Seated one day at the keyboard, I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys……..(sorry Adelaide)……. when suddenly I noticed a tweet about the fourth Ashes test from (fanfare) Phil Slocombe! I was transported back to the darkest days of MyT when the inimitable Qum Slo Feel (dubbed in honour of his long-sufferíng Chinese spouse resident with him in southern Spain) held forth on things sporting and topical. Had he re-emerged to cast his pearls before us once more?
No. The tweeting Mr Slocombe is a former cricketer for Somerset. A rose by any other name….. But I wonder if his namesake ever sold his house down on the Costas and returned to Chendu? Did Ron, his mate at McLaren, ever heed his advice? Did the judiciary of Chester ever appoint a better JP? Ah, the memories….
Boadicea's Chariot 
Enough to give one a heart attack!! 🙂
Didn’t Slocombe also offer a car and/or a boat along with the property? But seaside villas are ten a penny in Spain now.
Yes, he advertised in the Mirror.
Poor old Phil. Didn’t he also lay claim to be some kind of aviator for a while?
Ah, well. The word was he was a nursing officer in the RAF. However, when I asked him he replied:
“Janus 28 Jun 2007 15:32
Wrong on all three points Janus,
1)I was never a nursing officer.
2. ) I was at Cambridge dfor considerably more than a few days.
3. You are obviosly ignorant of the Magisterial system as I sayt in the Crown court on at least a dozen occassions.”
He akshully went to Cambridge on a course about nuclear emergencies and made much of his judicial activities in Chester. He obviously missed the course on spelling. 🙂 But his wielding of the epithet ‘numpty’ is legendary.
Maybe Arrers, helpmaboab, cheech and JM know more?