Blunham Pubs : The Salutation

Now a Free House, owned by Countess Cowper of Wrest Park in Silsoe

THE SALUTATION DEBATING SOCIETY

A Motley band of drinkers who came to the 'Sally' for a pint (or two) on a Friday evening around 8pm for conversation, banter, a laugh with enlightenment. It was made up of the following characters, Ted Jeffries a Land Worker for a Mr John Quince, Jim Goodwin and his best mate Cliff Payne (or Paynie) who had his own farming business,

Jim was always the one with a deadpan face, always observing, yet full of dry humour, a twinkle in his eye, and soon spot any chance for a quick joke, yet always non personal. Jim always remarked on the amount of holidays local teachers had, or a character who wore smart jackets and he would say, "is your Coach round the back? "

Joe Norman a quiet man, astute and always a smile, with his daughter Mary a nurse, who was also as sharp as a razor within the male company. He was a very good dart player and made his own flites of huge proportions. On a 'Bull Start' game we often played, I saw him place 3 darts in the Bullseye, so the flites were no barrier. I saw this only twice in my life time (Andrew Brown and Lawrence Charteress) I once had 2 bulls and and a 25 on a lucky night, also many 180's in my playing days.