Ah, August. Season of twits and sillyness. How else would the papers ever be filled? Even so, I confess to being mildly startled to discover that a story headlined “‘Chav Chasing’ public schoolboys criticised” concerned my own dear old alma mater.
But yes, as this video demonstrates, it seems some public spirited members of the college community been spending their time clearing vermin from the woods (home of many a fondly remembered smoking den back in the day). This will appeal most to the decent working class and the smugger elements of the state-educated middle classes who can have the pleasure of scoffing at the toffs and chavs alike… (Clive? Pootergeek?)
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The school, naturally, is embarrassed. All this makes it rather more delicious that Glenalmond recently announced it was letting a film crew loose upon the premises to make one of those This Always Turns Out Worse Than You Think It Will fly-on-the-wall-documentaries.
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