 22 October, 1957)

 

[Fnaar]

This was local to me. In fact I took the photo, shared it on FB, but just found it on Twitter 😄
It was a row about smoking 'poolside'

 

[swee'pea99]

This was local to me. In fact I took the photo, shared it on FB, but just found it on Twitter 😄
It was a row about smoking 'poolside' View attachment 598534

Try saying that after a couple of shandies...

 

[Scotty55]

Super caley are fantastic Celtic are atrocious, has to be up there.

Although to be fair, it's pretty old now but still worth dusting off.

Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are attrocious.

 

[winjim]

Which decade are people living in?

 

[Slick]

Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are attrocious.

I probably missed that bit from the tears laughing.

 

[MichaelW2]

Who can forget the Diss Express headline;

"Tortoise, 102, guest of honour at Palgrave wedding"

 

[houblon]

Few years back in Brighton I saw an offer in the local rag: Lady Boys of Bangkok: 3 for 2!

I didn't know at the time that lbob were a cabaret act.

 

[Beebo]

One from the BBC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-57868535
The story is serious but whoever wrote the headline wasn’t thinking.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[Ming the Merciless]