Yesterday
I was presented with a choice of two local events but never having owned a pink
outfit I decided that the 100th anniversary celebration of
the
Old Bexley Ex-Servicemen’s Club was more suited to me. I remain unsure why
1·5% of the population (2021 Census figure) who thank goodness have exactly the same
rights as everyone else should regard themselves as in any way oppressed and in
need of a whole month (June stretching into July) of events, exhibitions, parades and
support from Bexley Council but it does no one any harm, so why not?
Down in Bexley their MP Louie French accompanied by Deputy Mayor Nigel Betts
officiated with a speech in support of everyone who served their country and
finished with a spot of plaque unveiling.
To his credit Louie was still there chatting to club members when I left two hours
after he pulled the curtain string.
I learned that the Club grounds were purchased 100 years ago for the princely
sum of £175 which is exactly 20 times the price of a hot dog from their snack
wagon. My gang went down to the local chippie and bought enough for the three of us for under four quid.