Saturday, November 18 – 1911
After the battle of Tottenham last Saturday, two Liverpool footballers were distending their bellies with stewed tannin and buttered scones in a Strand tea-den and contemplating a visit to a music hall, one of the lads addressed the waitress.
The Strand, London.
“Missie, dost knaw where Mar-garet Cooper is this week?”
“Margaret Cooper?” – The girl snapped out, “oh, she left here to go to Lyon’s three weeks agp. She useter wait on them two tables over there!”
At this juncture she was called away by one of the other Hebes, but shortly came back and fairly finished the open-mouthed Lancastrians with:
“The girl over there says Maggie’s left Lyon’s too, an’ is goin’ to marry a brewers traveller nex’ week!”
(Sporting Times, 18-11-1911)
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