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14/07/2006 by Leo Densian

Well Done Raymondo

And so another cutting edge article by Raymond 'Scoop' Brown graces the front page of this weeks Mercury, reheating a luke warm story from one of the nationals. The findings (wait for it) "threaten to 'reignite' the historic rivalry between the two towns". Err...no, not really. A prime example of lame, feeble journalism at its best, where costs are always 'spiralling', and no one is ever criticised, only 'slammed' According to 'Scoop', in the 13th century Hertford residents threw their sewage into the Lea which flowed into Ware. These days, I suppose it would be a close call between the effluent or the Mercury...


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14/07/2006 by Leo Densian

Apologies for the above - I did not mean to use the word 'journalism'


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17/07/2006 by Dude

Did he "hail" anyone. Thats another favourite along with "dubbed". "Hertford, dubbed "Jades Playground" by locals"


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