THE FIRST OF THE WANDERERS RETURN

LUCY LOO IS COMIN HOME,TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE,REMEMBER THAT LITTLE DITTY,IT WAS NUMBER ONE FOR AGES,JESUS HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.MIND YOU I THINK ITS A RETURNING SOLDIER TYPE THING THEY DO IN AMERICA,I STAND TO BE CORRECTED ON THAT.ALL THAT IS NOT TO SAY LUCY HAS BEEN FIGHTING ABROAD,PERISH THE THOUGHT,NO THE OLD SPONDOOLEYS HAVE RUN OUT,AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS ITS TIME TO PACK THE BAGS AND SADDLE UP THE HORSES.SHE IS BACK ON THE 8TH JUST IN TIME FOR THE MAN CITY BASH,DID I TELL YIZ ALL CURLY WATTS FROM CORONATION STREET WILL BE HERE ON THE 9TH AS A MAD MAN CITY FAN.BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY SHE IS HERE FOR THE BIGGEST BASH SUNTE AVENUE HAS EVER SEEN,MY 20TH YEAR HERE.NOW THERE AINT MANY PUBLICANS LAST 20 YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS,AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD MANY TIMES I WOULDNT LAST,THE LAST ONE BEING BY A TALL BEARDED MAN WHO FREQUENTED HERE FOR A WHILE,HE GAVE ME TILL APRIL 2005,WELL MATE I AM STILL HERE AND YOU ARE GONE,WELL FROM HERE HES GONE TO ANOTHER DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT.I SUPPOSE IN A PUB YOU TEND TO GATHER ROUND YOU PEOPLE O LIKE MIND AND ATTITUDE,HE DEFINITELY DID NOT FIT MY PROFILE.GETTING BACK TO LUCY,I WILL BE LOSING HER TO PAUL,WHICH I AM REALLY PLEASED FOR HER,I WILL MISS HER BUT LIFE GOES ON APACE.