Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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Are they still illegal?
Or does anything go in 21st century Britain?
The obligatory school day trip Newhaven-Dieppe usually involved some fresh faced youth buying French bangers or if you were a real rebel a flick knife.
On our trip in July 1976 a mate, who was flush, or as flush as a 12 year old can be, bought one, then returning to the UK we had an extremely animated pep talk from our teacher, who warned our school had been earmarked for a search at Newhaven (which never happened) and anyone caught with a flick knife faced 18 months in borstal, so into the Channel it went. (amazing what influence good old fashioned bullshit had back then
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I also recall for a small French port Dieppe had a lot of dirty book shops.
Or does anything go in 21st century Britain?
The obligatory school day trip Newhaven-Dieppe usually involved some fresh faced youth buying French bangers or if you were a real rebel a flick knife.
On our trip in July 1976 a mate, who was flush, or as flush as a 12 year old can be, bought one, then returning to the UK we had an extremely animated pep talk from our teacher, who warned our school had been earmarked for a search at Newhaven (which never happened) and anyone caught with a flick knife faced 18 months in borstal, so into the Channel it went. (amazing what influence good old fashioned bullshit had back then
I also recall for a small French port Dieppe had a lot of dirty book shops.