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As a light-hearted aside, E17, I wonder whether your expertise in obfuscatory language extends to overturning Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) and parking fines? There’s a few on this forum who might appreciate it!
Reminds me of Stuart Hall (sorry!) whose ‘thing’ was quoting Shakespeare or English Romantic poets like Percy Bysshe Shelley (‘Ozymandias, king of kings’ etc) while reporting on no-score draws between Accrington Stanley and Barrow.
One of my pet hates that, people who think hoops and stripes are interchangeable. In much the same way that some people (journalists usually) refer to Ub*r minicabs as ‘taxis’.
Edit to bring post back on thread by declaring my credentials as a childhood member of the Dennis the Menace Fan Club.
I think it’s a really interesting question, Stainrod. There was obviously a first ever ‘QPR’ mention in print, but when? I wonder if any programme collectors might be called upon to assist? And didn’t there used to be a newspaper library at Colindale? I vaguely recall seeing a book of QPR newspaper reports from 1914 too. Who fancies doing a bit of research?!