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Bunhill: The murky tale of Sooty and his extra-mural activities
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The Independent - London
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May 26, 1996
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I can exclusively reveal that scandal has broken out in the
oh-so-respectable streets of Fulham, west London. Seven weeks ago,
a new pub was opened by Hugh "Sooty" Corbett. It is called the
Fulham Tup and it has a large mural outside of a tup tupping. Now
if you don't know what a tup tupping is, I suggest you go back to
agricultural college. Suffice it to say that a tup is a ram and
that the result is often lots of frisky little lambs.
Mr Corbett received first a letter then a phone call from the
local council telling him that his picture contravened all sorts of
planning regulations and was in any case . . . unacceptable. He is
philosophical but determined to enjoy himself a bit more at ...
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